For Mum

A Mother's Day poem
By UNKNOWN ARTIST

Did I remember to Thank You?


As I look back on my life
I find myself wondering...
Did I remember to thank you
for all that you have done for me?

For all of the times you were by my side
to help me celebrate my successes
and accept my defeats?

Or for teaching me the value of hard work,
good judgement, courage, and honesty?

I wonder if I've ever thanked you
for the simple things...
The laughter, smiles, and quiet times we've shared?

If I have forgotten to express my gratitude
For any of these things,
I am thanking you now...
and I am hoping that you've known all along,
how very much you are loved and appreciated.

Someone Shared This And Now I'm Passing It On

The Three Oddest Words

When I pronounce the word Future, the first syllable already belongs to the past. When I pronounce the word Silence, I destroy it. When I pronounce the word Nothing, I make something no non-being can hold.

By Wislawa Szymborska

First Try - Acrostic Poems

Disclaimer: I am not too familiar with acrostic poetry and only learned of such a form very recently. I feel the need to write something so I will give it a spin. I don't presume to say I'm any good but I simply need to get something going.

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Down in a slump
Extremely hopeless
Arriving at a conclusion
Take a huge step
Headlong into nothing

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Faced with possibilities
Reality is what I make it
Endurance is the key
Effort to maintain

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Many a dream
Yearning to do more, be more, learn more
Seeing the world personally
Enduring the hardships
Living with passion
Fear not stopping me

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Daring to be
Existing
Faring with success
Yoke in ambition

Muse On This

For once you have tasted flight, you will always walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you long to return.

Leonardo DaVinci