I'm fab... in my prime.
I'm planning on making each minute count.
Adventure is calling, come along ~
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 2nd place 2025
LIFE IS TOO SHORT
Life is too short I heard her say
So, make the most of every day
Sometimes it is hard to cope
Remember, there is always hope
Go ahead and hug someone
Don’t forget to have some fun
Listen to your favourite song
Turn it up and sing along
Do your best come what may
Tomorrow is another day
Life is too short not to be kind
Try to have an open mind
Leave your cares far behind
Do whatever makes you laugh or smile
Maybe dance around for a while
Life is too short I heard her say
So, make the most of every day.
You've become a sullen hermit
Let me into your heart
Please, you can't shut me out forever
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
We were born alone and alone we will die, why are people scared of saying goodbye
Our time is limited, our time is short, why are we worried if we are to abort
Do good in life, be kind to people, show some compassion, show them we are equal
Relinquish your arrogance, embrace your modesty and life will bloom like an apple tree
Try to be a doctor, or an architect, people with knowledge do gain respect
Take life easy, take life slow, when people are happy their skin will glow
You can be a playboy, or a millionaire, without your happiness you’re lost in despair
Saleh Ben Saleh
Life is lived only once. Live it with honor.
It's ever so fleeting, so make it worthwhile.
Forgive and forget slights and move on.
Eschew hatred, they corrode like acid; choose love.
Imbibe words of the wise and pass them on.
Smell life's roses and celebrate small victories.
Take time to breathe and enjoy the sun rays.
Opportunities made of gold do not knock
Often, so when one does, open the door and...
Seize it with a vice-like grip lest it escapes!
Have your me-time, your conversation with God
On good days as well as bad. He always listens!
Remember, dear friend, we're shotgun passengers
Traveling in this rugged road that is life, but once.
Date written: 02/08/2023
Life is too short
Was just getting into the swing of it
When WHAM... those so called Golden Years
Reared up and belted me on the side of the head
It's bloody well not fair!
Just when I thought I had it all figured out
My body says, “Hang in there, buddy!”
All my life, I looked forward to my retirement years
Then when they finally arrived
The gold is all tarnished and the body decides
It just doesn't want to co-operate anymore
So all you young'uns... it's as good as it's gonna get
Life sure is short
Enjoy it while it lasts!
Sometimes you feel without aim
Yet all the time want your name
To bear moment and some fame
It feels awful to be game
To fate’s arrow that lands lame
And wants you just to be tame
Inaction’s an evil maim
Life is extremely short:
To have friends and watch them hurt,
To have ideas; and then abort,
To judge others; no matter their ‘worth’,
To encourage stereotype of any sort,
Don’t waste life; it is much too short,
Cherish and enjoy it: from womb to dirt.
End
By: Dion Penville
Do what you love to do,
embrace changes and encounter disappointment,
give it your very best,
make peace with your past
don’t argue and fight,
don’t waste energy for things you can’t adjust,
except yourself and don’t worry about stupid thought,
Life is too short to do the things you don't love doing.
Do the best you can,
and don't let people make your life miserable,
and live your life to a higher note,
don’t waste your time hating anyone,
give the time, sometime,
take calculated risks and make mistakes
regret nothing, get hurt and be liable,
Life is too short to be miserable.
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow,
I take look at my life
I could see the green pastures
Which are like garden of Eden
They are full of fruit
colorful fruit
I could see the oranges
mangoes and guavas
I could even smell
the sweet taste of aroma from nature
but I am not there physical
And life is too short
to achieve everything
But once at a time
some say bit by bit
some say steady but surely
what do i say my dear friend
because some people cant stand up strong
some people cant wait for long
while they have mission to complete
and life is too short
too short to achieve everything
What is our youth doing in our communities
ignoring politics while living under constitution
Instead of fighting technical fight
they are fighting physical fights
killing our innocent brothers
raping and robbing the women of our nation
these people have lost their humanity
I shall recall on our great heroes
who stood up and fought for our rights
yet they knew their limits
but they went far beyond their limits
because they knew that life is too short
to live under oppression
By Siphelele Nsele
Life is too short
I take look at my life
I could see the green pastures
Which are like garden of Eden
They are full of fruit
colorful fruit
I could see the oranges
mangoes and guavas
I could even smell
the sweet taste of aroma from nature
but I am not there physical
And life is too short
to achieve everything
But once at a time
some say bit by bit
some say steady but surely
what do i say my dear friend
because some people cant stand up strong
some people cant wait for long
while they have mission to complete
and life is too short
too short to achieve everything
What is our youth doing in our communities
ignoring politics while living under constitution
Instead of fighting technical fight
they are fighting physical fights
killing our innocent brothers
raping and robbing the women of our nation
these people have lost their humanity
I shall recall on our great heroes
who stood up and fought for our rights
yet they knew their limits
but they went far beyond their limits
because they knew that life is too short
to live under oppression
By Siphelele Nsele
Laugh in the sunshine.
Kiss in the rain.
Celebrate the happiness.
Learn from the pain.
Live, Laugh, Love & Forget.
Life is too short to live with regrets.
*
Sometimes…
There are events in our lives
That wakes us up
And slaps us in the face
To the facts…
That life is too short
And death so abrupt
Like losing a loved one
Or a spouse in a wreck
That any second chances
Is something we should want to respect?
And live life to its fullest
To forgive and to forget
Is the best lesson I’ve learned
Out of this life yet
Life is too short
To be depressed
To be discontented
To be faithless
To be fake
To be hateful
To be hopeless
To be isolated
To be lonesome
To be loveless
To be miserable
To be selfish
To be unfaithful
To be unhappy
To be untruthful
So be the opposite of all these things,
Life is too short
Life is too short
to sail away
to empty shores
and silent spaces.
And easy winds
bring memories so clear.
Don't look into
too many angry faces
and of fear.
Too many hours lost
in vain and unsuccessful races.
And pictures from the past
come to your mind
of people you once met
and sheer forgotten places.
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