Perseverance Poems

A Psalm of Perseverance

Your days commence in lamentation, tears cascading down your cheeks like autumn's relentless rain. The weight of abandonment settles upon your shoulders, a crushing burden that threatens to consume your every waking moment. Every endeavor, every dream, every aspiration seems to wither and perish beneath your touch, leaving naught but the bitter taste of despair.

Fatigue,

The hill of hope

Hope is a feeling that people spend years believing in, not because it leads them to a place full of flowers,

but because it's the only thing anyone doesn't doubt. Then there is no difference between the lust of achieving and the act of believing in it.

And when that kind of soul grips the handle of

The Measure of Miles

2025 Poetry Marathon  Mile 12  Contest // Sponsored by: Mark Toney 
( 2nd Place )

Written: August 29, 2025


I did not come here to sprint.
I came to gather the pulse of the road,
to feel the gnaw of silence
against the bones of my resolve.

Each step is a revolution
against tiredness,
against the voices that murmur quit,
against the

Dog Chases Tail

“Dogs have many lessons to teach to man.”- By Author 
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                                            Dog

Silent Fire, Sacred Strength

The classroom is a quiet forge,
and I, a blade in silent fire—
shaped by care, tempered in calm,
honed to serve a brighter purpose.

But into this heatswept chamber she storms,
a tempest cloaked in titles—
her words the hammer’s fall,
striking without measure, without proof.

She holds a flame to my calm steel,
asking why I do not sparkle like she:
“Why do

Keep Going!

Today was so very brutal.
I felt my strength worked to the bone.
My family doesn’t seem to care.
At times, I feel so alone.

All the thoughts of would’ve, could’ve, should’ve come rushing to my mind.
There are many peaks and valleys, as I keep moving through my life.
The devil has always been right there, to discouraged and accuse.
But

Shadow and Fire

I crawled through years where night fell fast,
where dawn was a rumor, faint and far.
Each day was a climb up a crumbling wall,
every step swallowed in shadows,
and the weight of the world bore down, pressed hard—
its whispers sharp, relentless.
Hope would come, a flicker, then fade,
a candle swallowed by each unkind wind.
I’d chase it like breath,

Sweet One

Sweet little one,
Please don't cry.
Don’t shed your tears,
Don’t hide your face,
Step into the light.
Don’t be afraid.
Know that I am here,
Know that I am by your side,
Through the thick and the thin.
So don’t you shy away,
You can take on the world,
Face your fears head-on,
Show them what you're made of.
Show the world you’re not backing down now.
Tell

PETALS IN HEARTSPACE

 PETALS IN HEARTSPACE


Authenticity presents from persevering peeling              peeling tasked by cached Courage 
courage erupted emitting high frequency Faith
 faith embraced terrifying Truth
  truth consummated desired DivineLove
DivineLove lotused peace petals in HeartSpace 

Self Esteem

She rises, she rises like the sun that knows no shame,
this woman-teacher-poet-mother-flame,
her soul vast as the sky that holds all storms
yet gentle as the dewdrop kissing the earth at dawn.


O Universe, behold your daughter who has learned
the sacred secret whispered by the wind,
that worth is not a treasure buried deep
but seed-song scattered wide like prayers

The Valley Remembers

The wind doesn’t howl here--
it warns.
Each breath drawn
is borrowed
from the bones beneath.

They told me to fear the shadow,
but never the silence that follows.
I walk where others knelt,
blade dulled,
spirit frayed,
still searching for the summit
that keeps shifting skyward.

I do not ask for light--
only the strength
to keep walking
where ghosts refuse to rest.

Patience Allied with Perseverance

“With patience and perseverance
We can win the hardiest race.”- By author
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                                     Patience and Perseverance

     

Striving

What’s the point?  she asked.
It could be a simple solution, he quipped.
With much to do and little to gain,
The effort remained unattainable rain.

So onward she strove
Observed by those who stood beyond the boundaries
Doing much and yet ignoring them
She left having been a bothersome chagrin.

Hurtfully Healing

Steadily swimming
She flashes a grin
Doc in a boat
Take's a note
she won't surrender.  
She wants to win
finds strength within.

Worriedly Waiting, 
friend wishes she'd ask herself "why"
and paces the French side.  
Hastily helping, 
she rises a moment 
to wave, before waves re-hide 
He feels pride inside

Stand by the starlight,  
The watch boat is tossed
Pain

Power of the Will

“The power of the will is a fire
That lies not outside, but within oneself.” By author
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