Breathing Words
Mere words are placed upon the page
Where ink conjoins with pulp.
And higher themes than tongues can wage
Are sought in parsing prose.
Language is the mind’s attempt
To cobble thoughts from words,
Yet seeks discourse on things exempt
From rationale’s employ.
‘Tis not a boast upon the breast,
That burden to un-bear,
But hope that scripting at its best
Does speak without
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Categories:
worthiness, 12th grade, confidence, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Can I be Selfish?
Let me have this moment
This space that'll forever be lost
Let it live on inside me
In my heart
In my mind
Can I be selfish?
Do I deserve to be selfish?
Why should I have this?
Why should I have you?
Can I be selfish?
Just for a moment
The still holds us close
I'm afraid
Can I be selfish?
If I breathe, play will resume all
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Categories:
worthiness, animal, dog, fear, grief,
Form: Free verse
Ascending To Worthiness: a Love's Journey
In the quiet of the night, I dare to dream,
Of a life with her, under the moon's soft gleam.
Her grace is my compass, in the endless sea of mediocracy,
A guide for my course, to the man I long to be.
As we muse about our future, and the children we'd create,
My heart flutters in anticipation of
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Categories:
worthiness, appreciation, beautiful, confidence, endurance,
Form: Rhyme
It's Worth It
It is always those things
That we can’t touch – the stars,
The moon, the clouds in June,
The sun, the rainbow after the storm,
The thunder and the trembling voice
Beneath the heartfelt sentiment
It is always those things
That we can’t know – the heart
Who lives behind the smile,
The whisper of faith in a child,
The joy in the sunrise, the
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Categories:
worthiness, appreciation, life, light,
Form: Free verse
The Worthiness of Being Alive
Perennial spring,
keep flowing through green meadows:
by your sound I live.
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Categories:
worthiness, life, nature, peace
Form: Haiku