J - Hello Poetry

J Sep 2017

Star

It was all dark;
but you lit up my sky.

Yes, you did.

#couplet #star #dark #sky #10wordpoem #10w

J Sep 2017

And I swam against the stream;
Swept by currents and hit rocks,
But I swam against the stream.

Take pride in your struggle.

#tercet #stream #struggle #perseverance

J Sep 2017

Forgiveness

Forgive them today,
Or resent them everyday.
A tough choice, indeed.
One gives peace; the other, pain.
You're free to choose either way.

Easier said than done. Applies to one's self, too.

#forgiveness #choice #peace #pain #tanka

J Sep 2017

Meager

I may have written;
A thousand flowery words.
All of them fell short,
Paltry, meager rendition;
Of such beauty that is you.

Words were never enough.

#beauty #love #star #tanka #words #57577

J Aug 2017

Her

Her tender heart is the goal;
The body's but a vessel.
I am in love with her soul,
And not only with her shell.

Alcohol is not helping at all. Another WUI.

#her #soul #goal #star #drunk #quatrain

J Aug 2017

Risk

For a slightest chance,
All chips are in, all cards, drawn.
Some say I'm foolish;
Yes, maybe, but I don't care.
Happiness is just too rare.

Life is too short. Risk it. Take the chance.

#tanka #risk #happiness #chance #foolish

J Aug 2017

At the break of dawn,
When tempests and tides subside;
I will remain here.
Bask in sunrise, awaiting;
Elusive silver lining.

My first attempt to write a tanka. Constructive criticisms are welcome. :)

#tanka #optimism #patience #star #sunrise #silverlining