Strive for greater things
I love what I do and I enjoy the people around me:
My family at home, my friends at school, and my work.
I try to surround myself with positivity.
It’s the little things in life that give me a smirk.
There are those times, though, that I need to take a break
And listen to music or sit in a quiet place.
Sometimes, I just have to take a walk by the lake
And listen to the sounds of nature in its place.
Then I am ready to get back to my routine:
Work, then school, then home, and then back to work again.
My time is precious, and my world is a machine.
Positivity is the oil and my zen.
The feelings are wild,the heart is depressed
The eyes dream, but wishes suppressed.
With constant failures and defeats
Everything seem to die,when it repeats.
There stays no charm and beauty
Life becomes lifeless and sooty.
The heart accepts no positive and nice
The fate bets on score of dice.
The mind holds,but negative thought
The efforts and struggles, seem to rot.
Life exists with no interest and hope
With only difficulties, no one can cope.
With lost hopes and dreams
Nothing good ever can happen, it seems.
The mind feels empty,craves for peace
Nothing can soothe,make it ease.
It's not the soul that's negative
It's the situation, that makes one sensitive.
The petals hide,the thorns are visible
Everything every time looks impossible.
The drought mind gets some hope with the rain
The next moment, all thoughts,flush in vain.
All that the world sees bright
To him,it's just farce,not right.
The good memories one wants to cherish
Before he lives,just perish.
To him all silver is just a dark
His sorrows and griefs, no one can mark.
Although, he always strives for better
The negatives, as always, leave to shatter...
Live life to the fullest.
Transcend the mundane & avoid what's beneath you.
You are better than that.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
I thought it was easy to live
surely out of everything that
I've been through but
I was wrong again to trust
To trust the leaves falling in july
a long before autumn's arrived,
the trail left covered in dust
I was wrong again to trust
To trust the unsinkable ship of
the blue, majestic isn't it
but a pathetic fate it brought
drowning to the deep, now it rust
I was wrong again to trust
To trust the breeze that made me calm , in the midst of chaos it kept me warm but, my oh my —
All it was a storm in disguise; left me shattered and I lost
I was wrong again to trust
Now — this is where i often find myself
when i choose to trust freely;
at times it pulls me apart,
and what left isn't so lively..
Yet still, beneath the ache and doubt,
a quiet ember learns to stay—
not every trust is meant to bloom,
not every fall should crush me away.
For even scars can teach the heart
where to bend, and where to stand.
So I’ll walk on— wiser,
with softer hope and guarded sight;
to fall, to rise, to breathe again,
to live despite the fear and strive —
this fragile courage I now write,
this is an ode to life.
First I took right, very smooth
Love by majority
Then I took left, very dark
Only the brave and strong strive here
Because you got to be the light
So you can shine while striving
Then I took time to observe
I saw my past behind and the future ahead
Then I choose to remain present
Because I can't go to the past
I can't forcefully manifest the future either.
Things in the past
Steadily stealing my attention
Causing distractions
Disrupting my focus towards the future
But I'm so dynamic
Saying to myself always
I didn't come this far
To settle for the least but the best.
Many times I move correctly
Sometimes wrongly
My mindset my redeemer
Whenever I move wrongly
My instinct always revives me
That's why I always trust my guts
Making adjustments as soon as possible
Always responsible for my mistakes
Not find who to blame or make lame.
Burdened by grief, I always strive
I work so hard to gain a good life
I make my way through hardened walls
I swim across roaring water falls
Under the sun I walk while singing
Insane to boot, I speak amd reek of dreaming
Next day I'll stand fists raised to fight
Giants so strong yet I remain in might
Someday soon with a happy ever after
I'll look back proud, in shared laughter
When winning seems beyond hope
~ keep on trying with all you’ve got.
Double down. Don’t give up!
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 2nd place 2025
“When we tread along the journey of life
Let`s roll up our sleeves and strive to survive.”-By Author
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Treading Along the Journey of life
When we tread along the journey of life
Never let darkish despair grip our mind
Ravage the sweet seamless fruits of our strife
Endanger the glow of our prior shine,
Rather roll our sleeves and strive to survive
Ready to burn midnight candles for time.
The Sound of Blackness
Echoes of Achievement that surround in surpassing opposition
Breaking down boundaries and climbing high mountains with
All the strength and endurance
The aroma of Forefathers leverage that came before us
The depths of Knowledge, Wisdom, Understanding and Determination
They say to us “RISE” and be achievers you were meant to be
A world seen beyond tomorrow, but a vision of today
Stand Up and be Courageous
A pledge
Stride, Create, Illustrate and Motivate
Signed, Strive
Life is a brief span; seize tight each passing moment,
For yesterday's pain should reflect in your sight,
To map out your routines after your heart's consent,
Thus, paving a way to banish your plight.
Don't question how others make things right,
Strive, don’t wait your strength is taking flight.
Years for thriving aren't lost, but we miss tracking their way,
Time is fragile, our plans create inner tension each day.
As we continue doubting, our spirits procrastinate;
Blind to precious moments, fear of trying escalates.
Then, it seems that frailty is imposed on dreams,
Creating tension in insight, plans, and themes.
Copyrighted
Strive to do your best each day
To be the best that you can be
All it takes is very hard work
It’s as easy as A,B,C
Make sure you believe in yourself
Keep your mind on what you do
Don’t let anyone ever tell you no
And follow everything through
It might be difficult along the way
But you know it’s for your own good
Because when it’s all said and done
You knew all along that you could
Strive to do your best each day
To be the best that you can be
All it takes is very hard work
It’s as easy as A,B,C.
Make sure you believe in yourself
Keep your mind on what you do
Don’t let anyone ever tell you no
And follow everything through
It might be difficult along the way
But you know it’s for your own good
Because when it’s all said and done
You knew all along that you could.
Time, a pathway to the final end
Death, a pathway to a new beginning
Time and death are subtle allies
One to reveal, the other — a fulfilment
A sad one ponders alone under the night sky
Wondering at the beautiful tempest of life
Sick, secluded and submissive to the raining flows
His shimmering tears' lost in his vast but empty sighs
Now do the birds weep their supportive cries
The sorry breeze whooshes calm to his grieving spirit
The trees sway lightly to the band of night's wind
For so it is, the top one sings to nature, his strives
Man and nature thus resonated a hymn at night
An ode to the weak strength of man
Man and nature did chorus a hymn at night
A praise of man's perseverance against all odds
Written on 30 July 2023
Triolet Form of Poetry
Stepping Stones
Let failures be the stepping stones
To the gate of success in life;
Let not others our path disown,
Rather treat our life as our own
Let us seal it as a rightful bond
As along the stiff stairs we strive;
Let failures be the stepping
To the gate of success in life;
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