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