Tag: poetry

To Thine Own Self Be True

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This above all 
To thine own self be true
But damn
Is that a hard thing to do
I want to hold 
To my own principles
To set firm my jaw
And without a pause
Hold firm the ground
I'm planted upon
But when I say no
You refuse to move on
Turning my insides
Upside and down
Knitting my eyebrows
And causing a frown
Why is honoring me 
Such an ask
It's not like I'm begging
Some outrageous task
I'm asking for only
Mutual respect
Yet you recoil
As if you were decked 
Leaving me feeling
Like I've caused you harm
While my heart is rattling
My chest in alarm
Now I'm a monster
For making my needs
A priority which 
Leaves you aggrieved
One day soon 
I will disavow 
Ownership of 
What's forced on me now
I will figure out how
To my own self be true
And with peace in my heart
I will leave you

-gws


@wordswishesandwisdom

Happy NaPoWriMo! Here’s my Day 23 poem called To Thine Own Self Be True #poetry #wordsmithing #poem #writer #wordswishesandwisdom #poet #poetsoftiktok #poetryTok #NaPoWriMo #NaPoWriMo2024 #poetryreading

♬ original sound – GWS

Tell Your Story

Tell your story
Detail your plot twists
Describe how you penned your own ending
How you dreamt your next prolific chapter
You are proof that dragons can be slain
Villains can be outwitted
That the condemned can become the hero
Be the light that illuminates someone else’s
Pages through your inspiration
Show that soul their narrative can be altered
Show that soul their misery can become triumph
Because you have told them it can be done
Because you have shown them it was done

-gws

Becoming Friends

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Tell me the story of becoming friends
My mind's well versed in remembering ends
But beginnings are better stories to tell
Yet my memory fails to recall half so well
How the meeting between a you and a me
Led to becoming a fun-seeking "we"

Maybe there's details you only recall
Enchant me by telling every moment of all
The things that connected my soul to yours
The reasons you walked through my open door
I'll sit at your feet with my chin in my hands
And listen intently as you meet my demands
To share the hilarious things that ensued
Which inextricably linked a me to a you

-gws

@wordswishesandwisdom

Happy NaPoWriMo! Here’s my Day 22 poem called Becoming Friends #poetry #wordsmithing #poem #writer #wordswishesandwisdom #poet #poetsoftiktok #poetryTok #NaPoWriMo #NaPoWriMo2024 #poetryreading

♬ original sound – GWS

Moody Skies

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How I love a blue-gray sky
Hanging heavy above a blue-green sea
Or a sky of vibrant summer blue
Filled with the white puffs of lazy clouds
How about the velvet blue of a midnight sky
Glittering with silver stars
The enchanted pastel painted skies of dawn
Dressed in pinks and sherbet oranges
Or better yet the jeweled-toned shows of sunsets at the closing day
Painted with deep reds and purples and burning oranges
The sky's moods are all so beautiful

-gws
@wordswishesandwisdom

Happy NaPoWriMo! Here’s my Day 21 poem called Moody Skies #poetry #wordsmithing #poem #writer #wordswishesandwisdom #poet #poetsoftiktok #poetryTok #NaPoWriMo #NaPoWriMo2024 #poetryreading

♬ original sound – GWS

A Heart for Art

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Lightning bugs
Fairy wings
Eyelash wishes
Magical things
Puffy clouds up in the sky
Shifting dreams just passing by
Daydreams spinning round young heads
Sweet dream wishes for their beds
Storyteller's well worn seat
Children sitting at their feet
Wonderment in every eye
Silent tears for sad goodbyes
Weave for them a strange new world
And embed it in the heart of a girl
Or a boy who's heart still dreams
Of mythic heroes or vicious fiends
In the core of every child
Lives possibility fresh and wild
A precious gift within each heart
Inspirations from which grows art

-gws
@wordswishesandwisdom

Happy NaPoWriMo! Here’s my Day 20 poem called A Heart for Art #poetry #wordsmithing #poem #writer #wordswishesandwisdom #poet #poetsoftiktok #poetryTok #NaPoWriMo #NaPoWriMo2024 #poetryreading

♬ original sound – GWS

Write

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Write to free the burdened mind
Write to mourn what's left behind
Write to fill the world with love
Write a prayer for a god above
Write to get you through the night
Write to save a stranger's life
Write to make the world make sense
Write without care for consequence
Write regardless of the words
Write so that your voice is heard
Write to free a soul locked tight
Write with rhyme for pure delight
Write of love or foe or friend
Just write and write then write again

-gws
@wordswishesandwisdom

Happy NaPoWriMo! Here’s my Day 19 poem called Write #poetry #wordsmithing #poem #writer #wordswishesandwisdom #poet #poetsoftiktok #poetryTok #NaPoWriMo #NaPoWriMo2024 #poetryreading

♬ Prayer of the Heart – Eric Gilmour