Life is what you make of it.
It can be bitter- or it can be sweet.
When things don’t go your way,
Don’t give up, and wallow in defeat.
There’s a bright side to most everything,
If you look for it you’ll find.
All things work together for good,
And that brings peace of mind.
When life hands you lemons,
Don’t accept that as the end.
It’s up to you to see the positive side,
And to change the future with faith, my friend.
If life is like a box of chocolates,
is it rude to ask for candy?
Can you really say with certainty
that you even understand me?
When life hands you lemons
I think you'd better run.
Cause life can throw a curve ball
and hit you just for fun.
I can do without the chocolates
You can keep your lemons too.
Life is what you make of it
not what it makes of you.
Shades of orange
Fall into my hair
Though it may be summer
Fall is in the air
The feeling of an ending
And sudden change around
So quick and so hard
My knees hit the ground
Amazing to think that
So much can happen
Months ago, this situation
I never thought I'd be in
But when life hands you lemons
And you make lemonade
When life hands you hell
There are debts to be paid
Though I'm not certain
If my strength will stand
I will walk with the fate
None the less, hand in hand
Twisted trail of opportunities
to grow, progress, change,
to gain lifes' meaning.
Adversity builds character,
a character once proclaimed
after learning all their pain
was past, as grist for a mill.
Past?
Past to ... bread?
When life hands you lemons
and you make lemonade,
do the nickels mean more than those
thrown in the hat of the corner beggar?
Better to give than receive is said
as lifes' curtain comes crashing
upon the dead and our collective ... why?
as an eye to write it all
pretends to the realm of poetess
feeding a need that will surely furnish
the landfills of today
or the cyberspace of tomorrow
and tomorrows' tomorrow.
Only a distant bird
passing by drifting clouds
holds a promise of meaning
in this madness.