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Best Poems Written by Vanessa Hughes

Below are the all-time best Vanessa Hughes poems as chosen by PoetrySoup members

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Living In the Now

What's gone has made you what you are
So don't fear what's ahead
Put trust in what will be, will be
And choose to live instead

Don't live in the now worrying
What may or may not be
Take this moment in your time
And live it totally

There's no time like the present
Breathe deep and feel alive
Living in the here and now
Will help you rise and thrive

Now is all there ever is
It's the only time that's real
Let the future take it's course
And leave the past to heal

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A Higher Being

If you believe in a higher being
And you know he sees it all
You go forward wth a confidence
Whether you rise or fall

If you believe that every lifetime
Is to learn and help you grow
The evolution of each person
The higher being comes to know

If you believe in not hurting
Any living thing
A path towards enlightenment
Is what that journey brings

If you believe we're all equal
And each lifetime's purpose serves
To improve tolerance and empathy
In a run of learning curves

If you believe in reincarnation
Different body, different role
Your trials and tribulations
Bring understanding to your soul

If you believe in a higher being
And you know he sees it all
Unfairness and injustice
Will be karmically restored.

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A Fishy Tale

I saw you twice the other day
Stirring passion anew
It's easy saying just move on
Less easier to do

Ive always said to others
There's plenty more fish in the sea
But some days it makes no difference
How many fish there be

On the face of it, a small fish
But you took over my whole sea
Never before had I gone fishing
It was all so new to me

You were someone that I longed for
I'd never felt like that before
Some months on, now I'm seeing
The sea has fish once more

But some days you're the only fish
Swimming in my sea
And the fervor that you stirred in me
Will forever be

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Inner Peace

Well below your ego
There's a place that doesn't care
What people say or think or do
It's very peaceful there

This place is deep inside you
It's way beneath your skin
The stillness that surrounds you there
Is you without the spin

It's soul, unspoilt, it's raw
Untouched by human mind
Affected not by boxes
Or labels of any kind

When you can find your inner peace
Anytime or place
No matter what is happening
You have your own calm space

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Love

Love isn't conditional
It's not what you yearn
Love's only given
It's not based on return

Love doesn't fear
Reprisals or shame
It's not on condition
You're loved back the same

Love knows no bounds
Let it fly, enjoy
Regardless of whether
You get the girl or boy

Love and let go
Be proud you can be
Loving and giving
Absolutely

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Today I Move On

A new start, A new day
Shut the door on behind, 
Walk forward in search
Of an inner peace of mind

Leave the anger to yesterday
Along with the pain
Not forgetting the suffering
But to start living again

No judgements, no bias
No prejudice, no spin
Take each person on merit
And the heart that's within

Don't distrust, keep faith
And life will enhance
Don't conclude from the past
But give everyone a chance

All the heartbreak and tears
taught lessons, now gone
Today  I look forward
Today I move on!

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My Darkest Hour

It's not just the falsely accused
That suffer
It's the children, the parents
The sister, the brother.

It's not just the horror
Of a person's false claim, 
It's the band-wagon jumpers
That blacken your name

It's not just suspicion 
That causes your hell
It's the following and hounding
That compounds it as well.

It's not just observing
But making it known
To the local community
Accusations were thrown

I hit rock bottom, 
A deep, dark despair
I reached out for someone, 
But no-one was there.

Somehow, I got through it
Came out the other side
With all the emotions 
Of the rockiest ride.

A time to feel anxious, 
A time to cry
A time best forgotten, 
Moved on from, passed by

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A Neighbour's Plight

She walks like me
She talks like me
She dresses like me
Apparently

But what a to do
For the lady who
Thinks we're two
Unfortunately

She lives by me
She smiles like me
She laughs like me
Apparently

I said, Why not try
To both saying 'Hi'
But she's quite shy
Unfortunately

So on we go
But at least I know
Why she says hello
Occasionally

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To My Children, Gina and Will

I know you can't learn from where I went wrong
And have to make your mistakes
But oh how I yearn for you to be strong
And able to live with heartaches

Live life caring, loving, being kind
Be true with all you meet
Remember sharing a happy mind
can make your life complete

Feel your emotions, accept then decide
How best to put them away
Find someone you trust in to confide
to help you on your way

Fight every fear, move forward somehow
it's the only way to feel free
your lives and whatever is here and now
Will find you a better place to be

I love you both, with all my heart
And hope you love with passion
Remember growth will make you smart
with feelings you never ration

Into the rat race, I'll watch you go
With tears but full of hope
Whatever the case I hope you'll know
A way to help you cope

And my final wish for you my dears
Is for your children to learn the same
How loving honestly without fears
Should be life's one main aim!

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A Kind and Gentle Loving Heart

We mainly grow
Through bearing hardship
We tend to learn
By living pain
We're able to
Enjoy the sunshine
From wading through
The pouring rain

Embracing hard times
Help us learn
To trust that good days
Will return

And every cloud 
Has silver linings
And every minus has a plus
They'll be good times
They'll be bad
It's the same for all of us

We're given what we need to grow
Enough to almost fall apart
But riding through it helps us know
A kind and gentle loving heart