Allow time to meet prediction

It’s OK to fall

You’ll fail!

You need one to have the other

It’s a called a priceless prevail

We stare at a memory

Lost along the way

Taught that words mute their meanings

Some people often don’t say

For pain defines a heart

That is tougher than act

The ability to overcome

What may feel

Like a stab in the back

Collateral damage

A mind insecure

Of the aggression we hold

It’s keeps us going

I’m sure

Tough is not prison

Tough is not bars

Tough isn’t money

Tough isn’t cars

Tough is maturity

A mind stronger

It’s weak

To a love undeserved

Tough is not found in the streets

For we created an image

Some are higher

Some low

We created the influence

Planting temptation 

Watching it grow

For I can’t imagine a world

Where pain is the absence

Where poverty meets privilege

Take a breath

Make it last

Mint

Give it meaning

Give it purpose

Direction

Feeling worthless

But feel it in your heart

Search around

Called it courage

Since courage was overrated

Strength was mistreated

Confused with these words

Dictionaries seem defeated

I saw a boy on the corner

Turned away from a deal

Threw his gun in a trashcan

Rid of his steel

Love was what he stole

Deep within his heart

Where his demons fluttered freely

Forgiven

Heard the echoes embark

We walk away from possibility

No trust will be found

Where opportunity comes along

And shoots us around

To a promise we wait for

A porch with a light

The prominent image

A healing heart

Proves your fight

Don’t ever confuse

Strength and your pride

Strength takes the road

Others often don’t find

Be proud of yourself

As the lessons unveil

May ours pasts be remembered

One more round

I pray to get up

I pray YOU hear the bell

We are not who we used to be

I’m saying this now

For if the time never comes

Around the corner.

Belief will be found! 

For who we are to love

Is a fact

Called it fiction

Pain beats a heart

Understand this

Named it affliction

For stories can be told

Hope corrupts a heart

Minds misunderstood

The end begins to start

A mentoring game

Tricks up its sleeve

Makes your head ache

Named is Aleve

Circular comparisons

This life that I love

Christmas has come earlier

A gift from above.

- J. Nunes