Day 75:

Sept 13-I’m not superstitious, knock on wood, so here is a poem called Encouragement.

A poem can be many things.

It can show beauty.

It can expose sin.

It expresses emotions.

Sometimes.

Good or evil

Joy or despair

Deeply expressed

Or hidden within.

Sometimes.

It can teach

It can reach

It takes time.

Can it rhyme?

Sometimes.

What a poet chooses to do

With poetry

Is

The key.

And me?

I choose encouragement.

Some write to brag

Some pour out their broken hearts

Some turn to angst

Some choose to compete.

And me?

I choose encouragement.

Sharing a life of joy

To every girl and boy

A pattern to live

A life born to give.

There is a God!

We are but sod.

Courage, take!

It’s not fake!

It’s love

Above!

Cope?

Hope!

Can a poem do this>?

Sometimes.

Reaching out to those in despair

Showing them that I truly care

Teaching them that there is hope

Greater than mere human scope.

Can a poem do this>?

Sometimes.

You may choose Despair

Or demeaning others

You may choose to mock

Or bemoan your case.

And me?

I choose encouragement.