Glowing Green Eyes

On By Lauren Scott, AuthorIn Poetry

It takes little effort
to hide in the corner,
darkness wraps its cloak,
providing comfort,
shielding weakness in eyes,
no sweat needed for caving in,
succumbing to silence –
unchallenging…

but not the finest road to travel…

Fight your demons!
Don’t choose ill-fitting armor –
tighten all straps,
button all buttons,
snap all snaps.
Fight those monsters head on!
No skirting around flames,
snub their glowing green eyes,
look away to the other side,
the side that roots for you.

Give grit freedom to fly!
Strength isn’t buried –
it soars with you each day,
each night,
in every minute and hour.

The POWER lies in your hands
to flip the switch,
to let your energy roar!!!

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Gearing up for Halloween with a dose
of encouragement! 💚
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Lauren Scott
Author – King Copper: Our dog’s life in poetry
Author – Cora’s Quest (a children’s book)
Author – Ever So Gently: A Collection of Poetry
Author – More than Coffee: Memories of Verse and Prose
Author – Finding a Balance: A Collection of Poetry
Author – New Day, New Dreams: A Collection of Poetry
Co-Author – Tranquility: An Anthology of Haiku
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Co-Author – This Is How We Grow
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71 thoughts on “Glowing Green Eyes”

  9. Nasty demons. Especially between 2-4 am. They have a way of slipping up on you during the wee hours, catching you unexpected when your guard is down, when you should be warm and cozy dreaming happy dreams, not fighting nightmares. You are ever so right. Must fight back and send them on their way. Ban them to the purgatory or hell they belong in. Good advice, Lauren. Not so easy to accomplish. Sometimes they have warn deep tracks in your mind.

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  16. now that is my kind of way to gear up to halloween – this was so motivational – and Lauren, by the time I got to this part – “succumbing to silence –
    unchallenging” I was about to stand up and cheer! This was not whaat I was expecting and it has a lot of psychology layered in. It is easy to play it safe and stay comfortable, which hinders growth – but your poem goes even deeper – with a call to encourage those who are not merely playing it safe, but maybe stuck or cowering….

    “look away to the other side,
    the side that roots for you.”

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