LOVE YOURSELF -Poetry

LOVE YOURSELF

Your value is there.

Believe in yourself.

Have an attitude of self-respect.

Consider your greatness.

Treasure your uniqueness.

Hold confidence in your abilities.

Appreciate your shortcomings- they help you learn.

Declare your worth.

Evaluate your needs for growth.

Walk with confidence.

Rise with importance.

Open to learning.

Feel other's love for you.

Understand who you are.

Grow with change.

Become your best.

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Love Yourself

by Stephanie Daich

Eastern Gateway -Poetry

Expanded by Han dynasty

To connect the Asian Society

Trade products along the route

Traveled often by a scout

Aided development of civilizations

A passageway between the nations

Political relations expanded

Commodities bartered and branded

Exportation and ideas exchanged

Religious mission’s passage arranged

Empires built and destroyed

New ideas along it employed

Plagues moved through like fire

Multiple continents able to inspire

One long path connected the East

Aided commerce and ideas to increase

The gateway to move goods about

Esteemed Silk Trade Route

BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON -Poetry

BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON

Hike- Not prepared

Hike- Some scared

Hike- No light

Hike- No others in sight

Hike- Byson next to the trail

Hike- Please don't impale

Hike- Seems extra long

Hike- Must stay strong

Hike-By the light of the moon

Hike- Will be done soon

TO KEEP MY PROMISE -Poetry

TO KEEP MY PROMISE 

I made a promise as a child,

When life was easy and mild.

I didn't know the impact,

Of such a life-long contract.

Should I be held to the promise from youth?

When I barely grasped the world and truth.

I was a different person then.

I am not sure I'd make the promise again.

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To Keep My Promise

by Stephanie Daich

MY LAI -Poetry

Let my heart hold a moment of silence for you.

-A peaceful village filled with families who cared for and loved each other.

What was your crime?

-Accused of being Viet Cong sympathizers.

My Lai.

Not a draft-age male found among you.

-Calley, your executioner.

Calley had a decent youth.

What happened?

How did he become so evil?

Women were raped.

Babies slaughtered.

BABIES!!

Were those babies VC sympathizers?

Weren’t we there to protect them?

My Lai.

How to excuse the idea of collateral damage?

You are not collateral damage.

You are humans.

You have wants.

Wishes

Dreams.

How did we become so evil?

How could we close our eyes and destroy you?

No heart.

No empathy.

Pure slaughter.

Was Calley innocent?

-Just following Medina?

Can we close our consciousness off in the name of orders?

Thompson didn’t.

Thompson showed bravery.

But it was mostly too late for you.

My Lai.

I can’t understand how “decent American men” could

Switch to rapists and murderers.

What is the color of our hearts?

Do we change who we are in the name of orders?

Where’s our accountability?

History is full of this brutality.

The present-day still has this.

But for us Americans, we feel so pompous and Godly.

Aren’t we above this?

My Lai.

I can never bring you back.

My heart hangs low for you.

My Lai.

LOVE -Poetry

adore, love

blessing from above

games, shames

love’s up in flames

tease, flirt

joy then hurt

lust, passion

tender and compassion

lies, tears

exposing deepest fears

trusting, sharing

fighting then caring

reveal, hide

an emotional ride

hurting, healing

declaring personal feelings

giving, taking

loving and faking

selfish, selfless

trying to impress

tied, trapped

freedom now kidnapped

committed, invested

love often tested

peace, bliss

sweet goodnight kiss

scream, forgive

begin to live

faith, hope

wedding or elope

dream, believe

impart and receive

adore, love

blessing from above