I don’t care how much money you make
Are you happy
Not how much you’ve got
I don’t care about success
Not about how hard you work
Do you enjoy your time?
We've only got so much
How deep do you laugh?
Does your body ache with
Striving or love
Do you sing the tune of a working man?
Or a lovers ballad
Are you up with the stars
Giggling or Longing?
Do you have real riches?
Success in your soul
Love in your heart
Peace in your mind
If so
Then you’ve made it
Life’s hard work is this
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Emma Baker
I like words that over-promise life's beauty
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Hannah's Challenge
I joined Vocal two years ago, a prick of enthusiasm beseeching me to throw caution to the wind, pay the readies and have a stab at a long stagnated pleasure. It worked remarkably well. I dipped in my toe, finding the water a little cooler than I had hoped, but as I stood there up to my ankles, I realised it was rather invigorating, and by the time I was up to my knees, it was pleasingly tepid. I dove in and swam out to where others were tossing balls about and wrestling over lilos and proceeded to have a whale of a time splashing about, sometimes missing my footing or getting water in my eye, but sometimes turning elegant somersaults and graceful dives.
By Hannah Moore6 days ago in Writers
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I do sing the song of the working people... Happiness is a strange thing.... Even trying to be happy is a song of WORK. Life is work, there is no escaping that.