No matter how foggy it may seem

For some day they will all go away,

leaving the place fresh and crystal clear.

I am determined to climb life's ladder

No matter how tangled in the web I might be

For some day it will be a straight

Thread of success, leaving behind all fear.

I am determined to climb life's ladder no matter how

The darkened leaves may flutter in my face

Because I know some day my light will shine very bright

I declare!

- Melecia Roach
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Nature's beauty

Transformed by God's intelligence,

seemingly oblivious to man's knowledge,

the ultimate power that God has placed in the seeds,

to create such beauty that we can richly benefit from.

The power of nature is beautiful, as it seeks to embody

and change our lives to fully

encompasses our own inhabited intentions.

- Tina Brown
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Forgiveness

Sleepless nights,

tormented thoughts,

fatigued, darkness has come to light

disloyalty,

She is not appreciated, all that love she has for him.

Forgiveness is a sin, same as not forgiving,

The passion that once lit her fire now

gone,

Love is cruel and so is trust, a professional liar sleeps in her bed

So undisturbed, such a baby, no more blindness to his game

Shocked by his actions, she crumbles under the pain.

Forgiveness is a sin, same as not forgiving,

A heart twice made of gold, a mind that once embraced love now hardened

With hate, pain, bitterness but above all, her heart is broken, it has been shattered

The splinters infect her blue eyes turning them red, it hurts to love.

Forgiveness is a sin, same as not forgiving,

Her fountain of love has become loveless, betrayed by the man of her

dreams, forever her heart will fear love and hate trust.

- Earnesta Henderson

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Abused

Another day, but she feels the same

Her pain is still there

Her mind still perturbed.

"Were my prayers heard?" she asks

"Will my joy be renewed soon?''

She rests in bed, head on pillow

Eyes fixed on the ceiling above.

She's hurt

Not physically, emotionally

It's broken

Not in two, not her heart only

But in pieces, her body too.

She sighs

She cries

She doesn't want her sobs to be heard.

- Shere-Dean Reid