“My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and to love somebody and have the courage to accept their love in return.” ~Maya Angelou~
Decades of Laughter, Decades of Tears…An original poem
Decades of silence, decades of tears
Decades of merely existing, shrouded in fears
Decades without music, decades without dance
Decades of passing through life in a deep, dark trance
Decades of hiding, of lying and slowly dying
Decades of crouching in shadows instead of freely flying
Decades of pain, dark moments, we thought lost, never to be regained
All rolled into now, this glorious moment, with everything reclaimed.
Decades of new beginnings, decades of living
Decades of rising into a new-found awakening
Decades of laughter, mingled with healing tears, caressing soft lashes
Decades of joy, of gaining mastery of life’s tranquility and her clashes
Decades of opening up, welcoming change and embracing
All that we are, were and will be, as phenomenally amazing
Decades, when finally, our inner light
Defeats the darkness and shines so bright
Illuminating our path, as we become one with our essence
As we decide to embrace our new-found magnificence!
Today, as you behold these words and read these lines, slow or fast
Celebrate your new decade unfold, a life of love, laughter and joy, here at last
Simply BE and BEAM: Be Everything And More!
© ‘Kego Onyido
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