No matter the long road
You can walk step by step
No matter the short road
You can't reach it
Without taking two feet
Life is a harder you try
Easy if you find it inspire
Love the way you fight for it.
Fear is like a dragon, spitting a flame
The media are now doing the same
Controlled by evil, to seep in your soul
It will certainly take its brutal toll
It will burn you, hurt you, and even kill
Faith must prevail with a strong inner will
Kick the fear to the curb, have courage now
This will save you and won’t break the bough
Try not to give in to the fear today
Take one step at a time, to find your way
No matter how broken, you are okay
We are in this together, come what may
Heidi Sands
1/22/23
Placed 2nd in the Fear is Liar Poetry Contest. Sponsor: Sotto Poet
SECOND CHANCE
I can see it clearly now,
ive been given one more chance.
To live my life again,
to give life a second glance.
I know it wont be easy,
but i,ll take one step at a time.
Until ive battled through my demons,
and have a better frame of mind.
I know i could not do this,
without the help i have received,
not only by the healthcare.
But from the ones who still believed.
Start by getting up
Then getting dressed
Then leave the house and figure it out from there
A good morning ritual can awaken a dying spirit
Life is what you see through your own eyes, so grab that positive persona from the closet
And put on your reflection instead of that gloomy frown
Easier said than done
But just take one step at a time and you’ll be progressing farther than where you begun
You probably heard that one before, so what makes this any different
Well the difference is you and how you feel
So, the next time you feel down remember one step forward is just as easy as tomorrow but as hard as yesterday
So, you’re better off focusing on today, and today say “I am who I am, no more no less, I will be who I want to be one day
And until that day comes I will keep back packing knowledge and lessons for my personal journey”
Your story may not be the best but no one has one like it, so before you give up remember the sun is there even if you can’t see it
There will always be a bright side
Even when the shadows are all you can see
p.s. remember to say to yourself just be myself…just be me…
My goal in life is to be like Betty White.
Funny, beautiful yet so intelligently bright.
I love to laugh when she speaks of her age.
Reading her book,makes it hard to turn the page.
Today was my Birthday and it really felt great.
I use to worry about the number but now its a special date.
I celebrate in many ways, a wish list in my hand.
Today I played music and listened to my favorite band.
A meal was made, seen my kids to.
My husband ordered out, there was nothing for me to do.
But to sit relax and talk with those I love with my heart.
I've missed them so much, its been hard to be apart.
My Birthday became a day just to celebrate the life I have had.
Now looking forward to things we enjoy, I'm so glad.
To be healthy, to wake to the sun in the sky.
Hoping next year we will be ready to fly.
To see places we have never been before.
To go to PEI and go knocking on my friends door.
Next stop would be a really warm place.
Book in hand, you will never see my face.
Look forward for the days to come.
Embracing all or even some.
Life is a beautiful gift, take one step at a time.
Just like writing this poem, I do my best to rhyme.
My journey is not long but my dream is
I search for the fastest way to reach my destination
But time tells me, “Take one step at a time”
I heed this advice
With patience as food of choice
Trust my drink to quench my thirst
I take a deep breath and struggle to look ahead
All I see is the same old things my eyes are used to seeing
Color, trees and the African savanna surrounds my day thinking
Social media confuses me with false testimonies from life failures
They think they made by their own knowledge yet it’s God’s intervention
They praise their wealth in place of God
They worship money instead the one who deserves it and lives forever
My God stand and see my evil heart even as I write his poem
It’s not perfect but at least it has little faith in you
Money I asked in a dream, you did provide me with it
Imperial status I saw my phone calling me to it
When will that happen my God?
