Never is a promise you can’t afford to keep. Even if the endeavors before you may be to steep. You must go to any lengths to crush doubt beneath your feet.
To swim the waters even if it’s too deep. For your actions may bring courage to the weak. And convey the will to stop being herded like sheep.
For the desire to be more starts with a simple leap. But a mind filled with doubt will quickly lose belief. For when you hit the ground you’ll die slowly upon the street.
Staring up at those who glide gracefully over the concrete. Wishing for a second chance for the same mistake you wouldn’t repeat. So you can fly along side those who never knew defeat.
Author notes
A L L A W Y
never is a promise you cant afford to keep
A contest entry
- Round (2) - Lets Get Creative by HereComesTheSun.
550 points, ended August 27, 11 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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rhyme was perfect as always
and your message strong. as always
thanks for entering
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It doesn’t hurt to find a good prompt. And in your contests there is always one I can sink my teeth in to. As if you put it there just so I can find it. And make it my own. Thanks
Allawy
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Monorhyme
It is remarkable that you were able to hold the same rhyme through the entire poem!
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Thank you very much. A lot of poets use a rhyming dictionary to get their rhymes. I’m guilty of it to. But a rhyming dictionary sometimes is not enough. A rhyming dictionary will give you the rhymes but you have to fill in the sentences. You have to make those rhymes make sense. Other wise their just words on a page. It’s the words before the rhyme that stays in the mind. Thanks for taking the time to read and for the comment.
Allawy
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prompt is yours :]
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Just to give you the heads up. I uploaded my poem for the contest. But for some reason it is still marked as being tilted Reserve on your contest page. But when you click in to it you’ll see the poem and the title. I don’t know if this is normal. Or if it just takes awhile for it to update. I just thought I would bring it to your attention. Let me know what you think. Thanks.
Allawy
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