To change
One must approach
Life with a skeptical eye
Focused on what’s right
Rather than the other side
So enlist me in this endeavor of
Finding what is best
In life
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Author Archives: acupofsongwriting
Setbacks
One moment away
Can be eternity
If the pieces fall
In the divide of time
Where even a minute is
Too late
To take the setback
Is to be bold and weary
Upon the arrival
Of another day
Better Days
Better days
Come after the ones
That feel
Like they will never end
Today I pretend
To make it to tomorrow
For tomorrow will be
The best day
Yet
Risks
The risk
Seeps in
As the shore
Recedes
In the evening tide
When the water is high
The risks we take
Define a life
Or a mistake
So tread with caution
In a world set on
Confusion
And take a risk
Worth the life
Ahead
Celebrating Autumn: The Beauty of Seasonal Orange
The color of the fall
Is set upon us
As we await the
Bringing of new season
To our eyes
Skin
Ears
So set up the orange pumpkin
In it’s seasonal place
Upon the entrance
Where the friends
And neighbors can see
The sign of the season
Ahead of me
Carry Through
When time itself
Has collapsed on your heart
Know that who can
Hold you up
Is never far
To carry love through
A world of cold
To make the broken
Whole
To stand next to each other
Differences shining
The path tougher we will
Be finding
So hold these hopes
To be the truth
No matter what the word
Tells you
Embracing New Beginnings: A Journey of Hope
For all of the feelings
That are boxed
In the crate of life’s
Hopes
Dreams
Unseen
These things
Fade with time and
Tenor
So hold hope that a
New life
Can be started
With a eyes on a new future
The Facade of Justice: Reflections in Verse
Object to the days rule
The judge high off in distant
Gown
Draped over the isle
Where I sit
Pretending to listen
To care
When I know that
The judge there is a facade
Of what we are supposed to feel
But I keep quiet
Keep my peace
For another day
Tearful
A tearful return
Through hope and sadness
Blend unimagined
To see through
The blurriness of tears
Fallen
One after the other
So take time today
To cherish those you love
And say
I love you
Trite
The medieval kind
Of living
Well overdone
Thinking
To see what a
World
Has to hold
Through the generations
What can I learn
From the mistakes of the past
To hold up the real future
To see what we are
Capable of
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