The Power of Praise and the Hurting Pain of Lies

A Villanelle Style Poem onto Words that Last

By Henrik HagelandPublished 2 years ago • 1 min read

A lovely word will stay in mind for ever

If praise or a word from heart by whom you love

The thoughts of others you can’t read however

You dress up in the new dawn with all your charm

The bright world shall see you and do you no harm

A lovely word might stay in mind for ever.

You act, you sing, you dance and play the guitar

You hold your head high - the spotlight on a star

The thoughts of others you can’t feel however

Your friends will say that all is fine in your life

The sun is yours - you won’t get hurt by no knife

A lovely word can stay in mind for ever

If doubt in room, the soul is dark and you´re down

the need of support from others – you’re no clown

The thoughts of others you can’t trust however

The truth can hurt, a lie be sweet much bigger

The hard way you learn and your pain the trigger

A lovely word will stay in mind but never

The trust in others you can’t buy however

A poet, a writer of feelings and hope. A Dane and inhibitant of the Earth thinking about what is to come.

A good story told or invented. Human all the way through.

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