Fortitude Poems

Silence Listens

Find fortitude and strength when life gets tough
Keep going when the future's looking rough
Step back from those whose only claim to fame
Is deceitfully blackening your name.

Sadly there are those who will bring you down
Turning smiles upside down and brows to frown
They’ll get their comeuppance, yes that is true
For God knows exactly the bad they do.

He

Fortitude

though winds hurl
with all their might
they cannot break me


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A Tribute to Mothers

She bears the weight of life in her womb
In quiet fortitude and strength in silence 
Love flows from her hands, boundless, true
With every breath, she nurtures, she creates 
A force of nature, shaping destinies and fates 
In her heart, the universe is spun,
A mother, a warrior, whose battles are never undone 
Through life's storms, through

Some wishes must wait

Some wishes must wait all the time,
Life’s still such a bait all the time.

Grapes never go sour all the time,
Not tongues’, it’s mind’s trait all the time.

Strange, two souls under the same roof 
Live a life of hate all the time.

Trust between two suffers some times,
Endurance abates all the time.

Ghazals would do well often times
If

Sick Girl

If you want someone to change your world,
Don’t give up on the sick girl.

You may see her walking down the street,
But you won’t know of her struggles because she is so discrete.

You would never guess she had to re-learn to walk – twice,
Because her presentation doesn’t give off signs.

When you come to know her and

Flames of Fortitude

P e a c e is a language
spoken between
healing bougainvilleas 
and bleeding begonias,
dripping dews of hope
through simple gestures~
like specks of sapphire dust
from stars sparkling
amidst bed-shaped clouds,
crawling through the horizon
many miles away,
stretching
beyond
the fogginess
that veils clarity,
stirring the
anchored odyssey
to sail through
twisted tides of turquoise,
facing the harshness of reality
like a mistress of
sky and sea~
u n b r e a

Questions

Pose not thy questions in the form of fears,
Nor render all thy answers in thy tears.

A Candle Ever Flickers In the Night

A candle ever flickers in the night,
However far, however faint it be;
In cruelest darkness shall it burn most bright,
Until the sun shall come to set us free.

Portal Of Life

I navigate through the portal of life 
Walk past the corridors 
Where light and shadows play
Welcoming each twist and turn
Accepting the ups and downs
Guiding my path to my destiny
Facing life's storms
With fortitude and resilience 
Crafting me into who I am  
The echoes of the past 
Reverberates across the hallway
Where the past and present meet

I see you

I see you
I feel you
aint nobody been around long enough
to even  begin to
look within you
understand what's the reason for all you've been through
they keep drawing conclusions and conversation continues
but if you listen to reason
your life it has meaning
youv'e been predestined
in session is class
the lesson is being
what you can see they aint seeing
make em believe

Fashioned Fortitude

A mirror never reveals  
fallen secrets sewn with soulful sequins;  
time unmutes raven melodies within,  
tawny tunes of truth~
   I once spoke in colorful dialects.  
Now, I trust just the crying crescent in your  
onyx realms  
   to alter faulty fringes, hanging undone.

Tonight I flaunt

Fortitude

Keep your eyes open
To get best prompt decision
Care cut to listen.

Sanctuary

Chaos surrounds me there is no escape
Moment of reflection is all I ask
Oasis of calm in which I am draped
Sanctuary of peace in which to bask,

Sounds of world retreat, no longer intrude
My mind at once is cleared of confusion
Heart's altar of peace spreading fortitude
Sanctuary found, no persecution.

Ancient holy place with its careworn face
Concrete floor worn

Soulful Fortitude: a Tribute To Women's Strength

In strength that's quiet, fierce, and bold,
A truth through ages, often untold,
Women rise, their spirits ignite,
A force unmatched, a radiant light.

With hearts that hold both love and might,
They bear the burdens of day and night,
Through trials faced with unwavering grace,
They find their power in every space.

The depth of courage that they possess,
In tender moments or

Sailing In Fortitude

Will storms abate not 
And tides in my favour turn 
Won't the darkest days 
Serenade nights where 
A starlit symphony sings 
Would a new day dawn 
Shrouding past regrets 
Giving rise to hope and joy 
For this jaded one 
Too weary to croon 
Won't the dove so sweetly coo 
Chasing gloom away 
In rays of

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