Life seems to speed up
The older we get
What seemed so important long ago
Is now nothing more
Than a forgotten memory
That was then
But this is now
The dreams of youth
Seem to have faded
Into the reality of today
But we lived
And we loved
And we learned
And that one forgotten memory
Still lives in us
A beacon of hope
Beckoning us to greatness
And we will succeed
~The Tennessee Poet~
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That was how I loved you in the end
From the top of a cliff
Jumping
A leap of faith in the dark
Falling
with grasping reaching arms
Not knowing
if you were at the bottom
to catch me
Or not.
Sitting quietly Thinking of our good fortune I am so grateful
Source: Daily Haiku – Sat. April 6, 2019 – Poetry For Healing
Coastingalong the highway of life
I am thinking about the natural way
How we go through life without heeding
The basic values of the code of life laid down
By the experts of health and nutrition
Then we are aghast when things go south
The health is lost and in trying to recover it
We sometimes lose our wealth in the effort as well
There is a need to be venturesome to change
In adopting habits that promote health, we can win
Written in response to the following;
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Your daily word prompt;
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RDP;
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Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem of the possible. What does that mean? Write a poem that emphasizes the power of “if,” of the woulds and coulds and shoulds of the world.
Dreams
It is natural to wish to soar and rise
I wonder if the wings I desire
will help me fly
or would be too fragile
to carry the weight of
my gossamer dreams
dreams that want to roam
coast to coast
as the venturesome heart
is on the look out
forever for new horizons
to be the change it wants to see
never ready to give up
twinkling stars a guiding constant.
Anyone can sully my name:
The thing about it is
of all ppl I’ve seen,
Whether we washed hands in adjacent bathroom sinks,
Or we sharpened each other in study groups,
Disappear.
But until I die,
I can’t avoid the mirror,
And you know what?
No one more than me deserves
To be seen as worthy;
Not everyone could defeat my victories.
If your life is ever going to get better,
you’ll have to take risks.
There is simply no way you can grow
without taking chances.
~ David Viscot ~
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The Reluctant Poet 