Motivational Poems

Around The Corner

Around the corner I have a friend,

In this great city that has no end;

Yet days go by, and weeks rush on,

And before I know it a year is gone,

And I never see my old friend's face,

For Life is a swift and terrible race.

He knows I like him just as well,

As in the days when I rang his bell,

And he rang mine. We were younger then,

And now we are busy, tired men:

Tired with playing a foolish game,

Tired of trying to make a name.

"Tomorrow," I say, "I will call on Jim,

Just to show that I'm thinking of him."

But tomorrow comes - and tomorrow goes,

And the distance between us grows and grows

Around the corner! - yet miles away.....

"Here's a telegram, sir......"

...................."Jim died today." 

And that's what we get, and deserve in the end;

Around the corner, a vanished friend.

Charles Hanson Towne

Those We Love The Best

One great truth in life I've found

While journeying to the West - 

The only folks we really wound

Are those we love the best.

The man you thoroughly despise

Can rouse your wrath, 'tis true'

Annoyance in your heart will rise

At things mere strangers do.

But those are only passing ills;

This rule all lives to prove;

The rankling wound which aches and thrills

Is dealt by handes we love.

The choicest grab, the sweetest grace,

Are oft to strangers shown;

The careless mien, the frowning face,

Are given to our own.

We flatter those we scarely know,

We please the fleeting guest,

And deal full many a thoughtless blow

To those we love the best.......

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Before It's Too Late

If you have a tender message,

Or a loving word ot say,

Do not wait till you forget it,

But whisper it today;

The tender word unspoken,

The letter never sent,

The long forgotten messages,

The wealth of love unspent - 

For these some hearts are breaking,

For these some loved ones wait;

So show them that you care for them

Before it is too late. 

Frank Herbert Sweet