Street roots
Jan. 7, 2011
Have you been there?
by George Mayes
Look at your life
What struggles have you been through
There are worries everyone has »
There, are issues everyone has
Have you.been there?
Now imagine this:
Believe in your struggling and the worrying and
the issues you have, encourage yourself to
accomplish and recognize the creative wondrous
phosphorescent glow you have about yourself.
Have you been there?
Morning Glory
by Speechless Poems
Our twisted vines
Choke put the green life
Around us
What a curse
To have no neighbors
Or friends
But, oh!
It is so nice to stretch
Our roots into fresh soil
Faces alight
In the morning sun glow
With the promises that today brings
Droplets of morning dew
Sit on our petals
Waking us to this brand new day
The sun
Now climbing the sky
Burns our sweet little heads
Blinking in anticipation
Waiting for our petals to droop
Into our sweet sleepy state
By Peter Stefan
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