Tag: thursday

Unshaken

I don’t shrink for storms,I don’t bow to doubt,You can throw your shadows —I am walking with the sunlight out! Your whispers hit like pebbles,Mine echoes like a drum,You try to dim the fire —I am where the sparks are from! No borrowed fear can hold me,No smallness makes me drown,Build your walls of worry…
Unmasked

They are learning not to hide their face,Nor shrink themselves to fit a space,For years the world taught them to bend,To mute their truth, to just pretend! But masks grow heavy, hard to bear,They dim the light that once burned there,A practiced grin, a careful pose,Cannot soothe the ache that slowly grows! And now they…
Where Beauty Begins

True beauty is not in the mirror’s glass,Nor in the fleeting gaze that passes by,It glows where kindness leaves its trace,A quiet flame the world cannot deny! It hums in laughter shared with care,In eyes that see the good in all,It blooms when courage faces fear,And love lifts others when they fall! The painted face…

Unshaken