Encouragement

Hello my fellow toads. When thinking of what to use to inspire your poetry I had so many ideas, but life brought recent pain and it had me thinking about encouragement. We all need it. Life has many bumps we must maneuver and there are times we can't seem to find the light to bring us out of the darkness.

Today I want you to write the words to bring light into your own life or that of another. Whatever the struggle bring the verses to lift the spirit.

Stand Back Up ~ Sugarland

Go ahead and take your best shot,

Let 'er rip, give it all you've got,

I'm laid out on the floor, but I've been here before,

I may stumble, yeah I might fall,

Only human aren't we all?

I might lose my way, but hear me when I say,

I will stand back up,

You'll know just the moment when I've had enough,

Sometimes I'm afraid, and I don't feel that tough,

But I'll stand back up,

Try ~ Pink

Where there is desire

There is gonna be a flame

Where there is a flame

Someone's bound to get burned

But just because it burns

Doesn't mean you're gonna die

You've gotta get up and try, and try, and try

Gotta get up and try, and try, and try

You gotta get up and try, and try, and try

I am looking forward to being encouraged. There are smiles among the tears if we just spend some time seeking the words to help carry the burden.

Today We Scream

Today Toads we are going to join in spirit with women and men around the world and scream. Together we will raise our voices against violence. March has been set aside by Woman Scream International Poetry Festival as the month to raise awareness through poetry about violence against women.

Woman Scream states their mission is to honor women and create a conscious calling against women’s violence for a culture of peace and to take self-esteem messages to women through artistic expression and poetry.

Although it is an event where people gather in person to collectively share their work in public venues I felt we could do our part in raising awareness through written participation. 

“We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.” Martin Luther King

Violence against women is not confined to a specific culture, region or country, or to particular groups of women within a society. The roots of violence against women lie in persistent discrimination against women. Up to 70 per cent of women experience violence in their lifetime. United Nations Unite

  

The following are resources to find help for abused women. Abused Women , Help Guide and  The Hotline

So today we shall scream about this tragedy with words that will draw attention to it; words that will encourage those who have been victimized; words that will break the silence within each of us. I leave the poetic form to your choosing. Please remember to share your link with Real Toads and visit and comment on the work of others.