Let me offer some hard-learned advice,
About struggle and sacrifice.
No matter how strong you are,
One day you will think twice,
And denounce every scar.
“Life is not worth living anymore”,
You will say…but you must endure!
For those few precious moments…
Of joyfulness…so pure.
Life’s in the experience,
So fight on with great valor!
K. Aldaya, 1/22/23
Picture: Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft in Tomb Raider; https://www.thefandomentals.com/why-we-need-vikanders-lara-croft/
You never came for me,
So I came for myself.
I wandered for years in search of me,
I took on the quest begrudgingly,
Because no one else would.
On Earth, we merely cope,
And do our best, despite;
Yet, though it may seem a tired old trope,
I have learned that where there’s hope, there’s life,
And where there’s life, there’s hope.
K. Aldaya, 12/11/22
Picture: By Amira Shawky on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/cRHXr4RXhtw
As the world crumbles,
So do we.
We are but victims of gravity…
Held down by outside forces.
We try our utmost,
And fight on,
Through each dark night, to get to the dawn…
Despite our insignificance.
As the planet turns,
So do we.
We are but victims of gravity…
Bound by corporeal law.
Digging tunnels leading nowhere…
Circling back in futile despair.
K. Aldaya, 5/29/21
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Don’t tell us we are many,
For we know, we are one.
Like a colony, we work together,
To do what needs be done.
The distinction of each part,
Matters not upon the whole.
All that matters is that we agree:
Protection is the goal.
We build our walls together,
Or together we will fall.
All is for the one,
And one is for us all.
Arm in arm we stand,
Upon the battlefield,
Stronger in our defense,
With each interlocking shield.
Don’t try and divide our ranks.
Aim your bows and shoot!
For we know we’re stronger as one;
And are firm and resolute.
For each part is important,
And does what needs be done.
So, don’t tell us we are many,…
For we know, We are One!
K. Aldaya, 7/7/20
Picture: From “300“; https://builtbytophat.com/300-can-teach-crisis-communications/
I will not apologize for wanting to live.
I may be a burden on people that I know.
Yet, just because I am different,
Doesn’t mean that I should go.
I will not apologize for wanting to live.
Knock me down, and I will get right back up again,
‘Cause I don’t care if others like me.
They can go their own way then.
I will not apologize for wanting to live.
It’s only natural instinct to fight to survive;
Even tonic immobility,
Is a means to stay alive.
I will not apologize for wanting to live.
People may believe that my life is not worth it,
Though no matter what others may say,
I am not willing to quit…
And yes, I’ve just as much right to stay.
K. Aldaya, 4/19/20
Picture: By Liam Burnett-Blue on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/-qwEUsg7UbI
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