Just Shine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just shine, as you have so many times

before, like a beacon of light pulsing

from the shore. You and I have desires

that have to be met, yet the more that

we give the less that we get.

 

Cry when your heart becomes battered

and bruised, laugh when life’s tragedies

seem to be nothing more then a ruse.

Smile as you have in the past, speak till

your voice carries loud and vast.

 

Love me just like only you could, we’re

both the same people, just misunderstood.

Can’t you see they’re many of us, just far

more ambiguous.

 

We pretend that we’re happy in life’s

little game, we shield the emptiness the

sorrow the shame. The grass is always

greener on the other side, yet still we

falter and swallow our pride.

 

We were made for one another is it that

hard to see, not just a concept but reality.

The choices we had should never smear

our shine, the race isn’t over until we

cross the finish line.

 

Live, if only you choose to do so, love if

only lonely hearts bestow, cry if the world

cannot see, the deep correlation between

you and me.

 

 

Author's Note

Reviews

[Brooke Wake]

You are always a wealth of aphorisms for life!! Well done!

[Poetic Beauty]

We all have that emptiness that we hide and the self doubt from time to time and you have described this clearly.

[MuSe Ampoule]

Shining and uplifting...always with great care and rhythm... Enjoyable read! :D

[Loner]

So many people have commented beautifully that i am at a loss of words now
please keep writing as someone dies on your poetry .... another classic poem of yours awesome write !

[Jūdan FyreHeart]

Another lovely piece with such great emotion and depth to it.

[Jim Parson]

This is terrific. I know nothing about poetry and do very little of it myself. The only thing I know is how it feels to me and how it sounds when I read it out loud. The flow of this piece is fabulous. Well done!

[poetic soul]

We pretend that we’re happy in life’s
little game, we shield the emptiness the
sorrow the shame.

something everyone can relate to..no matter who they are and where they come from...
a nice piece to read and re-read and absorb something within!

[My Fair Lady]

I love this pleading to just be simple and free, that it is simply ok, to love, to live, to cry, to have emotion.. wonderful.

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

As always another brilliant master pieace! The feeling in this poem is so smooth and beautiful! Love it!