Short Self Sufficiency Poems

Tuff love he provides
No harm to a child he cries
Self-sufficiency he teaches
Compassion not lacking, just hidden
Success is their forward contribution
Tuff love they provide...

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To be self-sufficient is an admirable trait
Not needing to depend on anyone is great
Being able to set one’s own course each day
Free to express opinions, to have one’s say
In my way of thinking opens heaven’s gate. 

Written November 29, 2022
submitted to "Bitesize No 56" Poetry Contest
sponsored by Line Gauthier...

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see myself doing it
see myself living it 
see myself going down that path
see myself heading towards that direction 
step in right direction 
step in new direction 
change is needed 
change is desired 
internally motivated shift 
in thought process 
internally motivated change 
in direction 
self-sufficiency is key
self-accomplishment is goal
towards creation of self-betterment...

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In the deepest darkest sea,
where sunlight is non-existent,
the deep-sea angler fish lures its prey
with a bio-luminescent bait
made by its symbiotic bacterial mate.

Deprived of light from above
it emulates the mighty giant sun,
teaching it a thing or two
about self-existence
and self-sufficiency.

A tiny micro-star
shines so bright in the cold 
deep, dark, dank depths
with insistent, incessant,
self-existent and confounding,
bio-luminescence....

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