I remember I fell through that wooden floorboard.
I was careless where I stepped, and the weight of my mistake made me fall right through.
I remember the embarrassment I felt... it nearly broke my self-esteem.
I can hear them use their traitorous tongues.
I remember I walked carefully over those wooden floorboards.
I see their eyes glare and hear the whispers of people who judge me for treading so cautiously.
I am wary of what they are saying. ..of what they may think.
I walk confidently around that wooden floor.
I am aware of their judgements and their hateful glares.
I don't care what they think.
I no longer have to tread so carefully.
I can run free.
I remember...
“A penny for your thoughts,”
she said.
What is my thought worth?
I wonder.
“That'll be more than a penny,”
I reply.
“A penny for your thoughts,”
we say.
What might our thoughts really be worth?
Who can read them?
How embarrassing might they be?
Thoughts expressed and written
can be evaluated,
may have value.
Those that remain in my head
stay private.
What value privacy?
If I keep them secret,
what value secrecy?
Thinking aloud as on social media
may be costly
“In for a penny, in for a pound.”
I keep mum.
Peers are someone like you, they make you feel happy and new.
Peers are someone you can relate to, they have many things in common, and you feel like it is you.
Peers are a group of people, that you claim are your people, you can relate to them, and have many things in common.
Peers are someone you put first, you believe almost everything they tell you, and have a lot of faith in them.
Peers are the ones you always want to be around, they make you feel safe and feel they will always have your back in a time of need when you feel down.
Peers are the best, we want to surround ourselves with our peers for life, making us live with a feeling of calm and complete happiness.
Lifting prayers to God, today and always.
Positive mindset satiates my hunger,
In dark clouds, it finds silver linings to see.
It carves out success, not as a warmonger,
And its bravery swirls like tides in the sea.
Walking its paths fuels daily ambition,
With it, no time again will my self-trust fade.
No setback can stir the winds of submission;
My will makes failure retreat, deep in dismay.
Struggles create success of long duration,
That spark is a flame that I hold to chest dear.
Lasting success will demand dedication,
I pray that God's favour will keep my path clear.
Their gatherings draw me, my footsteps align,
For there, their uplifting voices rend the air.
Their kindness and courage in harmony shine,
Building new bonds through the wisdom they all share.
The hope in their lives remains my guiding light,
Proof that all dreams can be within easy reach.
It isn’t just how long one groans through the night,
But how one learns from the lessons life can teach.
empty words without meaning
words mumbled for mere formality
lost in rolling endless echoes
we understand the game
and agree it's nothing personal
just filler to mask the silence that besets us
so we erect tall fences, add padlocks
and answer the knock of only the rare few
we keep it formal so not to muddy waters
how do you do? is not a question
our fine means I don’t want to talk
or I’m not convinced you care
don’t you see how we’ve become blasé
or maybe just maybe we need to better
recognize those pauses of genuine concern
so a how do you feel? becomes
a how do you feel about me?
because I care and we can be friends
AP: Honorable Mention 2023, Honorable Mention 2023
An oath I took to protect and preserve
Faithfully my country that I would serve.
Wearing many stars, I have full command
To defend our free and bountiful land.
Should state power shift cruelly away
From my sacred oath I shall likely stray.
For there is another oath in my heart:
From secure position do not depart!
As a puppet of harsh authority
I shall switch sides to favor me and mine
Willing to confiscate all that is thine:
Your home, family, faith, and liberty.
Principles, principles, they sound so fine
Fear is my principle to stay in line.
Much like the feline ferals who occupy my street,
I am quite comfortable living among people, but I do not trust anybody.
Trust has to be earned within the feral community,
which I have gained many times among my local cat colonies.
I also encounter people I grow to trust, but sadly,
very rarely.
If you fit the above profile, more or less accurately,
then allow me to welcome you to The Feral Community.
What dwells deep in my mind is "deedle dust"
Oh yes, scrape them off to remove the rust
You know, just the ones that I discussed
Try to shine them up, only if you must
Let's keep 'em here in our secret trust
There's no sense at all being rushed
Some wise humility always just seems just
Don't feed brains with rubbish information
It's the place must be holy and pure
Garbage in earth spreads to everywhere
Only brains left to be empty as sky azure
It's the color of the original sea so pure
It's the spirit of beauty, content and hilarious
Find your earthly matches with identical color
You will acknowledge the sensation so gracious
When your rhyming vibrate perfectly resonance
what you have looked for
between your arms within you
here right the right place
Self-trust helps to act
gladly now
for future action.
09/07/2019
I keep my counsel
Secrets hidden from others
With open eyes
Looking interested
Too open they think
Yet slammed shut
Tightly and with good reason
Trusting no one
I appear invincible and self-confident
Listening to their secrets
Telling no one
Understanding their frostiness
Wearing them down without trying
For their sadness recognizes mine
Still I do not share
Trusting no one
What if they are your clowns?
What if you do see unicorns?
Can you dispute what your mind sees, and your own ears hear?
Be your own kind of real.
Trust yourself.
Your feelings and experience are given to you
And you alone for good reason.
Brothers and sisters do not grow up in the same family.
It is okay to change your views,
It is okay to believe in yourself.
It is okay to let life teach you remarkable, amazing unknown things.
It is okay to walk a different path than your parents.
It is okay to believe in yourself.
It is okay to forge a new life, it is okay to follow your heart.
It is okay to go off on an adventure everyone else thinks is crazy.
This is your life, it may be the only one; only you can live it.
So do.
She was described as the ocean
As like the ocean not much of her was discovered
Seeing a stranger not letting them know anything about you
You not knowing anything about them
Even the closest ones to you have not opened up your doors completely
Trust is a hard thing to gain; but a very easy thing to lose
Scared to open the doors with being scared for past experiences to occur once again
People letting you down over and over.... try after try
Known from the outside
Unknown from within
There is a saying being that- a single tear is worth a thousand words.
Now if only the water that has been dropped upon this page could just,
turn into letters, thus spelling out the reason behind them being shed.
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