THE WOUNDED

Source:childmagazine

THE WOUNDED

A blue sky can bring me to cheer.

Come inside, I am waiting here.

You can soften the load

of troubles, I am told.

Please brighten the cold, dreary day.

Take me to places far away.

Heal my wounded pride.

I need your fire at my side.

BOOK OF NIGHTMARES

My dreams haunt me.

They torment me each night.

They follow me,

Giving my heart a fright.

I’ve put my demons in my book

To ease my troubled mind.

Why don’t you take a closer look,

And see what you can find?

A ROAD TRIP

Source:pedromirfilho 

I’m taking a road trip.

I shouldn’t have let that slip.

I’m trying to get away

To find a new place to stay.

Where troubles are left behind.

A place that no one can find.

Please don’t follow me.

I yearn to roam free.

Up ahead is a street light.

It’s the only one in sight.

I slow down and roll to a stop.

My car door opens with a pop.

My troubles line up on the road,

Waiting for me to stop, I’m told.

I can’t escape them this time

And not from this awful rhyme.

At the next chance, I get,

I’m off, ready and set.

 

WALK ALONE

karl-shakur

Poise. by Karl-Shakur

We walk alone,

Year after year.

Troubles weigh us down,

No end in sight.

Our loads become heavy,

Our bodies weary.

Frowns on our faces,

Eyes to the sky above,

We ask for salvation.

No answer for our ears.

Hope lingers in our souls,

A hope for better days.

If not in this lifetime,

then maybe in the next.

THE ROAD

Follow me on my journey.

Stay close behind.

I’m out for adventure.

Out to have some fun.

I don’t care if I have company.

More people to party with.

We’ll drive to the end of the road.

Then we’ll find another.

Until I’m far away from home.

Away from my troubles.

Away from people who bring me down.

Will you bring me down?

Are you from my past?

I must speed up and lose you.

I don’t want any old baggage.

I want to be free and light.

The car is gone.

Good!

Oh no!

It’s waiting for me up ahead.

I guess you can’t escape your problems.

They follow you everywhere.

WE WALK ALONE

karl-shakur

We walk alone

through the cold and rain.

We carry our troubles

on our weary backs.

The load gets heavier

each and every year.

We grow older

but not always wiser.

When will life become simpler?

When will the load lighten?

Not in this lifetime.

Maybe in the next.

THE RAINBOW

THE RAINBOW

Some days can be heartless.
Some days cruel.
Bringing sorrow and tears.
Bringing you down to you knees.
Until you give up hope.
Give up on your dreams.
Refuse to lift your head.
Refuse to face another day.
Until the rainbow.
Until you by chance look up.
Lift your head ever so slightly.
And see the rainbow.
Will times change?
Will life be better?
Face the rainbow.
Let it lift your spirits up high.

A PLACE OF PEACE

bobcronkphotography:

Tropical Sanctuary - Located near Black Sands Beach on The Big Island of Hawaii.

We all need a place where we could relax.
A place to breathe and to feel whole again.
If you don’t have such a place,
you can find it in your mind’s eye.
Picture a place of beauty and peace
and let your troubles wash away.

KEEP HOPING AND DREAMING

FLOWERS—LIKE HOPE—CAN BLOOM ANYWHERE.
EVEN IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY AND HARDSHIP.
KEEP HOPING AND DREAMING.

HOPE

Between the cacti grows flowers.
Amid the dryness sprouts life.
Spots of color to brighten the horizon.
In the midst of despair,
hope springs to life.
Life not only give us darkness,
but also gives us flashes of light to guide us
to better times ahead.
Here’s to hope!

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garakami:

Brooklyn Bridge by Gabriel Flores

We walk alone.
At times we ask for help.
But no one can understand our grief.
No one can carry our problems for us.
We must learn to stand on our own feet.
No one can do this for us.
It is a lonely journey,
but we must do it by ourselves.

BALANCING ACT

Life is a balancing act.
Some people do it better than others.

(Source: opticallyaroused)

LIGHTNING STRIKES

At times we are too exposed to life and
the sadness it may bring to our lives.
We wait for our lives to get better on their own.
But this is what we shouldn’t be doing.
We should be protecting ourselves
for whatever life has in store for us in the future.
We should be protecting our hearts, our bodies,
and our loved ones.
We must erect strong barriers to withstand any storm.
Only then will be prepared.
Only then we won’t be sitting and waiting, like
a lone tree waiting on the mountain for lightning to strike.

ESCAPE

OCEAN SEAGULL ~ By Marine Traffic

LET’S FLY AWAY FROM THE FURY OF THE WAVES,
FROM THE TURMOIL OF EVERYDAY LIFE,
FROM PRYING EYES,
AND OUT INTO THE WIDE OPEN WORLD.