Life has been filled with holdbacks
not easy to overcome, feel little hope
especially in the early days growing up
it took so many years to learn to cope
Every school day was a dread
tension and anxiety were in control
had hatred of every school day
free, was not for it was so stolen
All of this made me stammer
every word was a battleground
even after school and at work
struggled socially so hard to sound
Now reached my seventieth year
look back on all I've come through
many ups and downs but still sain
God was there spiritually made me anew
There's been many kinds of therapies
to tackle my problem through the years
all helped a little but no transformation
still, no way to cast away my fears
I've been married on two occasions
very happily with a lovely life for support
this has been to know what's true love
to keep me going, not want to run short
I've found contentment to accept life
no matter what comes across my way
speaking slowly is easier to adapt
thanking God for His strength every day
Categories:
holdbacks, courage, life, me, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Built for security
Torn down
Brick by brick
This has been found.
Escaped from danger
Not looking around
Exit as fast
Escaped the past.
The future holds better opportunities
No holdbacks are allowed
Positivity abroad
Lessons are learned.
Burnt with negativity
Forgiveness after all
No more bad walls
Life fulfillment installed.
Jesus Called
New life
New Future
A bright light.
Categories:
holdbacks, blessing, courage, desire, destiny,
Form: Blank verse
From what it is worth
I am saving my soul
I have extended extraordinary goals
no setbacks no holdbacks
I am content
I will survive
I am a survival
A lifetime worthwhile plans
doing what I can
some might not understand
saving me from this terrible toxic environment
as one manages to make it through
as life goes forward, I am brand new
looking forward at an earlier or later age of retirement
from midlife to the stage of later years
enjoying my life as another saved one appears
saving myself from a lot of headaches, heartaches
My trust is in Jesus
as the path seemingly is long
I am a person of Faith
with God, I am never alone.
Saving me
The key.
Categories:
holdbacks, care, christian, confidence, desire,
Form: Free verse