poem titled BE TRUE TO YOURSELF

[lonegum]

In the last month i have had an ugent moments to put pen to paper. I later found that all the poems I had written about, started to make up my lifes history. from being a child, meeting my solemate, having children, her meeting her solemate, me being at the birth of my 3 grandchildren, some being from my turmoiled childhood, to the depths of depression, to the most beautiful lifes experinces. I usually awaken around 2 to 3 oclock in the morning when i wake up and know i have to start writing these words flowing in my head. I have had some in the day, but the majority in the wee hours when everyone else is dreaming. I have been encouraged by a lot of people to have them published, which has blown me away. As I dont know why, this has happened, but I want to go with it. I have put them all in a folder to pass onto my daughter and also made 3 books for my grandchildren to have one each also my son.
I have picked one to share with you, and hope it may have some meaning to you. BE TRUE TO YOURSELF

As life goes on , we learn so much,
We listen to those around,
But we should not forget, to listen,
To what our soul and mind combines,

Dont be afraid of what you think,
And be brave to say your bit,
otherwise you cant imagine,
You will never be at peace.

Sometimes it can be really hard,
To struggle with lifes trials,
But we can begin to learn,
As we travel the longest miles.

So take heart, and be yourself,
And trust in what you do,
As this will bring contentment,

BY BEING TRUE TO YOU BY Juliana Mullan

[yourockradio]

Nice.

Just don't bother with Poetry.com though, it's a scam. Vanity press is what it is, and a lot of the others are like that too. There are some articles about that if you want to check it out... http://www.author-me.com/poetryscams.htm

If you have a lot of poems I just wonder how many of them are phrased in such a way as they can become lyrics. Not every poem is lyrically feasible, they have to be phrased right which means the words sometimes have to be changed a bit. Sometimes it is really strange; If I write the music to some song I can't get the lyrics going. I do a lot better with other people's music sometimes.

One thing I did notice, you wrote the poem as a non-rhyme sequence, which is cool, but one paragraph rhymed, which threw me around a bit. Maybe that was your intention.

Sometimes it can be really hard,
To struggle with lifes trials,
But we can begin to learn,
As we travel the longest miles.

[maggie]

Hey Julie

So great to see your poem up on Music Forte. This is the beginning of great things for you.

I am so proud of you!!

Little Sister Maggie xx


Music Forte Rocks!!

[tyrocks00]

your poem is cool but it thew me off in some parts....but over all i like it