EquineAnn Poetry Stop

[Horsa]

Our imagination is a brilliant thing.
Just think of all the joy that it can bring.
We can live in another world.
If we don't like straight hair without paying for hairdressers or putting effort into it we can have it curled.
We can have whatever our heart desires.
We can be who everyone else admires.
We can live our dream.
Our hearts can beam.
We have to come back to reality some time though.
Then we have to believe what we really know.

 

[Horsa]

Why does it seem that sometimes no matter how hard you try you always say or do something wrong?
Why do you feel that you just can't do right for doing wrong?
Why do you seem to put your big size 8's into every thing?
Why does every good wish & intention bad things bring?
You know you're not stupid but make the most careless errors despite your best endeavour.
Then you think that you're just not very clever.
You think that you'll be in that position forever.
It does pass however.

 

[Horsa]

Why is the news always so bad?
Why is the news always so sad?
Why do I always make the most stupid mistakes?
Why do I always get the worst heart-aches?
Why can't I do right for doing wrong?
Why do I get myself in many a ding-dong?

 

[Horsa]

Why is it so hard to set yourself free?
Why is it so hard to let yourself be?
How come a lot of the time I think less of myself than others think of me?

I've tried to change my attitude.
I've always tried to show my gratitude.

It's very hard to change the way you think.
Unless that is you've had 1 too many to drink.
Afterwards to the depths of despair you sink.

For someone as obstinate as me the 1st line of the last stanza is true.
It might not be for you.
For bookworms with good memories it's very hard to do.

You can change the way you feel.
If you try your best sometimes the truth you can conceal.

All these thoughts & feelings can be overcome with hard work.
You've got to keep plodding on though, you can't allow yourself to shirk.

Things don't happen overnight.
You don't suddenly get a future that's bright.
Things aren't always sweetness & light.

 

[Horsa]

How come most baby animals are cuter than grown ups with the exception of owls?
Owls get more beautiful when they get older & they're beautiful fowls?
In fact I think owls are some of the most beautiful birds on earth.
I've thought that since not long after my birth.
I know that they're nocturnal birds so if you're not out late at night with a torch you don't get much chance of seeing them wild.
Owl sanctuaries do a good job of looking after them though & I've been to a few since I was a child.
They let me stroke their stomach though which I've since learnt can cause them to have bald patches.
I wouldn't stroke them again as I don't want their feathers to come out in batches.

 

[Horsa]

You have got to appreciate what you have got.
You've got to think of what you are as well as what you're not.
You've got to feel & show some gratitude.
You've got to have a positive attitude.
If you work on your weaknesses without working on your strengths it can get you down.
People think people aren't friendly if they always wear a frown.
We all have our weaknesses as well as our strengths & skills.
Strengthening our weaknesses & honing our skills a lot of our time fills.
Sometimes we have to take things as they come.
Sometimes when we make careless errors we feel dumb.
You've got to live life to the full.
If you don't life can get pretty dull.
It's best to live in the here & now.
We never know when we'll have to take life's final bow.
We can't waste time thinking about the past.
We learn from mistakes & answer necessary questions but then remember the die has already been cast.
What's done cannot be undone so you may as well have some fun.
Remembering good old times can be different like the times I spent at Gran's.
It's not good to worry about the future either other than setting goals & making action plans.

 

[Horsa]

We have 2 ears & 1 mouth for a reason which is that we should listen twice as much as we speak.
It's easier said than done though as when we hear what others say ideas want to from our mouths leak.
We respect the other persons right to have & air their views.
Though it can be very hard to restrain ourselves when they're so different on controversial news.
We've got to see everything in every possible way.
It's the right thing to do at the end of the day.
We've got to try to stay open-minded because "Minds are like parachutes. They only work when open." so they say.
Conversations should be two way.
Therefore it's important to try to keep your conversations balanced like a game of ping-pong.
If you do that you can't go wrong.

 

[Horsa]

I got asked today if I had enough poems yet to fill a book. I said no because I don't write poems like most people & sit & think & force myself to come up with something I let the ideas come to me. How come I'm different? How come I don't have to think to write a poem, the poem just creates itself & I just write it down?

 

[Horsa]

What is love?
Does it come from up above?
Is it brought on the wings of a dove?

Do you believe in love at 1st sight?
Do you know when your loved 1 for you is right?
Do you still love letters write?

Do you write poems for your loved 1?
Do they make you feel like the most precious person under the sun?
Are you forever together having good fun?

Do they cook you a romantic meal?
Do they find it hard their feelings for you to conceal?
Do you feel their love for you is real?

 

[Horsa]

I'm very articulate so why am I so often misunderstood?
How come more things turn out bad than good?
People sometimes mistake my loquacity for manipulation.
They think because I'm grandiloquent I don't get flustered then wonder why their misinterpretation of my behaviour causes me frustration.
I know I may appear to have an answer for everything.
I like the feeling this does bring.
I don't always have an answer for everything though.
I don't mind admitting to the things I don't know.
I feel flustered sometimes when I'm unsure of how people will take what I have to say.
To have a happy life I won't just other people obey.
My grandiloquence & loquacity may make me look like an extrovert.
I prefer having my head in a book to socialising though so would class myself as a social introvert.
Some things I say are sometimes misconstrued.
On the odd occasion people can think I'm rude.

