Dive Deep into Creativity: Discover, Share, Inspire
These two poems are part of a set of four, so that's why H.O.P.E. is mentioned!
C.A.R.E. is for
Concern for those around me, even if it’s not reflected
A is for altruism- work in progress, but I’ll try
R for resilience because that’s what I’ll need to practice, and
Effusion for e because four walls can’t stop my thoughts
C.A.R.E. stands for care and nothing more
Because caring is a skill I will learn to adore
C.A.R.E. is to experience the world
Painful and confusing though it ends up at times
But I won’t stay in these walls forevermore
Because I’ve only ever learned outside of the halls
C.A.R.E. is how I’ll start to live
Even if I begin to wish the box was still with me
Only with the will to fly will I reach the sky
And only from the heights will my path begin to be mine.
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M.I.N.E. is for
M will be for mindful, learning to adapt
I is for inspired by those around me every day
N is for natural and being me in my entirety
E is back to effervescent because that’s who I want to be
M.I.N.E. is for a willingness to grow
Because now I want to learn how nobody is the same
I’m fascinated, please, teach me what you know
Let me make a library and place your book inside
M.I.N.E. to adapt and overcome
The way it’s uncomfortable will show me how to grow
Nothing good ever came without struggle, so I know
Giving up is easy, but I will keep moving on.
And a fall is just an opportunity
To learn and fly again
H.O.P.E. wasn’t right, in the end
M.I.N.E. for the person I want to be
C.A.R.E for the person I owe it to
Giving up is easy but M is to be mindful
Of my actions and the consequences that they will always bring
So giving up is easy, but I will learn to fly.