How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see

Thanks Jackie.

Cynthia and Samantha lovely ... so glad you are with us Samantha.

Wow everyone great writes, Samantha thank you for sharing, glad you are well xx

Thanks Samantha! 🤗

It only has 4 letters

How simple it must be

Someone must have forgot to tell it.

It couldn’t be more complicated for me

I have lost it once

I’ve had to fight to function in it

There are days when I wished I had a better one

It’s such a little word to cause so many problems for me

I guess I should stick around and see

just where this little LIFE takes me.

It wasn't long ago,

when I didn't think I had a chance,

to ever be a part again,

to love and sing and dance.

I was very ill,

with Cancer of all things,

You cannot imagine,

the kind of fear that brings

I looked at my young children,

wondering if I would ever have a chance see,

The wedding for my son,

Or a grandchild run to me.

Its funny how you feel,

when life is challenged for you

until your in that situation,

You don't know what you'll do

Now I appreciate life,

more than I ever knew I could,

I am cancer free

I take life easy, with all the bad and good

I Am Alive

Sometimes I stumble try not to fall,

My voice a soft whisper till I hear the call.

“Rise, rise from your dreaded despair,

You are alive and have lots of love to share.

Pain goes with life for its not a simple thing,

Slowly it fades, leaving only the remembering.

Remembering is good, its but a lesson to learn,

Never again, and my mind begins to turn.

Not backwards, no, never. Some things I will forget,

Only forward, new memories, no doubts, no regrets.

On my feet now standing both tall and proud,

My voice no longer a whisper, but a shout among the crowd.

I’m a person, alive, and from the curse I am free,

I’ll no longer allow anyone to walk over me.

Untrusting to some with a cynic eye,

But true friends I have and on golden wings my spirit will fly.

I AM ALIVE. Isn’t life great.

© Cynthia Clark