A couple of poems!
Why do I cling to
impossible dreams?
Like sailing my ship
in the current of streams.
Too old for the things
the child in me wants,
my past is now over,
I'm tired of taunts.
Where should I start
to begin to rebuild?
I'm learning to open,
my heart will be filled.
I started writing this one because I was thinking of my mother who died when I was 9 years old. Every so often, I start thinking about how much I miss her and how I miss having a maternal influence in my life. I don't know how crazy this is going to sound (or if anyone else who lost a mother so young does this) but, I tend to look at women around me and wonder if I could see them in some sort of maternal role. Sometimes, when reading a book or watching a movie, I look at older female characters and try to "learn from them" in a manner of speaking. That's kinda what I was thinking when I started writing this. It's things like that I think I have to put behind me because no one can take the place of my mother and her influence in my life. Does that sound crazy?
My life's not decided
by what's to come.
I choose to live it
by where I am from.
My ancestors proved
that they were strong.
If any were weak,
they didn't stay long.
I can honor the past
by what I do
and learn from the lessons
of what I go through.
With this one, I was trying to motivate myself to not go through life being upset at the situations that life "throws" my way. I am stronger than the situations that seem to happen in life. Everyone comes from a lineage of people who survived in much harder situations than what we face today. Plagues, diseases, hunger, hostile environment, no climate control, no indoor plumbing, etc. If they could survive through the circumstances they went through, than I can survive almost anything that comes my way! There is absolutely no reason why I can't rise above the circumstances of my life and become a stronger person from it. The DNA inside of me comes from strong people who were survivors and that makes me a strong survivor as well. The weakest people never made it- survival of the fittest, right? Okay, that's it for today. Later!
impossible dreams?
Like sailing my ship
in the current of streams.
Too old for the things
the child in me wants,
my past is now over,
I'm tired of taunts.
Where should I start
to begin to rebuild?
I'm learning to open,
my heart will be filled.
I started writing this one because I was thinking of my mother who died when I was 9 years old. Every so often, I start thinking about how much I miss her and how I miss having a maternal influence in my life. I don't know how crazy this is going to sound (or if anyone else who lost a mother so young does this) but, I tend to look at women around me and wonder if I could see them in some sort of maternal role. Sometimes, when reading a book or watching a movie, I look at older female characters and try to "learn from them" in a manner of speaking. That's kinda what I was thinking when I started writing this. It's things like that I think I have to put behind me because no one can take the place of my mother and her influence in my life. Does that sound crazy?
My life's not decided
by what's to come.
I choose to live it
by where I am from.
My ancestors proved
that they were strong.
If any were weak,
they didn't stay long.
I can honor the past
by what I do
and learn from the lessons
of what I go through.
With this one, I was trying to motivate myself to not go through life being upset at the situations that life "throws" my way. I am stronger than the situations that seem to happen in life. Everyone comes from a lineage of people who survived in much harder situations than what we face today. Plagues, diseases, hunger, hostile environment, no climate control, no indoor plumbing, etc. If they could survive through the circumstances they went through, than I can survive almost anything that comes my way! There is absolutely no reason why I can't rise above the circumstances of my life and become a stronger person from it. The DNA inside of me comes from strong people who were survivors and that makes me a strong survivor as well. The weakest people never made it- survival of the fittest, right? Okay, that's it for today. Later!