Remember; courage blossoms from within,
in the darkest of hours, when one least expects it.
Remember; courage is not absence, rather it is
when the heart feels like it’s about to burst
and all you want to do
is run, run and run,
I can’t tell you how many times I have felt this way.
Remember; courage is a silent river that flows,
as one walks through a path filled with tombstones,
talking to ghosts,
and heeding to withered daisies and such,
it’s not easy,
for the mind remains in winter when in truth it is spring.
Remember; courage is as pages of an open book.
Remember; courage is when we feel like a lesser version
of ourselves and still manage to break through.
Remember; courage is when we let go of the past,
it is when we burn those words to ash and release them
to the moon—
I, for one, have burned more times than I’d like to admit.
Remember; courage is pain that’s easily remembered,
coming to terms with anguish
and transforming scars into sizzling, shimmering stars.
Remember; courage is recognized by the look in one’s
eyes, it’s the greatest truth waiting to be uttered,
Remember; courage is when you wish to write sonnets
again and again, on lover’s skin,
knowing well that he has your thoughts in disarray.
Remember, remember, remember;
remember courage is more than what meets the eye,
but how can we call it so
unless there is a touch of madness to it,
courage blue-violet, it’s the greatest of intoxication,
courage, I wish to fall under influence,
taste the wine that helps in weeding out thoughts
and allowing the garden of life to be prettier for those
who stop by—
remember; courage is all of this and more,
I just want you to go over these details once before you
decide to cultivate the landscape sweet. Shall we?
Photo credits: Loui Jover, Cocktail.
An early unveiling of the April Poem-a-Day Challenge, Day 6 🥠
Sarah is our lovely hostess at dVerse where she invites us to employ the poetic
device known as ‘Anaphora,’ in our poems. Come join us! ❤️
Posted for Poetics: A Little Repetition @dVerse Poets Pub
Amazing writing… so much to like… courage is so much more… just like you say. I think that the greatest courage sometimes is to admit you are a coward.
Thank you so much, Bjorn 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
I love the form here … courage emphasized with “remember;” ~~~ a beautiful poem.
Thank you so much, Helen 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
Forgot to add how much I like the image you chose ….
Sanaa – this is wonderful! youve used the anaphora brilliantly! inspirational,truly.
Thank you so much, Sarah 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
(and thank you for the glorious prompt)
I like this, combining your romance motif with philosophy and poetic wisdom. Often it takes more courage not to react, not to counter punch.
Thank you so much, Glenn 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
The plain, conversational language makes this all the more powerful, like talking to a friend who knows what one is going through. Or so I read.
Thank you so much, Shay 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
Wow Sanaa, this poem is intoxicatong .
Nice one.
Much💜love
Thank you so much, Gillena 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
Much love back..
favorite lines:
“courage blossoms from within.”
“courage is when we let go of the past.”
“the greatest truth waiting to be uttered.”
Thank you so much, Tzvi 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
Great job with the repetition and the positivity!
Thank you so much, Christine 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
This build up…and up.. it grabs attention, makes its case…how good it would sound with two voices, make and female reading it at the same time, giving the added emotion, intensity as the verse grows. Superb.
Thank you so much, Ain 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
This was really wonderful Sanaa!
“Remember; courage is pain that’s easily remembered,
coming to terms with anguish
and transforming scars into sizzling, shimmering stars.”
Fabulous! ☺️💕
Thank you so much, Christine 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
Thanks for reminding us where courage lies
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Wonderfully expressed!
Thank you so much, Carol 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
A wonderful poem… This is a great line…
Remember; courage is when we feel like a lesser version
of ourselves and still manage to break through.
Thank you so much, Dwight 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
Beautifully done, Sanaa! I love how it builds up with layers–the repetition of remember and courage that goes through darkness, and then the light touch of “Shall we?” at the end–like ready, let’s jump.
Thank you so much, Merril 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
A stunning spill of all that is courage. So many lines to love but these ones shines for me, Sanaa….”for the mind remains in winter when in truth it is spring” and “Remember; courage is when you wish to write sonnets again and again, on lover’s skin, knowing well that he has your thoughts in disarray.”
Thank you so much, Mish 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
So many lines I want to quote – your portrayal of courage in all its forms is exquisite.
Thank you so much, Marion 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
So much to love about your words here, Sanaa.
❤️❤️❤️
Sanaa, I like your pairing of courage with remember and how you detail what courage is all about.
Thank you so much, Lisa 😀 so good to see you 💄❤️
All of this and more – yes, and yes, i love the narrative voice that speaks to me.
Thank you so much, Paul 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
There is urgency in your words, as well as a touch of madness. Yes.
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Oh Sanaa…..this is so beautifully writ!
“courage is when we let go of the past,
it is when we burn those words to ash and release them
to the moon—” So many incredible lines….these are only some of the outstanding ones. And you, my dear, are one of the most courageous people I know~
Somehow, I posted my poem to this prompt and forgot to link it to dVerse….so just now did…after 40+ others. Ugh.
Thank you so much, my dearest Lillian 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
Excellent, excellent write, Sanaa! Love the gradual build up. Courage is beautiful like your verse. ❤️❤️
Thank you so much, Punam 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️