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Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Moonlight’s bright tonight.
Let’s go outside and play
In the fields of the village.
Morning’s far away.
Still crisp air holds its breath
In silence as we watch
Moonlit shadows creeping west,
Forever out of reach.
We try to chase the shadows
Running through the trees,
Standing tall like rocket ships
Against the lonely seas.
Come along and run with me,
The fields await our gaze.
There lay mysteries to be seen
Beyond the twilight haze.
We’ll chase our noble destiny
Into the howling storm
And catch those fleeting shadows,
Running with open arms.
We’ve stayed in this tiny village
Longer than we aught.
The world awaits, bold and bright
Even if we’re caught.
It’s time to make our journey
To lands far and wide.
I’d rather face the future
With you by my side.
Moonlight’s bright tonight.
Let’s go outside and play.
Time to forge our future,
In the streets with me today.
I wake up fully psyched
On track full charge toward my goals
~ My vision couldn’t be clearer
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
“I have journeyed within myself,
Scanned rumblings of the inner self
Lent my ears to the inner chime
Within grasp of the sands of time.” By author.
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The Journey Within
The journey within, for diverse souls,
Begins at diverse stages of life,
For some since early days of childhood,
Goaded by parental mentoring,
For others during the course of life
Driven by coincidence or a quirk of fate.
For some it`s an insightful journey
Shining with light of enlightenment,
A straight-line excursion to top of a mount,
For others a nebulous trip shrouded with haze,
Veiled with dark doubt and deadly dread,
A sporadic trek ceasing at foot of a hill.
My journey within glowing since days of youth,
Sparkling through exposure and learning,
Has been deeply anchored with quest to know myself,
To find who I am and my goals in life.
Storms of life sustained from fate and men
Have propelled me to scan deeper within myself,
To treasure peace and bliss in solitude
At the shining lake of my inner self.
pursuing my goals
one step ahead two behind …
life’s moonwalk
i want to lead a life that's resolute
intentional and meaningful
set goals identify priorities
reach for the moon
go all the way
make my dreams come true
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
mascara in hand,
strawberry tank top slays—
nap time can wait, girl.
Love has tied me in ways I never desired
Longing of you has carved your heart inside me
Under the Twilight , beneath moon I gaze pearls of pain
Every sigh whispers the silence between us
Love has tied me in ways I lost you...
Take that chance every chance you get,
fall on your face and then forget,
live your life without regret,
take that chance every chance you get.
More risk by far to never make the run,
and lose your dreams one by one,
and forgetting each until you’re done.
Rather rise and embrace each day,
another step on your chosen way,
there’s no better time than today,
so, rise up and embrace each day.
Take the risk to live your dreams,
life’s too short for less it seems,
make your plans and live your schemes,
and take the risk to live your dreams.
Love yourself with all your time, plan to make yourself as perfect as you can.
Loving yourself is your job, don’t expect anyone else to put you first.
Loving yourself will help you in every way in life.
Making yourself able to live a life that is of happiness and free choice.
Love and time, need a plan, so plan the details of your life.
Put yourself first, then make your plan.
Yes, you can help others and pass this plan forward for all.
Don’t give up on yourself, if you quit, you will never reach your perfect self.
So, try again and again to reach your goals, and live a life with all your goals in mind.
Thank God for all his strength on your journey to perfect bliss.
You will not miss your goals if you do not quit.
Stay on your path to success and never quit or give up.
Let goals like mountain
Which we go, feeling the wind
Walking patiently.
Will the tears ever dry?
When wrong wishes wreck what we want,
Still, each day we must try,
Featherfins flee from feral fish,
Known for never bein' shy.
Strength still same, sanity stays sane.
So we're still full of grace
Gentle giants give grander goals.
Though failure leaves no trace,
Because best buddies brin' business—
No regrets in our case.
Done deals don't destroy destinies.
Can hate stop our prayer?
Extra egos, evil echoes,
But we're under His care.
Big blessings brin' bolder beliefs,
Till success becomes clear.
We won't waste what we wish we want.
For things our minds conceive,
With wisdom we will win worse wars.
We rather hope than grieve.
Taking turns to task the trials,
On God's robe, our hands cleave—
Right resources, real rewards.
Every step made with anticipation,
Words written with hope ,
Dreams dreamt under the stars ,
Words articulated with care .
The pen and ink all witnesses,
The paper the great bearer of truth,
The walls saw in silence -
As the future got laid on white paper.
Dreaming is good ,
Having hope is sweet,
Plans make the future seen ,
But failure comes unannounced
I want to fly where a fairy flies
My sparkling wings sweeping dusky skies
A star at my brightness routinely shies
And I’m never recognized in this guise.
I want to swim where a mermaid swims
My iridescent scales like glittery limbs
Whales and fish sport appreciative grins
And the exercise makes even curvy bods thins.
I want to mother like a dragon-mom mothers
My fierce fiery protection for baby sisters, brothers
Love worn on wings wrapped tight round one ‘others
And colorful familial binds flash as each nestling hovers.
Feathery souls, titanium hearts, exposed minds required
To experience pure fantasy in time before expired!
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