My poems “Relief”, “Deliverance”, “Perseverance”, “Grit” and “Self”

I’m not only inspired to write poems about things I feel strongly about, but I’m also inspired to write poems regarding personal issues. My hope has been to write something inspirational to myself and others who might be dealing with the same issues. I have been surprised to find that writing about these issues has actually been therapeutic in helping me dispense with them. I have written some longer more specific poems, but here are some of my self-inspirational short poems and epigrams that are of a more general nature.

Relief

I feel so much better now,
I do, I do, I do!
My head is so much clearer now,
It’s true, it’s true, it’s true!
From cloudy doubt and muddle’s maze
Knowledge beams its blessed rays.
I’m gaining wisdom in little ways,
And happiness anew.

Deliverance

Don’t rue you’re not skilled at some talent,
Or regret you’re not graceful or gallant.
Don’t think your looks not appealing,
Or say you’re not worth someone’s feeling.
Don’t accept you’re not morally stellar,
Or can’t be bad habit’s dispeller.
Don’t fret when not young you can’t still be.
Act like you’re these and you will be.

Perseverance

It doesn’t matter what I write,
Large or small, bold or trite,
At morn or night, where or how,
With furrowed brow or disarray.
The one mainstay that matters now
Is that I do it everyday.

Grit

What’s tougher than staying the course,
Working day in and out,
Staying on that slow-plodding horse,
And not giving in to doubt?

Self

I cannot speak but with my voice,
“Neither a borrower nor a lender be”
I’ve tried to please, but have no choice
I may only be pleasing me.