Quotes and poetry by donhella1

Appearance and reality are two very different things. Many are deceived and carried away by the former, spend time chasing shadows when the real thing is waiting on them to come to their senses. Don't be carried away, read between the lines, see through the deceit, test spirits, evaluate people, think through situations, ask for divine guidance.

#poetry #appearance

What Seems To Be

What seems to be lies in front of me
Every day and every night
It tells me a prepared story to fit
With lies in its eyes
What seems to be, almost is
For it resembles reality
But walk down the road with it
And see its colour change
So sudden and so surprising
That you are too stunned to react,
What seems to be
Seems true to me
But I will not fall for it
Not again, not ever
©donhella1

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There are hurdles everywhere to limit your progress, snags to confine you, disappointments to discourage you, and people that turn their backs on you. In spite of all of this, keep breathing. Don't give in, don't kill yourself, don't deviate; there is always a way out, and it comes in due time.

Good morning!

#mondaymotivation #stayalive #determination #patience #writersnetwork

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Everything has a season, including what you're passing through. Amidst it all, always wake up in the morning with faith in your heart and promise in your strides. Your joy is here.

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At the time I wrote this I was grappling with the complex subjects of life and death, uncertainty and unpredictability, and concern for what the future holds. It was a difficult time that eventually led to the discovery of infallible truths. One of which is that there is no need to worry about what is beyond your control and instead take advantage of the here and now; and also to develop a sense of hope for better tomorrows until tomorrow doesn't come.

#uncertainty #questions #confusion #dilemma #death #life #writersnetwork

Tell me the Time

Living each day is a threat
For like the hunted I do not know
When a perfect spear
Will drive its teeth down my marrow.

My lot then is fear
Of the unknown and the known;
Even when I summon courage
I give it back for it is loan.

What I know is I'll go
Someday in old age or in prime
But so much ease I shall feel
If by chance I learn the time.

©donhella1

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If there is anything special to preserve, worthy to protect, and deserving to nurture, it should be your dreams. Never give up on them. And as you live each day sow a seed that will gradually lead to a bountiful harvest of those dreams. Your dreams are counting on you.

#dreams #hope #aspirations #determination #death #priority #writersnetwork

I'd Rather Die than Die

The death of my bones
Is better than that of my dreams
The death of dreams
Is nothing but eternal failure.
So after I die
I will live long and never die
Because today's dreams will come
And stay in the heart of time.
This is why faith never strays
For in its absence dreams are wishes
And this is why frustration never wins
For then all hope will be vanquished.
So when the tides threaten to terminate
I simply offer my bones
And conceal my dreams
So that I rather die than die.

©donhella1

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I died when I chose to receive the one true God and found life in him at the same time. You could call it a paradox but it is indeed a gift, a privilege, a beautiful thing; when I look back at my life before this transition I can confidently say I made the right decision.

#death #life #resurrection #christlife #christianity #faith #jesuslovesyou #poetry #writersnetwork

Jude Uchella is Dead

A simple passage
Lying and dying
Twas like sunset
Saying a happy goodbye.
Eyes closed, mind made
I embraced death
From the depth of my heart.
As I entered the grave he enticed me
With what the world could offer -
Much more than what I sought after
But I am dying only to say goodbye
To the death Death beautifies
So I rose from the catacombs
As he did in three days.
A simple passage
Dying and rising
Twas like sunrise
Seeing a brand new world.
©donhella1

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This is the first poem I wrote in its original form. I remember being challenged then by my (or our) literature teacher in class to write, to express ourselves with poetry, to not just read what other people wrote but write what others will read. That was a turning point in my life. With each poem I wrote I saw myself getting better, not just as a poet but as a writer. And it keeps getting better...

Written sometime in 2010

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A Loyal Friend

My friend you are,
More intimate than a brother,
Hinge I on thee when I'm fatigued
And thou leaveth me not.

My friend you are,
As caring as a mother,
As loving as a wife,
The trusted sentinel of my life.

My friend you are,
My best man at the altar;
Through the storms of life
You have been my glimmer of light

©donhella1

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It's a beautiful thing to wake up every morning to face new challenges and overcome, it is even more beautiful to wake up with your dreams to give you something to look forward to - a purpose, a drive, a meaning. Wake up and let your dreams lead you.

#dreams #aspiration #wakeup #takeaction #faith #writersnetwork #quote #motivation #mondaymotivation #inspire #life #ttt #ink #words

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When what you wish for, pray for, don't show up there is a tendency to be thrown into a state of confusion - wondering if it's even worth it to dream again, to aspire for greatness. That's the state this poet persona finds himself. Will he dream again? Well, that's a question only him can answer (will forward when I meet with him again). Anyway, don't give up on your dreams; that they haven't been realized yet doesn't mean it's too late. Just keep working.

#dreams #aspirations #believe #dilemma #confusion #theend #beginning #poetry #writersnetwork

The End

In the beginning I saw the end
With a young pair of eyes
And I gloried in my vision
Lofty thoughts lingered
And abused reality's cast
I allowed it

The end has come and I, undone
For the dreams I dreamt
Are dreams I still dream
But those youngish eyes
I can no longer recognize
They are gone

Now comes another beginning
A long time before death
A call to dream and to resolve,
Do I play the fool again?
Or draw the curtain to this tragedy?
I know not

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Arise! In spite of the spate of mishaps and mischiefs. Arise! In spite of the disappointments. Arise! Let's take back what belongs to us.

#arise #nigeria #nigeriapolitics #politicians #government #election #2019 #poetry

Arise!

Arise O compatriots!
And heed Nigeria's call
To take back her birthright
Stolen by daylight vamps
Arise from the lies they tell us
From the promises that fail us
Arise from the slums they placed us
From the shackles that tamed us
Arise O compatriots!
And see through the rhetoric
The bags of baited rice
And the wads of wooing cash,
See through the defections
That spread infections
See through the charity
That has never known family
Arise O compatriots!
Obey the call for person
Not a drunken house party
Forever hungover on our wealth
Yet wanting more till their death
©donhella1