Determination Poems
I Must
by Aditi Hayaran
In melancholy, where I drown,
I must reach the shore while I’m watched with a frown.
With a soul deprived of warmth and light,
Living in a world where I must perform.
High on the past, suffocating in the present,
Dreading the future, where I must not descend.
In a fight with time that’s slipping away,
Every hour I wreck myself to escape the greatest harm.
Yet I must not stop while carrying this weight,
As I dreamt of being someone, for whom I fight fate.
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The songs of the Night
by Priscah mutswenje
With the serene calm night
Songs fill the air in delight
I hear them because they shout
the angels surround this pit
My wandering is coming to an end
I have no wonder to pack or send
All I have is to chart how to fend
for my retirement days and life end
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Rubberband Man
by Stewart Watkins
There he is...
On his biz
Unbothered and untethered
After many pernicious pulls and tainty tugs
And so many ghastly grabs and sheisty shrugs
After huge stretches with hopes of breaking
And so much tension, pressure and shaking
Every time!
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BEYOND,Into the light
by Ariella Lawal
The world behind-a shadowed cage,
A book still waiting to turn the page...
A child of dust, with a soul untamed,
A spark within, though still unnamed.
Beyond the breakage, beyond the tears,
She rises,facing her fears.
Her soul reaches out, a pull unseen,
The world awaits just beyond her dreams.
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Determination
by Somali Mukherjee
Dogs shall keep barking;
Still, never let them vex you;
It's your life, for sure.
Geloven tegen beter weten in
by Mario Odekerken
Ik draag jouw naam in stilte
zoals een gedachte die niemand begrijpt.
Als geloven in jou waazin is,
laat mij dan maar gek zijn,
want zonder dat geloof
blijft er niets van mij over.
De wereld meet alles met verstand,
weegt liefde op een koude schaal.
Maar wat zij niet kunnen berekenen
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I Must
by Aditi Hayaran
In melancholy, where I drown,
I must reach the shore while I’m watched with a frown.
With a soul deprived of warmth and light,
Living in a world where I must perform.
High on the past, suffocating in the present,
Dreading the future, where I must not descend.
In a fight with time that’s slipping away,
Every hour I wreck myself to escape the greatest harm.
Yet I must not stop while carrying this weight,
As I dreamt of being someone, for whom I fight fate.
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Was wir müssen,ist nur weiter zu gehen
by Mario Odekerken
Was wir müssen, ist nur weiter zu gehen.
Auch wenn der Weg sich verliert im Nebel
oder im Lärm der Welt.
Keine Karte zeigt,
wohin das führt,
dichtbij die Schritte zählen
mehr als das Ziel.
Manchmal ist Atmen
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From the roots up
by Mario Odekerken
Beneath the soil where secrets sleep,
in shadows dark and silence deep,
a seed once cast without a sound
began to stir beneath the ground.
No witness marked the moment small,
when life first stirred beneath it all,
but roots reached down with quiet grace,
to find their hold,to claim their place.
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BEYOND,Into the light
by Ariella Lawal
The world behind-a shadowed cage,
A book still waiting to turn the page...
A child of dust, with a soul untamed,
A spark within, though still unnamed.
Beyond the breakage, beyond the tears,
She rises,facing her fears.
Her soul reaches out, a pull unseen,
The world awaits just beyond her dreams.
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