It was just a random Thursday when I remembered I’m alive.
I picked myself up off the floor, shook the cobwebs from my mind.
I poured a cup of inspiration with a splash of je ne sais quoi.
Snacked on revelations, chewed the bones of hem and haw.
I took a walk down main street, then fell off the beaten path,
Landed on the rusted tracks of the train from love to wrath,
I bought myself a ticket, destination unaware,
Somewhere to the left of hate and the right of full despair.
I got off in a meadow filled with questions tall as weeds,
The jumbled answers on the wind rustling through the trees.
I laid myself down on the grass and gazed up at the sky,
Hoping I could find some truth in the when, the where and why.
I saw a message in the clouds, or perhaps, just in my mind;
A message filled, not with the answers I’d surely hoped to find.
Instead, a sense of clarity, like a warm breeze, filled the air.
It’s not the where and when, but the now, at once, and here.
A pointless search for meaning through the them, the us and we,
When the only truth that matters comes within the I and me.
A lesson learned through introspection, that with hope, in me will stay.
All I really need to know is how to spread that hope each day.
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Cathy holmes
Canadian family girl with a recently discovered love for writing. Other loves include animals and sports.
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Congrats on TS!
So best.please support
Wooohooooo congratulations on your Leaderboard placement! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Woohoo!!! Making another lap to say congrats on most discussed story this week!! 🎉
Well done on number one this week
Beautiful and inspiring. Congratulations on top story.
So brilliant Cathy. Line after line.
I like the sing song quality of this piece. Even though the words were sad, the beat gave a sense of hope and then you confirmed it through your introspection there at the end. A very moving piece, I quite like this one Cathy, well done and congratulations on your Top Story 👌🏾🎉🎉
Cathy!! Goosebumps, and a feeling of exhaling into your message here. This is fantastic. I really loved these lines: "Landed on the rusted tracks of the train from love to wrath, I bought myself a ticket, destination unaware, Somewhere to the left of hate and the right of full despair."
I read this aloud, Cathy, and it's such a wonderfully inspiring poem. Congrats on your top story. I absolutely love it from start to finish!
Back to say Congrats. Well done Cathy
Yay!! Circling back to say congrats on Top Story, Cathy!!
Just do it
Beautiful read with amazing grammar. Can't wait to read more if your books
I cannot begin to tell you how much I love this, mesmerising meandering! Congratulations!!! 💖
Beautiful poetry full of inspiration- it makes me think it is a song. Congratulations on top story
Absolutely loved this poem! Much deserving of top story!
What a time to be alive. Congrats on top story.
Back to say congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Ooo, I love the way it flows, and the message of hope is so powerful
Thank you for sharing this reminder that sometimes clarity doesn’t come with answers, but with presence. I'm really glad you had that Thursday. Congratulations on your top story!
One day the birds 🐦 was having a party from the sky so they invited tortoise 🐢 for the party 🥳 so the tortoise was not having features to fly with them so they issue there features to the tortoise and on their way going they started picking nick names they birds 🐦 pick beautiful names why the tortoise pick he's own as "All of you" so when they finally arrive the guest started sharing food and drinks 🍸 so whenever the guest bring food the guest will say this is for all of you . The tortoise ate alone he told the birds to wait foe there own when their names are being called and the guest continue saying such any time he bring food,so the tortoise ate alone and the birds 🐦 didn't get anything to eat . Then at the end of the party they got angry 😠 and collected their features from the tortoise 🐢 then the tortoise have any options to do than to jump from the sky to the earth 🌎 then he broke 💔 he's in to piece. That is why the tortoise 🐢 has broken body at his back
Today's mission achieved! A very centred and sentient poem. Super words!
This may be one of my favorite pieces from you. Original as it is inspired.
Not surprised this just got Top Story, well done Buddy¬ Air of fresh breath!