#hope

"There have been bleak nights along my way, many of my own making, but life is all the brighter for them now. To the human eye, without the darkness there are no stars."

"The 'Ugly' Poet [10w] Poets develop cleverness with wordsto compensate for their unattractiveness."

"[W]hen someone finds himself quite unjustly attacked and hated on all sides, there is no need for such a person to feel dismayed by misfortune. See how Fortune, who has harmed many a one, is so inconstant, for God, Who opposes all wrong deeds, raises up those in whom hope dwells."

"What if it rained or you felt a bit glandy? It just wasn't practical. Better by far to simply try and be good and courageous and bold and to make a difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you."

"Perfection [10w] If you've attained perfection,then what's the point of living?"

"Storm [10w] Clouds darken to X-rays revealingthe tumorous thunder resounding within."

"We all give up great expectations along the way."

"...[M]y inner self moved; my spirit shook its always-fettered wings half loose. I had a sudden feeling as if I, who never yet truly lived, were at last about to taste life."

"Though it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night, I can see paradise by the dashboard light."

"Let the love of the moon kiss you good night, let the morning sun wake you up with loving light."

"Solitude – the space between thinking” from Cinderella In Focus."

"At what point do you give up - decide enough is enough? There is only one answer really. Never."

"Some people try to change the world one life at a time. Others try to change the world one death at a time. And I try to change the world one bucket full of dirt at a time."

"Do you feel cold and lost in desperation? You build up hope, but failure’s all you’ve known Remember all the sadness and frustration And let it go. Let it go"

"Children Learn to Love and Hate A child understands love by three months and hate by three years.How the child processes that understandingwill shape his character for the next seventy."

"The Poet as Enchantress [10w] + {Couplet} The poet is an enchantress,with or without a dress."

"I challenge you to make your life the masterpiece you want to paint, the novel you want to read, the day you want to wake to."

"Unruffled [10w] Nothing’s calmer than an unruffled duck eating a cool cucumber."

"Stratospherical Poems [10w] Poets circle the earth in a higher orbit than readers."

"Goat Fucking for Dummies You gently fuck a female goat ~you got to ram the malesto make any progress."