#thankful poems on Hello Poetry

Joy Nov 2018

Today I practice gratitude.
Little children practice writing
by repeating letters
on creamy paper
over
over and
over again
until the page
is filled to the rim
like an overflowing bottle.
I lay in bed
in the morning
turn my eyes to the ceiling
and repeat
a list
of things
I am grateful for.
The sun shining
on the windows
making them seem like mirrors.
Wet soil
which is going to grow
new crops in summer.
The skin which covers me
and keeps me intact.
The promise
of the morning
that I might get it right today.
I lay down
in silence
obedient as a piece
of furniture
and embroid
gratitude
on my static body
in all the colors I cannot see.
I embroid it until it covers me whole.
Until it gulps up any shadow
whispering nightmares.
I practice gratitude
thought by thought
until it becomes
instinctive
immediate
like blinking
like swallowing
like thinking.

#practice #thoughts #thankful #gratitude

km Nov 2018

gone too soon

gone too soon—
you have lived all your life
making others happy.

now that I think about it
what a selfless person you are
always putting others needs before yours

you believed in me
more than i ever believed in myself
you were the one
who pushed me to reach my full potential

i wouldn't be the person i am today
and still be the shy girl I used to be
if I didn’t have you in my life

i thank you for everything
you’re in a good place now
and you will surely be missed.

rip //092418

#mentor #friend #teacher #thanks #thankful #rip #missed

lovelywildflower Nov 2018

♡ little love notes to you (#50)

god made you just for me and i've never been more thankful for anything in my life. i never want anyone or anything else ever again. i could lose everything and still be okay because i would have you. i need nothing else.

#little #love #notes #you #thankful

misha Nov 2018

glow-in-the-dark stars

my bestfriends
or my family
would probably
never see this
but i just
wanted to
let you know
that you are the stars,
you guys shine through
even in the darkest
situations

thank you

i love you. i love you. i love you. i love you. i love you. i love you. i love you. i love you. i love you. i love you. i love you. i love you. i love you. i love you.

please stay safe forever x

#hearts #thankful #family #friends #blue #red #forever #stars #love #thankyou

forestfaith Oct 2018

Raindrops

I was dying.
Wasn’t even trying to survive.
I was fading and withering away as I lived.
And I didn’t even know.
Didn’t know such things are still relevant today.
About what Jesus did before I even came to be.
So ignorant.
How foolish and stupid I was to think I deserved and earned this love.
I didn’t care about him.
What he did.
I didn’t seem to know his love was so deep.
He died. For a criminal like me.
He knew me.
And I didn’t even know him.
Or recognised who he was.
I never even knew him before I was born.
We stood in front of the angry crowd on that day.
they demanded to free me.
And they let me live.
Jesus died.
For me.

On the third day, he rose from the dead.

You guys can read if reverse I guess haha

#barabbus #thankyou #grateful #thankful #mercy #grace #truelove #lordjesuschrist #jesusislord #bible

John-Paul Richard Oct 2018

A Letter From Poetry I Received

Well I wrote to thank you,
And the pen times a thousand,
For although gilded words,
Glide on thoughts,
Of yours,
Of mine,
Of stars,
Of trees,
It would not be in physical,
Without the read’or’write’or’thee,
And sure, we moments are vein,
And admire ourselves each other without,
You,
Are certainly good for the ego too.

#poetry #wrote #letter #thankful #poem

Amanda Kay Burke Oct 2018

Thank You Very Much

Sometimes lungs take air for granted
Same with skin, only sun
I suppose pain has turned me bitter
Still bleed though fighting is done.

Heal from the inside out
Help find myself buried deep in the ground
Life has lost significant meaning
My eyes not picking up beauty around.

Everyone waiting for me to return
To the former friend known before
What they don't realize is that girl
Does not live inside me anymore.

Back in summers of naive wonder
Woke up with a smile on my face
Not happy for more than an instant
That spark vanished, is tough to replace.

Taking day by day too hard
Wonder when things will change
Focused on gratitude every step of my journey
Yet happiness is always out of range.

Working myself to live a life
Impactful and without fear
Fufillment seems so far out of reach
With every "Thank you" becomes more near.

It is not happy people that are thankful it is thankful people who are happy

#life #gratitude #thankful #grateful #say #love #working #live #impact

Gods1son Oct 2018

Grateful

Sometimes, we overlook the daily blessings we receive
'cause we didn't have any major accomplishment
But...
Someone's car broke down today
Someone lost a lot of money today
Someone landed in the hospital today
Someone lost a family member today
Someone landed in jail today
Someone got diagnosed of an ailment today
Someone got more than one of those today
I'm grateful for today!

#grateful #thankful

Brooke S Oct 2018

Thanksgiving

It's hard to be thankful for the past year,
when its been spent breathing in stale air and looking through broken glasses. Sometimes it seems easier to leave the wound open and unattended, knowing that even after it's healed it will scar.

But there is power in becoming brighter than the reality you surround yourself with, knowing that despite the ending there are the moments in between, a colour coated scene that reminds you the cold will come, but it will not last forever.

A warm drive home after a cold day,
cozy hands and falling leaves,
an in between moment,
brighter than the darkness could of ever planned for,
we are eating dessert in the tv light,
and I am thankful for you.

thanksgiving was this past weekend in Canada. A day I thought was going to be dark ended up being filled with love and it filled me with hope

#love #fall #warm #thankful