Diligence

Saying that you tried your best on that faild test
Practicing the song even if you only get to sing along
Going to every class even if you don't pass
Singing with all your heart even if you dont get the part
Being brave enough to dream even if you don't make the team
Trying your best to pray even if its not every day
Still loving your life even if your not yet a wife
Running every second of the race even if its last place

Diligence is not being better then the rest 

It's just simply trying YOUR BEST

One Day

One day we will walk through the hallways.
One day that is filled filled with no fear.
One day we will be not be ashamed of ourselves.
One day we will be the beautiful girl we see in the mirror.

One day we will conquer.
One day when we are brave.
One day people will look up to us.
One day we wont need to hide in a cave.

One day people will say they love us.
One day people will see that they were wrong.
But as for right now and this day,
we just have to take a breath and be strong.

Sing to Breath

The mother pulls out the camera.
The toddler smiles and gives a cute wink.
"Come on baby doll, smile at me and sing."
She opens her mouth and there is silence
and she sings with no care in the world.

Then all of the sudden she's in middle school.
She never talks and never makes eye contact,
but when she is given a solo in chorus
that is the one thing she will do no matter what...
she will sing with no care in the world.

Then she has to save money for her life long dreams.
Singing at bowling allies and bars
with mean, cruel, hate filled people
telling her what to do, and what to say
and they make her sing with no care in the world.

In the car and then a CRASH!!!!!

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Laying in a hospital bed lifeless and dull.
Her young daughters come in and say
" Mommy, mommy please don't go!!!"
She wanted to calm there tears,
but all she could do for them was
sing to them like she had no care in the world.

And she is in heaven now singing
With Them ..........For Them
To Them........ Because of Them
and doing it with no care in the world.

The Answer comes too Late

My shorts are on and my feet are bare.
I'm shaking from head to toe with no jacket
as I walk through the icy frigged water.
My teeth are chattering and my lips... the color of a plum.
My face is pale and I can see in my eyes I'm on the verge of giving up.

Then - suddenly- a brightly colored thing floats right in front of me.
I see what it is and I almost start to cry tears of joy... a scarf.
I grab the scarf and hold it against my face for a long, long time,
as if it held my life between it's treads of pink and brown.
It's thick and warm and warms my face up after a while.

With this new found hope and spring in my step I keep walking.
It doesn't take long for this hope to completely vanish,
leaving me only wanting nothing but more
more warmth, more gifts, and more delightful hope.
Unfortunately the only "more" I get is more icy water.

Then I look to the side of the river and my eyes light up
for right in front of my eyes, right next to the river,
are mile and miles of clothing, hot drinks, and BOOTS!!
I drag my fragile body to the side of the river and pick up everything I can.
I put on the boots first and instantly feel a dramatic difference.
I feel the warmth rising up my body
as I put on hats, gloves, jackets, and coats.
Everything, all the misery, hopelessness
and hatred of myself being foolish enough to not be prepared
all of it has vanished in my new warmth.

Then all the sudden my face starts to get hot.
I feel myself sweating in my new cloths.
I look up at the sky and almost start to cry.
For once again I was too late.
For the cold, frosty, unbearable, winter
has now turned into humid, sticky, hot
Summer.