woman of virtue........

Sometimes in life you meet up with difficult situations
Some of them we are their architects
Others are just a matter of fate,
A destiny one thinks they can never change.
What one doesn’t realize though is that words have power
They have the strength to build nations, to build empires, to shape an individuals destiny
Words are a tool that can change our lives.
Having the power to say a word and standing by it takes great courage
The road to building your dreams is never easy,
But you have to walk the whole yard without fail.
I look back at my life and cast stones at myself for the mistakes I have made
But today I look back and reflect on those mistakes as teachers,
Teachers who have given me a wealth of experience,
I shun not my mistakes, but I embrace them as having taught me about the real world.
The road of pain and suffering have I walked alone.
The tears, self mockery and contempt I have endured.
But as the new day dawns on me and I know that God has given me another chance.
A chance not to cry all over again, not to renege on the choices I have made but
An opportunity to start anew again.
I have no doubt that we are our own worst enemies; we are our own nemesis,
We allow situations to reign lord
Yet we have the power to control them in the hollow of our hands.
We are weak but we have the strength deep inside our fragile heart
I now know for sure that I shall not be an engineer of my destruction,
I shall not be an architect of those elements that will hold me down.
I shall take each day as it comes and be glad that I am alive
I shall embrace all the things that have shaped me into being the woman I am today
A true warrior, a woman of virtue.
Many will go down and right all the ills I have done in the books of history, but like a tornado I shall rise, like an eagle I will rejuvenate into a new creation.

......................and now the poet speaks
 

tru african poets corner