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Day 10- Pick a one line song lyric to serve as an epigraph to your poem. Then, write the poem to accompany it.

“Life’s too short to even care at all.”

In this moment, here and now,

We are as young as we will ever be, they say.

Well I don’t know about you,

But I feel too old to be this young,

Too bottled up to be this free,

But for one time, a moment, an hour, a day,

Letting go is the best I can do.

To live careless, free and reckless,

Abandon all worry,

Act without fear,

Take risks.

For life is too short —

I think you and I both know.

Life is beautiful if you can appreciate it.

For all I wish, for you and I,

New experiences, hope, renewal,

Dreams.

I want to jump without thinking about the fall,

Climb without worrying what awaits at the top,

Swim without the paranoia of water creatures surrounding me,

I want to

Risk.

I want to

Chance.

I want to

Live.

30 Day Poetry Challenge: Day 10

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Today, I’m beginning the 30-Day Poetry Challenge (instructions found here.) I used to absolutely love writing poetry but have fallen away from it in recent months/years; I’d like to work on picking it back up and hope that this challenge will help me get started!

Day 1- Write a poem where each line starts with a letter from your first name (an acrostic). It can be about anything, but it should not be about you or your name.

Morning breaks, the sun suddenly interrupting the horizon.

Each drop of dew on the grass shrinks, fades, falls.

Last night was the ending, this morning a new beginning

In every way, we start anew, we start anew.

Since the day breaks, the world turns upside down.

Soon, everything will change, everything will change.

A new beginning.

30 Day Poetry Challenge: Day 1

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”An enemy knows the potential you hold. They will do everything to keep that seed from taking root. Understand that throughout life, we will always have forces opposing to us. Restore, encourage and fill yourselves with optimism and motivation. Resurrect dreams and goals people have taken away from you. Life needs you to stay in course with it or you’ll be left behind. Life doesn’t stop for anyone. Even if you’re surrounded by negativity; rise above that morass.“

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