Saturday, August 28, 2010

THE BEST OF HOPE


















If you can
Take the Worst
make it Best

You'll Feel
that Life is
Worth the Rest


If you can
Take the Worst
and make it Small

You'll make yourself
that much Tall


If you can
Take the Worst
Look at what it is

You'll be much
Wiser for it All


If you can
Take the Worst
Deal
with its Quirks

You'll see
the Other Side
what can be Worse?


If you can
Take the Worst
Overcome
its Aims

You'll Feel
the Lesser
of its Pains


If you can
Take the Worst
Look at the Best

You'll have Shared
your Tragedies
with Some Hope


If you can
Take the Worst
Keep your Heart

You'll have Touched
the Earth
with your Tears


If you can
Take the Worst
Walk with a Smile

You'll have Said
that Life was
Well Worth While.


A Poeatreeman

TO AMERICA
9/11/2001

TO ALL THE SOULS

GOD HAS CALLED

HEAVEN NOW

HOLDS THEM ALL

TO THE STUDENTS
OF VIRGINIA TECH
(THE HOKIES )

GOD IS WAITING
FOR YOUR CALL

IT TAKES LOVE
TO REACH HIM
AFTER ALL

SORROW
DOES NOT END
WITH A PRAYER

IT BEGINS
HEALING
WHEN FAITH
IS THERE.



Edgar Allan Prieto
April 18, 2007

A POET’S NOTE

TO THE HOKIES
Satan had
His Carnage

God
will have His Day

Sorrow
is not Easy

Hate
is not the Way

Love
will not be Easy

When
Hate is in the Way

Why
Cannot be answered

So Faith
must be your Way


A Poeatreeman
Edgar Allan Prieto
4/18/2007
Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto

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