To be, or even not to be,
That is not the question;
But what to do with every day,
With all in my possession.
It isn’t where I land that counts,
But how I make each stride;
It’s less what I accumulate
Than what I’m like inside.
Tag Archives: character development
The Star Inside
She cradles her weakness deep,
tenderly touching places
that crisply curl past their prime;
she treasures bent blooms, broken
foliage. When petals lose
their sheen, her soul stirs, shouting
joy in exuberant notes,
song of the ancients who learned
secrets from secret sorrows.
To such spirits as hers, pain
is welcomed as Mentor, friend
whose sage presence sears blossoms
but harvests seeds. Thankful
heart, this, whose troubles have stripped
away the peripheral,
baubles which blocked her brilliance,
kept her from being a star.
Meanwhile, Melody Muses... 