HOPE

Assalamualaikum wbt

& good day to all. Happy Teacher's Day to all teachers.

Just sharing a poem I wrote for my students Poetry Recitation Competition last March for the district level. PPD Petaling Utama.

HOPE
Hope is the thing with feathers
said Emily Dickinson
Hope is a waking dream
said Aristotle
Hope is a dangerous thing, can drive a man insane
said Red to Andy
in the Shawshank Redemption.
If hope is really a bad thing
A pointless thing
Or an unnecessary and unwanted thing
Shouldn’t we all just stop having hope?
Shouldn’t we all just stop giving hope?
But honourable judges, ladies, gentlemen and our friends
We do hope you will stay till the end
and listen to our poem, together we stand
reflect on the positive four letters word, H O P E
and now let’s begin.
I hope your day is full of joy and laughter
Indeed, it is. Thank you.
I hope your day is full of dream and wonder
That’s very nice of you. Thank you.
I hope you will achieve your target for the day
Yes, I will. Thank you.
I hope you are always honest with yourself
I’m afraid, that would be a hard thing for me to do
Frankly, sometimes, it is the hardest thing for me to do
Why it is so hard?
For one to admit
The flaws that exist
The troubles within, the fear and anxiety
With or without basis
Just admit it bravely
Beat your own nemesis
Fret not, with the right move, you can still win
Overcome your challenges and achieve your dream.
So dear friends
Wake up, don’t lose hope
Wake up, please don’t give up
Wake up, don’t lose hope
Wake up, you will rise up.
You will rise up unafraid
Just like the Japanese proverb they said
Fall seven times, stand up eight
The awesome resilience, despite the heartbreak
You need to learn something from your mistake
Just don’t repeat it again with no regret
Please, do learn something from your mistake
Let us all learn something from our mistake.
The core is, you need hope
I need hope. We all need hope
Hope and faith that will stand
fighting with you till the end
Whatever loads that tries to pull you down
leaves you drown, makes the frown and meltdown
your best buddy from sunrise till sundown.
Hope and faith will beat that down.
So dear friends,
Wake up, don’t lose hope
Wake up, please don’t give up.
Wake up, don’t lose hope.
Wake up, you will rise up.
Rise like the waves even in bad weather
Bloom like sunflowers in the front yard of grandmother’s
Soaring high like that Katie Perry’s song, roar like a tiger
Why?
Because you and I matter
and we have each other
Remember that
Remember that, you and I matter
and we do have each other
Please remember that, when you start losing hope
Please remember that, when life is not dope
Please remember that, when to you, life is nothing but a joke.
I hope you are here with me
Yes, life sometimes can be funny
Where as a child, we live life and don't worry why
But as we grow, it gets tougher and we don't want to try
Like everything else, have faith, challenges will end and you don’t have to mind
So live it with the hope and future in mind
Because if you act in the moment life is never kind.
Please remember that.
Thank you
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Written by Siti Rubiah Mohd Yusope
SK BANDAR BARU SRI DAMANSARA 2
February 2018.