I write this as I am sited in this barbarian chair
Idol worship is well known in this country
Yet for the sake of the few believers; you have spared us
Joy and peace through faith,
Trust and love be mine from God
Through forgiveness of my sins
Chuimunga the poet
After the storms and the rains
The heartache and pain
I know you feel down and like there is no one around
You've had more than you can take
It feels like you are going crazy
But, don't lose hope, just hold on baby
Things can change in time
The sun will shine through the clouds
The storm will pass on by
I know you are strong and will continue on
Never give up, my soldier
You got this and I you can get through
I have faith in you
Take one step at a time, one day at a time
I always wish you well and hope you'll be fine
Sending much love and light
I hope it gets you through your darkest night
Life isn't about finding yourself
Life is about creating yourself
Giving yourself a chance to move on
If you understand when you are wrong
Then it means you are strong
choose to live your life meaning less until you die
Or you can choose to chase dream so high
Remember no one has total control over you
Because you are you and there can never be another you
When the road ahead seems cloudy
Storms over head and heart seems heavy
Take one step at a time or stop to do it again
Know your limit but remember no pain no gain
I tell you this; life has no meaning
It something you give meaning by overcoming strife
Your downfall don't justify the ending
It how you react justifies its "YOUR LIFE "
H-ope for the promised land,
E-ternal life is in store;
N-ever let your faith fade,
E-arnestly reach the heaven's door.
D-on't let your hope depart, despite the uphill climb;
E-ven though that life is hard, take one step at a time.
L-et each and every day
E-ndorse a brand new start;
O-n the fourteenth of May
N-ever let your hope depart.
Wondering at life i mused, it is stage by stage
Worrying in life i echoed, add nothing to the gauge
Weighing the life i noticed honour comes not by age
Wandering i discovered, life can put one in a cage
Watching i observed, there are people filled with rage
Waiting i witnessed, they were denied of their wage
Writing i cogitated in the corner of my cottage
What! i shouted, life's struggle is real and not a mirage
Working i realise Life doesn't gives what one deserves
Willing i Strife for i know life gives what one demands
We only need to take one step at a time.
Things Happen
What we should realize is start reassuring
Which will relieve so much of the suffering
Of all the weak who will moan and groan
And then be left alone in a buffer zone.
This will be best place to absorb the shock
And always is present around the clock
Hunger and all the pain will be relieved
When our precious God you have received.
Take one step at a time and careful be
When you really want to start and see
How constantly clear path will be now
When before God's Son's cross will bow.
Answers are there when willing to try
Never let the opportunity pass you by
Even though we will be weak and inept
Things happen when God always accept.
When your alone
Follow a dream
Take one step at a time
Never settle for less
Just continue to climp up high
Follow your dreams
And if you start stumble and crumble
Please don't stop and lose your sight of goals in your life
Press up high to the top
Cause only on top high
You can see your whole view
Can we see what we have done so far
And what we can do
Keep pressing up high to thy sky
And follow that dream you long to have
Just follow a dream
By Brian Otoole
I welcome myself back but I don’t know where I’ve been
It feels like I’ve been drowning in this sea of sin
I don’t understand why I didn’t do anything wrong
It really doesn’t matter because everything is gone.
Life seems to return with the dawning of the sun
The rays shine down on me so I try to grab some
I hope and I pray for just a little bit more
What shall be the outcome I’m really not sure.
I’ll just go outside and take one step at a time
Maybe this time I shall find the right line
The more I learn seems the less I know
The more I look maybe more will show.
I gather up the pieces and pull them together
The forecast has called for a change in the weather
It seems it will be cloudy with a chance of rain
It shall wash away my sorrow and with it all the pain.
My body,
ripe for the taking,
filled with shames voice.
Plunged into the fiery depths of self mutilation.
My sense of self lashes out, and when threatened,
curls inwards to my very core.
The stress creeps upwards,
as if failing to reach the freedom of a hill top
filled with weeping willows,
that sway with the loaded failures of my past.
Disintegration comes when I buckle under
the stress of reliving these failures.
My shoulders pull back and settle into my body
opening up vessels of hope.
I take one step at a time
as if walking the line of steadiness.
Your deceitful heart
your wasted mind,
continuously lied
to me all the time.
You left me hurt
you left me bruised,
your love was fake
cause it's been used.
You twisted words
shooked me with fear,
hurt and pain
was all that appeared.
Unspoken words
lies in my heart,
it's been there so long
to reveal from the dark.
All my emotions
are no longer deep,
my mind is blank
and my heart is empty.
Love is all
that lies behind,
it was suppose
to make my world shine.
So now i say
take one step at a time,
cause you'll never know
who you'll find.
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