Tell your heart to beat once more.
Calm the butterflies at the core.
Don't trample them till they die
but rather teach them how to fly.
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Don't shut down on the pain
But learn to feel it and still stay sane.
Don't ignore the broken shatters
but rather build them into sturdy ladders.
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Don't you lock your mind, my child
but learn to swim when the waves have gone wild.
And when they try to rise higher than you
just lower your head and dive right through.
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For strength isn't something you buy,
and logic won't always tell you why.
Courage thrives when it's most needed,
And pain only heals when properly greeted.
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It takes a darkness for a spark to shine,
it takes a hunch to straighten the spine.
It takes a fight to be able to win,
It takes a shove to finally begin.
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Rachel Steinmetz
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Comments (4)
This is powerful. Lower your head, dive right through; logic won't always tell you why. Great poem!
Nice motivational words! Pain, tolerance, belief, strength all were there! Very happy to read Rachel!
where do you get these rhyming skills? every time I read your poem I droll over it again, your poems sound like they were just born perfect not worked on til perfection
The lines...And when they try to rise higher than you just lower your head and dive right through.....I like the most... Truly inspiring poem....