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in March 2015, poetry Tags: doubters, goals, strength, voices
Hearing people say what you cannot do
too old, too late, too hard
voices that are constantly speaking
do not listen
Voices that doubt
no faith in who you are
in what you can do
make them silent
Murmuring failures
giving life to faults
foul breath covers you
turn away
Inside yourself others speak
strength, passion, ability
daily growing louder
drowning out the other voices
12 Apr 2011 4 Comments
in April 2011, poetry Tags: emotions, memories, past, regret, shadows, strength
And lo though I walk through this life with no regret
the shadows they follow me still
the past is gone but unforgotten as yet
it lingers at the corners against my will
And lo though I walk knowing it is better now
the stitches of the wounds remain
to completely erase rewind forget somehow
these things I cannot yet attain
And lo though I walk in love and light
the darkness that once was creeps in and out
even though I resist with all my might
just a little twinge just a little doubt
And lo though I walk renewed and stronger
the shadows remain just out of reach
wishing them gone to be here no longer
but there are still lessons they must teach
07 Apr 2011 2 Comments
in April 2011, poetry Tags: courage, overcome, strength, stronger, tests, trials
It is the struggles that makes us strong
the daily trials as we go along
tests of character and of mind
it is in these true strength we find
Though these times may seem so dark
life is never just a walk in the park
with each one we grow a little more
becoming stronger than before
While we walk in the trials we may feel weak
the things about which we do not speak
pushed down by the weight we fight to stand
every now and again with a helping hand
The trials we face the tests of the heart and soul
things over which we have no control
they give us strength they make us strong
able to face whatever this life brings along
29 Dec 2010 2 Comments
in December 2010, poetry Tags: courage, failure, rise up, strength, triumph
Get knocked down things not going well
feeling as if you’re spending time in hell
nothing goes right all lows and no highs
and still you have the strength to rise
Feeling hopeless lost and afraid
the best of plans get waylaid
no words to speak only sighs
and still you have the strength to rise
Heartbroken dreams cast aside
looking for a place in which to hide
failing failing so many tries
and still you have the strength to rise
Sun breaks through the clouds now gone
a new path unto your feet is shown
triumphant through adversity only truth now no lies
and all because you had the strength to rise
22 Sep 2010 18 Comments
in poetry, September 2010 Tags: emotion, loss, love, memories, strength
All the while I thought I had put it all away
the memories of what was left as they lay
with just one look there they came rushing back again
taking my heart back to remember when
So hard I’ve tried to push away at the edges of my soul
slowly piecing back together the parts to make a whole
and rushing back now overwhelmed unable to make them stop
like raindrops of memory drop by drop by drop
Like a river it overtakes me and I can no longer breathe it seems
invading every thought awake even into my dreams
things I thought were long since gone are back just as real
if I could only find a way to no longer feel
Rushing waters of memory wash over my soul as waves upon the sand
battering on every emotion so hard now just to stand
slowly I push back until the water I no longer feel
left once again to wonder what was and wasn’t real
Deborah Horton Writing 