inspirational
Inspirational poetry is just the thing to lift your spirits or rejuvenate your creativity.
Descension Before Ascension
Verse One I learned that descension comes before ascension, Each fall stripping pride from my reflection. I searched the dark until it spoke my name, For nothing sacred rises without walking through the flame. Verse Two I moved through rooms the daylight couldn’t keep, Where every truth was buried twice as deep. And every wound became a hidden well; No tree can crown the heavens till its roots have broken hell. Chorus Descension before ascension—you have to go down before the climb, You lose the shape you carried to become yourself in time. Every light I bear was born from nights I knew too well; No tree can reach the heavens till its roots have touched the depths of hell. Descension before ascension—you have to go down before the climb, Verse Three I gathered pieces I had left behind, The ones I dropped while trying to survive. They shaped a path that only I could tell; No tree can rise to heaven till its roots have been in hell. Bridge The ground may pull you farther than you planned, But rising starts beneath the place you stand. Let your old self shatter, let the silence speak— The summit finds its meaning in the valley underneath. Chorus Descension before ascension—you have to go down before the climb, You lose the shape you carried to become yourself in time. Every light I bear was born from nights I knew too well; No tree can reach the heavens till its roots have touched the depths of hell. Descension before ascension—you have to go down before the climb, From descension into ascension, I rise from where I fell.
By Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warrior2 months ago in Poets
No One Knows
This piece was written for Judey Kalchik's unofficial challenge and inspired by hearing this song on my way home one day. Fun and indeed challenging to write a 200-word minimum poem with only 49 single-syllable words plus the last word, which was dictated. Technically, the date she listed has passed, but Judey said it wasn't a hard deadline, so I went for it anyway.
By Julie Lacksonen2 months ago in Poets
Believe
Believe in yourself Even when no one else does It's all that you have Author's Note: This is just a reminder to those out there who have been feeling down about themselves, for whatever reason--because of rejection, Challenge losses, a lack of Top Stories, what have you--that you have to believe in yourself no matter what. Belief in ourselves is all that we really have at the end of the day, especially as creators.
By Stephanie Hoogstad2 months ago in Poets
