Never thought the cold could do better
Never thought my thoughts go numb
Never thought my dream would come alive
Never thought I could be living this way…
Oh, no no no I am not sad
December is going back
I am not
I am not sad…
Oh, no no no I am not depressed
Life is just testing me I guess
I am not
I am not depressed…
Hi, this is the guest post shared by young and beautiful writer Kate Hurley. This piece of poem is about little things you need to observe to know what joy is. Allow yourself to experience the essence of joy and learn about life from it.
Let’s read her work together…
Let Joy Teach You – Kate Hurley
Yes, pain has taught you a thousand times.
The strength of your weary soul
A wild rose
Rooting down deep
Until it’s soft tendrils
Stretch up through the asphalt.
It hurts to push like that
But it’s what you have always done.
Yes pain has taught you a thousand times.
Sometimes a passionate clawing at the dirt.
A fierce determination to plant new seeds.
Sometimes a soft whimpering;
The brute of an army
To lift your body up from your bed
A fragile step towards the door
To feel sunshine on your face
When you thought there would never be sun again.
Yes pain has taught you a thousand times.
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In the kiss of a lover
Or the embrace of a friend
Hold on a little longer
Just like you have held on a little longer
So many times.
Let it teach you
When joy comes like a fury
In bread broken around a table with friends
Laughter like bullets
Piercing darkness
Let it teach you.
When joy comes in a whisper…
A kindness to yourself
As you look in the mirror
And you choose to see
The fading
As beauty etched from the strength of your days
Instead of a burden to bear
Swallow that joy up like water.
Let it teach you.
When joy comes in a letting go
Of controlling the past by regretting
Or controlling the future by worrying
When you see something beautiful
In this very moment
And you hold onto it’s gaze
Longer than you did last time
Enough to be here now
When you recognize that presence is not what you thought it was
A moment that you can never hold on to
But the truest moment that will never end…
When that joy comes
Let it sift you
Let it change you
And let it teach you
Yes pain has taught you
A thousand times
Now let joy teach you
A thousand times more.
A Blessing for Those that are Grieiving
Let Joy Teach You
Yes, pain has taught you a thousand times.
The strength of your weary soul
A wild rose
Rooting down deep
Until it’s soft tendrils
Stretch up through the asphalt.
It hurts to push like that
But it’s what you have always done.
Yes pain has taught you a thousand times.
Sometimes a passionate clawing at the dirt.
A fierce determination to plant new seeds.
Sometimes a soft whimpering;
The brute of an army
To lift your body up from your bed
A fragile step towards the door
To feel sunshine on your face
When you thought there would never be sun again.
Yes pain has taught you a thousand times.
In the kiss of a lover
Or the embrace of a friend
Hold on a little longer
Just like you have held on a little longer
So many times.
Let it teach you
When joy comes like a fury
In bread broken around a table with friends
Laughter like bullets
Piercing darkness
Let it teach you.
When joy comes in a whisper…
A kindness to yourself
As you look in the mirror
And you choose to see
The fading
As beauty etched from the strength of your days
Instead of a burden to bear
Swallow that joy up like water.
Let it teach you.
When joy comes in a letting go
Of controlling the past by regretting
Or controlling the future by worrying
When you see something beautiful
In this very moment
And you hold onto it’s gaze
Longer than you did last time
Enough to be here now
When you recognize that presence is not what you thought it was
A moment that you can never hold on to
But the truest moment that will never end…
When that joy comes
Let it sift you
Let it change you
And let it teach you
Yes pain has taught you
A thousand times
Now let joy teach you
A thousand times more.
This life one life live life, ‘coz one day this life one life end life.
Live this life. DO what you want, what you need. Because there would be a day come when life will not be there to make you feel alive!
Feel the feeling of those who know they have left few time to live their dreams…
Suna hai door kahin jannat hai
Jahan pariyon ka basera hai
Bhawro se ghire paaki phool
Aur khushi ka sama hai
Khoya naa paya bas dekha manzar
Lehraati hawayen aur surkh safed barfili chaadar
Sapne sa wo jahan kaed sa palkon me
Jaise koi sufiyana raabtaa ho safar se
Jo kahe sab sach kardu
Bas thaame rakhna
Jo kahe mujhse yeh bin kahe
Bas zara sambhalna
Wo roshni si subah ki sath lalima liye
Chhede zara neend me
Halki si aahat aur hawaayon me khushboo liye
Chhede zara neend me
Suna tha door kahin jannat hai
Jahan pariyon ka basera hai
Aaj paya jannat ko apne behadd kareeb
Haan ek paaki phool mere aangan me bhi khila hai
Bas ab aur kya kahen, usi se yeh khushi ka sama hai
Growling thunder with sour dirt
Coming out from her eyes when she hurts
Seeing her smile will turn it a myth
No one can know, No one can see
She crushed the sensation with all her right
Once a while there were clouds
Raining her thorough, tantalizing her sorrows
She wanted to break that cocoon
She wanted to fly, she wanted to smile
But the dreams left her all alone
Approaching the wild, she acted like a child
Exalting the happiness, she made other smile
As much as bliss one can returns
God yet saved her, God yet blessed her
All she does and lived a life with all her burns
Its an art to find a reason of smile from small small things in our life.. like enjoy d rain wid hot jalebis.. talking to an old frnd and tease them by their x’s name.. watching n listening to a small baby wen he calls muma pa.. every 1 have some hidden reasons to smile. now it depends who have such kind of art.. 🙂
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