 

[Horsa]

Why does loquacity sometimes have a price to pay?
Why can't some people just say what they have to say?
Why are some people always in the firing line?
Why do some people on their words always have to dine?
Why can some people not do right for doing wrong?
Why are some people always told they're wrong when they were right all along?
Why do some people have to experience more sorrow than joy?
Why would some people be better off being coy?
Why do some people go through periods where they can't do anything wrong followed by periods when they can't do anything right?
Why do some people appear to always have to argue & fight?

 

[Horsa]

Always be kind as you never know what anyone else is going through.
Other people may be going through hell & that affects what they say & do.
There is always someone else who is worse off than you.
You never know what's on someone else's mind.
Unless you talk to others, to their thoughts & feelings you're always blind
Therefore you should always be kind.
Other people have been through what you're going through now.
Though not everyone will to the urge of discussing taboo subjects kow-tow.
To those who don't we need with respect to bow.
No matter what you think, in these experiences you're never alone.
There's always someone you can talk to whether in person or on the phone.
Taking your feelings out of others though is something that others shouldn't condone.

 

[Horsa]

Why is someone in this world always dying, dying, dying?
Why does something in this world always make you feel like crying, crying, crying?
How come there are some things you have to do which are so trying, trying, trying?

Why is this world so full of hate, hate, hate?
Why are so few things in the world that are great, great, great?
How come if you're not careful instead of disarming a situation you offer bate, bate, bate?

I know that for every action there's an equal & opposite reaction, reaction, reaction.
This reaction isn't always good & that can lead you to distraction, distraction, distraction.
It's good though when it leads to the right attraction, attraction, attraction.

 

[Horsa]

Don't think too much of the future.
Don't think too much of the past.
All we've got is the here & now.
Time goes by extremely fast.

Time flies when you're having fun.
Don't waste your time.
Soon the day is done.
You then regret not doing what you wanted.

Seize the day.
Live life to the full.
Enjoy yourself.
Don't let life get too dull.

Soon your time will end.
It's too late to make up with a friend.

 

[Horsa]

Everyone is free.
They can be who they want to be.
That's something we all should see.
Stop people-pleasing & allow yourself to be free.

 

[Horsa]

Why are we sometimes our own worst foe?
Why do we always seem to take the hardest blow?
Why is our worst enemy often in our own head?
Why is it sometimes so hard to put bad memories to bed?
Why does it sometimes seem we can't do anything right?
Why do we sometimes make the most careless errors that make us think we're just not very bright?
Then we try our best to prove ourselves to ourselves & others & end up sounding cocky.
In some cases this can make people's friendships rocky.
Why can't other people see us for who we are?
If we can learn to be ourselves we can go far.
We need to accept ourselves for who we are & think more of our own views.
We need to stop people-pleasing all the time & drowning our sorrows with booze.​

 

[Horsa]

Don't complain about what you've been through.
Your experiences have made you, you.
Even if you think you can't cope.
Just try your best & don't mope.
We all have problems to deal with.
We can't just take support though sometimes we've got to give.

 

[Horsa]

Why am I so misunderstood?
When my communication skills are good?
Why do I have to act as thick as a brick?
So I don't get seen as cocky? It makes me sick.
I can't just allow myself to be free.
I can't just let myself be me.
Why can't others accept me for who I am?
Why do I give a damn?
I'm not an attention-seeker, I'm just quite chatty.
I'm not nasty I can just get quite ratty.
Sometimes what I say gets misconstrued.
Sometimes people get quite rude.

 

[Horsa]

You've got to do what you want & need to do.
It doesn't matter what you've been through.
You've got to plough on & get things done.
You're not the only 1.
You're not the 1st 1 to experience what you have & you won't be the last.
You've got to keep going in the here & now & not thinking of the past.
Don't think of the future unless you're thinking about how you'll feel when you're where you want to be.
Don't think of the past except to learn lessons from it. Live in the moment & set yourself free.
Don't exercise your freedom of speech unless you've exercised your freedom of thought.
You can make stupid errors which have consequences that can leave you distraught.
It can be hard to admit you've made a mistake, apologise & explain.
If you're not careful you can make the same mistakes time & time again.
Then you think you're the dopiest person on earth.
That doesn't exactly leave you full of mirth.
It can also be totally untrue.
Feelings of hopelessness & uselessness come to you.
If people disagree with you, they can think you're just feeling sorry for yourself.
You can then constantly seek other people's approval which isn't good for your health.
It also makes you look like an attention-seeker which makes it hard to make & keep friends.
You may be nice but if you're a people-pleaser people see you as a door-mat & respect ends.
Some people see you as manipulative even if you're not.
No one cares for you 1 jot.
If you don't have respect for yourself no one will have respect for you.
You've got to learn to accept yourself for who you are before anyone else will do.
If you can't accept yourself, you have the power to change what you don't like.
If other people don't like you then they can take a hike.

 

[Horsa]

If you're getting 3-7 ideas on what to say at once & your head feels as though it's going to explode just write.
Writing is a good thing to do when your head feels as if it is as high as a kite.
You can say what you want when you want to say it.
You don't have to worry about comeuppances a bit.
Just put all your thoughts down in writing.
Sometimes what you come up with can be exciting.
Write whatever comes into your head.
Nothing is better left unsaid.
Write a poem, story, factual piece or song.
Nothing you can say can be wrong.
You don't have to be good.
Even the best writer's sometimes write a dud.
Practice makes perfect so they say.
You'll get there one day.
Write exactly what you feel.
Not all writing though has to be real.