I am but now a young adult
And may you please consider these
I don't want for an applause
Or recognition to be pleased
I am here at this stage
I'm at the middle of my life
So I just wish my future days
Won't be that sad nor full of strife
The only thing that could help me
Keep away from all the pressures
Is this feeling that I am free-
Freedom in words and in gestures
Have you considered to speak your mind
To tell those things you really feel?
Or you just sit down in one corner
Then cry alone, nothing could heal?
Oh youth, please do remember these
The only thing I could tell you
You have this big chance to be happy
There are much things that you can do
Hands that are skilled in making things
They almost beg, please hear their call
The crafts that only you could make
Now is the time to show them all
Your words that long hidden inside
Could be the best song or story
Or they could be the finest poem
Let them be heard, let the world see
If you can paint, just paint them all
If you can sing, just sing it out
If you can write, just write the words
No matter what, feel free to shout
Life is too short to kill yourself
By doing things you do not want
Or just to grow old with much regrets
That in the end you'll make a rant
Always remember that time's a gem
You should not waste, you should not stop
While still young, go for your dreams
Express yourselves and reach the top!
To the young artists:
Go for your passion. Go for your dreams.
Don't waste your time. Be free. Express yourselves. Express your creativity. There is art in everything. There is an artist inside of everyone of us.
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A poem with a great message. I would say that the most important thing in life is to do what you feel happy doing. And if what you love doing is also what you do for a living than you are in a very lucky, very blessed but very small minority. I hope it is never too late. Very eloquently said Dhaye.
I agree but to the older artist as I as well we need to shoot for the stars expand the horizon and go for the gusto and achieve our dreams you presented this goal for life quite well very nicely written
A poem with a great message. I would say that the most important thing in life is to do what you feel happy doing. And if what you love doing is also what you do for a living than you are in a very lucky, very blessed but very small minority. I hope it is never too late. Very eloquently said Dhaye.
If you can paint, just paint them all
If you can sing, just sing it out
If you can write, just write the words
No matter what, feel free to shout
Life is too short to kill yourself
By doing things you do not want
Or just to grow old with much regrets
That in the end you'll make a rant
Always remember that time's a gem
You should not waste, you should not stop
While still young, go for your dreams
Express yourselves and reach the top!
very strong and powerful piece and
I love your author's as well.
thank you for sharing this wonderful
and powerfully moving piece.
I like what you have said in your author's note as a mean of emphasizing what you spoke about in
the poem. I agree, everyone of us is a poet, is an artist for we celebrate every beautiful thing upon us, and we even transform the ugly into a beautiful mess...Keep going Dhaye...i think this should reach Pax's heart,too...
Dhaye, your poem and even your choice of background music really inspired me today. I was having one of my 'dark moments' and the encouragement of your poem lifted me. I'm certainly not a young person anymore, but i do believe in pursuing your dreams. Well done, and thank you.
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10 Years Ago
Thank you so much, Eddie. We maybe in our dark moments, but hearing something like I have inspired .. read moreThank you so much, Eddie. We maybe in our dark moments, but hearing something like I have inspired someone through my writing also inspires me. Though I was talking to the young ones in this poem, deep inside, I am also telling to myself as an adult that it is not to late to pursue your dreams or to do the things that you love.
Thank you for the kind words. God bless!
10 Years Ago
*it is not too late to pursue my dreams and to do the things that I love.
Hello! I am Dhaye, a public secondary school teacher, a passionate artist "married" to her dream.
I write in different perspectives. So please know NOT all my works are about me.
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