Life worth living

life and living

Open my eyes at the start of the day

One bold step and I’m off on my journey

Sunshine and lights upon my skin

I can feel the warm embrace within

People pass by, they meet and greet

Sharing in conversation & spirit 

Each day holds a great vision to claim

Yes, today is a beautiful day, I say

So let nothing be wasted or vain

The sun and moon, they rise and set

Silver stars shimmer across the dark sky

Courage and faith are the center of hope

Make troubles vanish like a fire’s smoke  

There’s certain to be battle, a war to be won

No day leaves time to surrender

Pain brings strength, sorrow brings love

And charity brings joy- the greatest gift ever

Life’s too short to be taken for granted

Or wasted without hesitation or thought

Wish not for its ending for this is just beginning 

Take a bold step into your journey

With me. 

Author's Note

Life worth living

Reviews

[Lady Glitter]

Many people like this poem. People are seeking encouragement in a depressing world. I like this stanza the best:
"There’s certain to be battle, a war to be won
No day leaves time to surrender
Pain brings strength, sorrow brings love
And charity brings joy- the greatest gift ever"

Very good insight, Edward, about life's push and pull, tug of war.

[Edward Lancheister]

thank you very much for the encouraging review, life is too short to be miss

[Lyn Anderson]

A wonderful hopeful message within a well delivered poem. I love the move to a clearer larger font, and it gives the poem more personality.

[Edward Lancheister]

thank you, i learn from what your review before :)

[CS]

Nice. I get this feeling every morning when I wake up. No time to slow down...tackle each day. :)

[Edward Lancheister]

Lol. thanks for stop by and give me the review :)

edward

[Sophy Freebirds]

Live in the present,dwell not in the past.. take whatever chance you can.,it may be your last!! The message is very insightful.Life is not transient we need to take out of it as much as we can.Not succumbing to the huddles but overcoming it with courage and confidence..That will define us.. Nice write friend.

~Sophy

[Edward Lancheister]

thank you Sophy for have stop by and review my poem. it mean a lot

Edward

[Rene Salinas]

I hope that my honesty does not come across as rudeness and also that I am not misunderstood but your positivity drives me bananas. And as I type this I do smile. And I share with you many of the precepts although I think is the way we interpret them or assimilate them is diametrically opposed. And the lack of balance that I just refer to makes me think that you wish for this to be? Like it lives in you as hope or maybe the cultural differences are to great for me to relate to this kind of feeling.

But what cannot be refuted is that it is a postive message and as such it carries obvious goodness.

Thankyou for the invite Edward.

[Edward Lancheister]

thank you for the honest review, for me there only a good positive cause human never created from negative tension or some bold torch

[Unknown]

I love the essence of this!! The biggest suggestion I would give is to make sure each line flows into the next more smoothly! Poetry is a lot about flow! But I adore the message! Life IS short, and it's a blessing, so LIVE it, daily! Don't take it for granted!

[Edward Lancheister]

thanks for the review Grace, i will improve to be more better

[Unknown]

I have no doubt you'll do just fine!! Keep on writing! xoxo

[Edward Lancheister]

many things i should learn between vocabulary and grammar, there still a lot of homework. Thank you grace for keep supporting me. that mean a lot to me

[Unknown]

My pleasure!

[Ramiza]

I simply loved how fresh and optimistic this poem was, which can be very enlightening in this day and age. Thank you so much for writing this :)

[Edward Lancheister]

thank you for have stop by and read the poem. Hope is the key of life

[SmittyJas]

Life worth living is a good life lesson for all writers to learn and the expressions will grow with faith hope and love by our side to inspire our poetry and our stories tellings ways. This is a good creative write full of blessings and imagination of a well seasoned writer.

[Edward Lancheister]

thank you for stop by an read the poem. real life and purpose to be live in

[KWP]

I LOVE THIS ... so refreshing to read words so full of zest and life and blossoming goodness, as I read down the lines I became happier and happier to know that YES ... there is another soul out there that knows 'life is here now let's live it!!'

Thank YOU :)

[Edward Lancheister]

thanks for stop by and read the poem. i love the life and keep struggling cause life worth livingread morethanks for stop by and read the poem. i love the life and keep struggling cause life worth living

[J. Land]

I like your vision of a positive life, overcoming the struggles it throws down in your way.

Your structure feels natural, with a healthy rhythm. Be careful about the grammar here: make your verbs parallel ("pass by and try to greet") and some of your rhyme seems forced ("missed and hesitated" where "hesitated" would better read "hesitation."

These are my suggestion, but of course this is your work. So, the decisions you make have to be your own. I like your positivity.

[Edward Lancheister]

thank you for the correction and suggestion. it mean a lot

[J. Land]

Anytime. I'm glad to help.