Poetry: Guru Prakasham

Many many years ago our Gurus

lit the lamp

And the prakasham was born

carrying power of the soul

This light of truth on the lands of

five rivers

It orbited and orbited around the

sun

Along with the earth that carried

it as sindhur

This earthly prakasham s so

powerful

Of human’s universal message of

one God

Four hundred orbits gone in no

time

The great Prakasham has even

out-glowed the son

As it orbits all around the sun,

even sun bows in enhanced

reverence

And salutes the earth, for all that

it carries

The Greatest Prakasham of Guru

Granth Sahib.

-A.P.J Abdul Kalam

Poetry: Teachers

Paint their minds

and guide their thoughts

share their achievements

and advise their faults.

Inspire a love

of knowledge and truth

As you light the path

which leads our youth.

For our future brightens

with each lesson you teach

Each smile you lengthen

Each goal you help reach.

For the dawn of each poet

each philosopher and king

Begins with a teacher

And the wisdom they bring.

-Kevin William Huff

Poetry: Believe in yourself

Believe in yourself and in

your dream

Though impossible

things may seem

Someday, somehow

you’ll get through

To the goal you have in view

Mountains fall and sees divide

Before the one who in his stride

Take a hard road day by day

Sweeping obstacles away

Believe in yourself and

in your plan

say not – I cannot – but, I can

The prizes of life we fail to win

Because we doubt the

power within.

-Unknown author

Poetry: Don’t give up

DON’T GIVE UP AND DON’T GIVE IN

IT’S ALL IN THE LORD’S HANDS

NO MATTER WHAT YOU YOUR FACING

HE IS THE ONE WHO CAN.

IN ANY SITUATION

HIS GRACE CAN TURN IT AROUND

SO YOU CAN BE VICTORIOUS

AS HIS LOVE DOES ABOUND.

THE BEGINNING AND THE END HE KNOWS

AND ALL THAT’S IN BETWEEN

SO PUT YOUR TOTAL TRUST IN HIM

TO HIM IT’S ALL FORESEEN.

HE KNOWS ABOUT YOUR STRUGGLES

HE KNOWS ABOUT YOUR PAIN

YOUR HARDSHIPS AND YOUR SORROWS

AND HE WILL HELP YOU TO REIGN.

SO DON’T GIVE UP AND DON’T GIVE IN

DON’T QUIT BEFORE IT’S TIME

GOD’S GRACE WILL GIVE YOU POWER

TO MAKE IT TO THE FINISH LINE

IN HIS WAY AND TIME!!!

BY JANET MULLALY