If you are lost
look no further
Trust in yourself
and know that
it's important
for you
to remember
To try your best
and never give up
Try to be the person
you needed to be
when you were
younger and afraid
Of the things
that cannot
hurt you anymore
now that you are
much stronger,
wiser, and braver.
For every step
you take forward
There is someone
younger who sees
you and might
someday aspire
to be just like you
Because in their eyes
you somehow
became their hero.
On behalf of zionists i am issuing soup
a request.' prosthetic hearts
are needed!
As there are none now real beating..
Withn their cold old chests."
Adopt me, take me home.
I'm not the prettiest in the litter.
I'll compensate in other ways.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
when we have a heart
always will know from the start
we would never part
we had an instinct
which we knew would be distinct
will become extinct
a mighty mishap
in buildings bodies became trapped
all over the map
One of my prekindergarten students said to me this…
Mr. Lee I have a heart
And it is soft…
Do you love me?
I love you
And this is right
Isn’t it…
I said yes sir but only…Unintentional
Humanitarian
Spiritually
And Godly
This is the only righteous way to be
For I love you back righteously see
11/16/2018
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. © 2019
Your so pretty and so smart
It's no surprise you stole my heart
It aches and breaks when we're apart
You write me such sweet poems, cuz your smart
Even draw me pictures, A different art
I love you more than any other
And of course your cool little brother
Only a few reasons why I love you
Only a few reasons why my heart so blue
This is the end so I guess I'll go
I love and miss you both, A lot you know
I Love You
Hearts beat incessantly, life passes through,
Some doors will open, and others will close,
Contact, connections! What more can heart do?
Wormholes in spacetime are all that it knows.
Content is fragile and may not last long,
Intent's more curious, seeds in the wind,
Love's more mysterious light as a song,
Future's a sacrament, pregnant, new friend!
Hearts are invisible, rarely are seen,
Lunar-like phases still set folks apart.
Seasons don't faze them, with souls’ evergreen!
Tangible ether, your heart's what floats art!
Brian Johnston
17th of September 2018
Have a heart of gold
Continue to inspire
Be a mentor to the youth
Show them that they can reach higher
Just be there
They need to hear your voice
This will give them the extra motivation
To be stellar students and rejoice
I walked alone for long on the desert trail
Saw the trembling mirage creep, melt away
I didn’t know then my wanton life I would fail
For no hand I found holding mine on my way.
A caved dune rippling in the dry desert wind
I didn’t see a tender sapling struggle to grow
In the moist crevice of sand layer it could find
When the rare raining clouds descended low.
I saw you walking on a crisp evening in winter
As if floating along the sandy valley toward me
I felt within me sun’s glow on your face enter
Arid loneliness melted, flowed out in a stream.
My feelings swam in the shimmer of your eyes
The sun went down, the dusk told you to depart
In the distant dune horizon you would again rise
Hold my hands, make me realize I have a heart.
October 21, 2017
Have a heart
Show that you really care
Lift the children up
Just always be there
They need your guidance
Along with moral support
Encourage them to do their best
Right from the start
J-ust have a heart each day,
O-pen it to compassion;
N-ineteenth of August Saturday,
A-im to show devotion.
B-egin to have a heart,
U-sing signs of sympathy;
M-ake your emotion glad,
A-s you remain to be happy.
L-et your mind understand
A-nything that falls apart;
Y-ou must show the kindness, you must have a heart.
vessels became bridges
ending nowhere
only gap is left
creating a great blackness
where deluded bloodstream vanishes
I'm out of my heart
in this story where's no place
for dismembered soul of mine
saying I would flood over lines between your thoughts
you're carrying on to live in the world
of installed scenes
leaving me fixating pillows as
substitute for embraces
Bring back that heart to me
you prefer lighter outputs
but no one recalls easier exits
they are immemorable
equalizing shades occurred in the desire to love and to be loved
somewhere along the way
we're regularly letting by that love
worth dying for
My heart needs me
I have a headheart only and that has always been my problem(saver).
Why must we think
that we're the only living things
that have feelings,
and that have a soul?
Can't we hear the cry of a puppy,
when taken from it's mother?
can't we see the fear
In the eyes of a deer?
What about the cry of whales?
when we invade their only home?
Or a lobster,
being boiled alive
in extreme heat?
We continue to pray,
for our food,
for ourselves and for each other,
but what about the poor wildlife
that has to suffer
by our cold actions?
Everybody will always have a heart.
It will be there until this world we depart.
Without one, how could life start?
It helps us all live up to our best.
It’s that powerful little cluster of muscle within our chest.
Hear it beat whether we are at work or rest.
No matter what our nationality or our name,
we as individuals are practically all the same.
Can life go on without a heart? I doubt it.
Life can never be possible without it.
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