The Lift

Inspiration is unseekable.
A power found when needed.

Motivation is generable.
Your own passion, breeded.

Yet they work together to bring you higher,
when assistance you require.

Inspiration gives you power.
Every idea you devour
until you're srong, like a fortress, a tower.

Motivation gives you a reason,
To work toward your goal.
It gives you a helpful pull.

The two combined are a strong force.
A lift when you need a strengthening source.

~Hannah Jo
True thought

Friendship

It's hard for friends to part.
This fact is very well known.
Frindship is a work of art,
Every single one, its own.

No two friends are exactly alike,
yet they are somehow so much the same.
One may love to bump and spike
while the other needs help with their aim.

When two people meet,
a canvas forms, blank, fresh, new.
This is the canvas of friendship sweet,
so many new things to do.

A brushstroke appears
after a bit
unmatched and unique
like a fingerprint.

A while more passes
and soon you find
this blank canvas became
one of a kind.

It is now hard for these friends to part,
This fact is now very well known.
This friendship is a work of art.
Uniquely, independently, its own.

~Hannah Jo
Dedicated to: Kenzie

Rumor

That rumor.
That weed.
That little pest
will pay no head.

It starts so small,
so harmless and faint,
but grows so tall!
There is no restraint.

A rumor is a seed.
When planted in any soil,
It grows into a weed.
No pain, sweat, or toil
to meet its need.

The rumor weed,
That destructive little pest.
Don't help it along.
Don't grow it to its best.

~Hannah Jo
From Experience

Team

People say "there's no I in team"
but is this really what they mean?
Or are they really feeling
something no one else can see?

I rule this team.
I win everything.
No one else
is good as me.

You never can tell
How they really feel.
But are these the thoughts
That you also conceal?

Don't catch yourself
thinking these thoughts.
Be a team player,
Don't try to call all the shots.

For if you do
you'll come to find,
that the thoughts you have
on your mind
are so very untrue.
They are true to only you.

~Hannah Jo
From Experience

A Baby's Cry

A baby's cry,
A peek into the soul.
That little cry,
Tells all there is to know.

A baby's eyes,
A window to heaven.
Those little eyes,
Show all within.

A baby's breath,
so soft and sweet.
That little sighing breath,
When his thoughts and dreams meet.

A baby's cry,
a peek into the soul.
That tranquil little cry,
is everything they know.

The innocence of those little eyes,
the relaxation of that sigh,
everything surrounding the little one.
So very perfectly nice.

~Hannah Jo
Inspired By and Dedicated To: Jackson Mitchell Savage

Barrier

Oh, the feelings I'd like to express,
the words I'd like to say.
What is this strong and unknown force
that pulls them all away?

So many things I'd like to say,
so many things I feel.
What is hap'ning with my thoughts
that makes them so hard to steal?

Some barrier is blocking
all I'd like to share.
Somehow the words I'd like to say,
Don't want to meet the air.

~Hannah Jo
Inspired By: Writer's Block

The Winner

I may have tripped, but I did not fall.
One loss cannot conquer all
the great times I have had.
It cannot make me sad.

Because I tried I did not fail.
My victory ship has not set sail.
Nor will it till I am on board.
My triumph wings have not yet soared.

I'll keep trying and I'll succeed.
Just three things do I really need;
confidence, love, and support.
With these I surely won't fall short.

I may have tripped, but I didn't fall.
I'm still standing so very tall.
I will reach my limits soon,
but I will push and push the room
until my limits can't be seen
by anyone. No one but me.
Then I will be
undeniably
me.
a winner.
the winner.

I may trip, but I will not fall.
One loss will not conquer all
the great times I will have.
They cannot make me sad.

~Hannah Jo
Inspired By: An experience and goal

The Race

It started out so very fun,
new things to see and do,
but now it is almost all done,
and everybody's through!

I know we all want school to end,
but since it hasn't yet,
we have to make the best of it
so that we don't regret
how we spent the whole past year
once memories have set!

So since it is a marathon
to make it through the year,
instead of saying "school be gone!"
lets start a new goal here.

From now it is a crucial race
to make it to the end,
everyone pick up the pace!
Let's shoot 'round this last bend!

For when we arrive
at the end of the year,
we'll see how we thrived
until we got here!

Look! I see the finish line!
It's drawing quickly near!

~Hannah Jo
A Goal

My Daily Dose

School is nearly over,
And since this fact is so,
Our poetry unit is ceasing,
as soon as the school year goes.

So in order to keep up writing,
the doctor's cure for me
is keep a blog of poetry,
a daily dose to see.

So, when your mind is sinking
into summer and the fun,
don't forget all that you learned,
while soaking up the sun.

Keep your mind working,
though you might not be as much,
Don't lay idly watching
summer crumble into dust.

For when school does start up again
your mind will surely bust.

Make sure you get your daily dose
and make it lots of fun!

~Hannah Jo
My Goal