"BABY STEPS" by Becky Hemsley

"BABY STEPS"
by Becky Hemsley

We have to stop thinking that we’ve failed every time we fall.

When babies are learning to walk, we don’t assume they’ve failed every time they hit the ground. We realise that they are simply not done trying yet.

We praise them for getting up and going again.

Because we realise that it is much easier to fall down than it is to pull yourself back up to standing.

Babies don’t stop trying,

no matter how many times they fall.

They don’t give up. They get up.

And they continue to believe they can do it.

Sometimes it takes a long time. Sometimes they need to rest.

But they do get up.

They find their balance.

And eventually they walk.

Then they run. They skip, they gallop and they leap.

Sometimes we fall and sometimes we need to rest.

But we have not failed.

We are finding our balance.

And we are preparing to run.

Even if we need to take baby steps

at first.

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Becky Hemsley 2023

Beautiful artwork by Anna Radis Art

'Baby Steps' is one of the first poems in 'Letters from Life' https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHL9MZC1...

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"LISTEN" by Becky Hemsley

"LISTEN"
by Becky Hemsley

Listen when it’s raining

As the water hits the ground

And you’ll hear a million secrets

That are hidden in that sound

The pitter patter raindrops

Hold the whispered words inside

Of the people who have shared them

With the velvet midnight sky

The drops that pound the pavement

Spill out anger loud and harsh

They’re the words and thoughts of people

Who have cried beneath the stars

The rain that adds to oceans

And their vast capacious flow

Is the grief of people holding on

For fear of letting go

The waters flooding cities

Overwhelming homes and towns

Are the silent words of suffering

Entrusted to the clouds

And when the clouds are heavy

When our secrets fill the sky

When our thoughts are too oppressive

Then the Earth begins to cry

So listen when it’s raining

If you’re quiet then you’ll hear

All the secrets and emotions

That are muffled by Earth’s tears

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Becky Hemsley 2020

Beautiful artwork by June Leeloo

'Listen' is from Talking to the Wild

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