By Nancy Keats Benson
Central New York Branch
we walk silently
night seeping into our fibers
we forget when
smiles effervesce into sunshine
no need to worry
placate all anxieties
remove notions of harm
and stay the calm
down to our fingertips
let the fears arise
engender ourselves
with new light, new strength
and position our thoughts to
conquer the beasts.
The ending says it all!
Beautifully executed piece of poetry.
Beautiful piece of work.
Stated with perfection.
The ending says it all!
Thank you Pat. Your comments mean so much to me. You are a dear friend.
This poem reminds us that our inner resources can indeed “conquer the beasts”–Thank you, Nancy, for fortifying us!
Beautiful!
Thank you Nicole!
Oh, Nancy, a poem to touch everyone. We all worry and sometimes it just gets to be too much. Letting in the light, staying positive, choosing to survive and fight the “beasts”, it’s all there in a poem that makes me think and remember what my father always would say, “what are you worrying for?” I was mainly pondering and thinking, but he took a Dale Carnegie course called How to Stop Worrying and Start Living and wanted me to realize worrying might do nothing to help me. I attribute my positive attitude to him and to my mother. We can never give in to our fears even when it is so dark we just don’t know how we can move on. Thank you.
beautiful and positive poem. Speaks of the struggles we face. the monsters we fight and we still keep going on.