Tag: family
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My Life’s Pride
Like the rising tide I swell with pride Able to pass the limits Swelling over my laments
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Best Advice
I was an easily frustrated child. My brothers and Dad loved playing sports and I was never as good. Dad used to tell me when I would get upset about a play to “Show it on the field.” He never wanted me to smack talk, he wanted me to use that frustration and show that…
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What Give Me Energy: Part Two
My first response was a joke, a jive What gives energy, makes me feel alive? It is the look in my daughter’s eyes It’s the smile my son cannot hide
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A Life Lesson I Wish I Knew
There are so many lessons I’ve learned, lived, and impressed in Internalized, enternalized That I had to see through my eyes
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She Still Cries
She stands poised and strong She is singing songs When in the shower, Car, sing along hour
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Where To Find Inspiration
Poetic inspiration is in persperiation In the life spent living It’s in the smile you’re giving It’s in the smile of a child Unconditional and mild Milk, given to a babe That a mother has made The maternal bond It’s in a late night yawn Earned spinning yarns It’s in the fields and barns Toiling…
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Falling in Fall
Fall leaves scattered Orange, golden, green My heart was in tatters But you bought it sight-unseen
