HOPE

I was on the precipice of losing it,
Letting it go forever,
Not a care about it would I have,
'Never will I ever have you again'...i reassured myself.
And I vowed to stick to my word,
The stickler for my words that I am,

2 days without it,
48 hours, 2880 minutes,
And I was sinking already,
Sliding fast, suffocating, drowning, dying…inside,
Without it I was just a shell,
and for a moment I thought
What the xxxx??

Hope is such a marvelous thing.
Why would I ever want to lose it?
It bends, it twists and it sometimes hides...
But rarely does it break.
It sustains us when nothing else can.
It gives us reason to continue and courage to move ahead,
When we tell ourselves we'd rather give in.

Hope puts a smile on our faces,
Even when the heart cannot manage to...
It puts our feet on the path,
Even when our eyes cannot see it...
It moves us to act,
Even when our souls are confused on the direction..

Hope is a wonderful thing,
Something to be cherished, nurtured,
Something that will always refresh us in return...

It can be found in each of us,
And it brings light into the darkest of places.

So never lose hope!

YOUR VOICE

There is no poetry that can describe your voice,
It brings me so much happiness and joyce,
I’m in love with your voice and I have no choice,

The sweetness of your voice shakes my whole existence,
Makes me so helpless with no resistance,
Your voice is more tender than a violin,
Resisting this voice is a sin,
Your voice is what makes my love for you begin,

Your voice is soothing and warm,
Your voice makes me feel loved and not alone,
When I am nervous you know how to be calm,

I can distinguish your voice from all the crowds,
Your voice has power to melt all my clouds,

Call my name with your voice…call for me,
Scream…your screams are wild like a lion’s roar,
Echoing like sea waves racing on the shore,
Reaching for all the feelings of love stemming from my hearts core,

Whisper softly in my ears,
Comfort all my endless fears,
Bring me back to life…
Pause my passing years…………

ONLY A MOTHER KNOWS

Somebody said that a child is carried in its mother's womb for nine months,
He does not know that a child is carried in its mother's heart forever.

Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you've had a baby,
He doesn't know that once you're a mother, normal is history.

Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by instinct,
He has never taken a three-year-old shopping.

Somebody said if you're a "good" mother, your child will "turn out good.",
He mistakenly thinks a child comes with directions and a guarantee.

Somebody said "good" mothers never raise their voices,
He never came out the house in time to see the child throw a stone through the neighbour's window.

Somebody said you don't need an education to be a mother,
He has never helped a class five child with his mathematics homework.

Somebody said you can't love the fifth child as much as you love the first,
He doesn't have five children.

Somebody said a mother can find all the answers to her child-rearing questions in motherhood books,
He never had a child stuff beans up his nose.(I once did this years ago).

Somebody said the hardest part of being a mother is labour pains and delivery,
He never waved goodbye to the "baby"  on the first day of nursery school.

Somebody said a mother can stop worrying after her child gets married,
He doesn't know that marriage adds a new son or daughter-in-law to a mother's heartstrings.

Somebody said a mother's job is done when her last child leaves home,
He has never had grandchildren.

Somebody said your mother knows you love her, so you don't need to tell her,
He isn't a mother.