Decision Poems - Poems about Decision

Life is short but long enough to make plans and make some dreams come true Life is kind and generous it offers time for second chances and even a string of redos Life is short but in the end you'll be liable for what you've done but equally for what you didn't do Use your time wisely ~ AP: Honorable Mention 2025...

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A list of tasks to accomplish before I embrace love again: I envision my mind wandering through expansive fields where patches of grass lie brown. A single wildflower stands out among the scattered pebbles beneath my feet. Memories linger, taunting me alongside the bare trees with their bent trunks. A cool breeze brushes against my face;...

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I didn't fill out any paperwork. There was no memo, no consent form. Just a nameless morning when the mirror refused to acknowledge anything above my collarbone. After that, people entered me carrying grief in cardboard boxes. Pressed buttons for floors that didn't exist. A man from 4D requested the roof, as if it were still an option. On Thursday,...

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I was going to become a teacher I thought it was my calling I was young and thought it best to go to university straight out of high school before I'd go to teachers' college Well... things did not go as planned for better or for worse, who knows I got sidetracked ended up taking a job education got shelved for longer than...

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Feet walking with direction and decision Mouth speaking sweet words Not riddled with derision Heart beating for pure love With no malice or spite Eyes seeking and finding acceptance With no attachment of wrong or right Ears listening for a moment of bonding Not tools for inspection Head held high with pride, positivity, and deep reflection Forbidden...

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plucking the strings bowing the strings Pizzicato and Arco Favored for it's breathability allowing creativity a movement in stride full meaning and positioning a recurring motif in full sequence and destination it accompanies a specific sound and smoothly changing the mood and emotion to a catchy, memorable, and repetitive more conversational sound a descriptive tone a simpler melody and rhythmic posture then to include lyric with...

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2024.4.28 It was our third and final day trip. We visited AI on The Great Ocean Road. For the first time, you admired the scenery was great, While standing at a cliff, looked down to the coast line. The blue sky reflected on the water, The waves splashed onto the rocks Formed strong collisions then sprayed into the air. I was so excite...

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Author Dana Redricks April 25, 2025 How do I decide, when the path splits in two, when the steps I might take could erase what I knew? This image of me, built through struggles and strife, now I tremble with doubt in the face of new life. I seek a hand to hold,...

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“I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn't, So I jumped in and sank.” ? Langston Hughes She ambled down the perfumed garden as the moon rose high in the darkening sky, Stygian night was falling rapidly, Dark clouds rushed up high, hiding the moon....

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i had moved out in my apartment young yet already caught in the cycle of sleep-work-eat rinse and repeat i realized this was not a life besides i was no longer living under my parents' roof it was up to me to create the type of life i wanted to live however i could imagine i accepted the challenge though it would not be easy to...

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As we continue this new journey, a much prayed through decision; it really hurts my heart that it can create so much division. The questions and the doubts continue to roll in. To explain and defend our decision, I don’t even know where to begin. I’ll start with first things first, and that is obedience to God. Raising and educating...

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i love you but you need to want to stay sometimes love is merely not enough i have needs too posted on March 6, 2025...

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our love is a choice we made many years ago we are still at it ...

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It's when I was about to overtake her I thought I'd give up. Within my second reflection, I decided Man? Woman? Both of us are humans Let her fight like me too. ...

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I HAVE EVERY THING. I have a family, The only member in it was me. I have a partner in crime, We both steal some time. To beat the cancer and disease. I have a partner in music, We both played by the ears. He played drum, guitar, then ukelele. I played guitar, harmonica, then keyboard. We read no music notes. We both played piano. I have...

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