Some days it is a struggle to get out of bed, but I'll do it anyway
Sometimes it is hard to concentrate and keep my focus, I'll do it anyway
Some days I don't feel like studying and would rather do sometime fun but I'll do it anyway
Someday I  struggle with self doubt or feel like things are not going right
I might be tempted to give up, I don't feel like overcoming another obstacle but I'll do it anyway
Some days I feel I lack the zeal the finish line of my goals seem so far away It seems tough to get back on track but I'll do it anyway

mind blocked
heart thumping
fingers fidgeting
legs shaking

here we are
waiting for an update
anything
even just a note

hoping for good news
we rebuke any bad scenario  
and just hope for the best

and in a blink of an eye
we hear the news
we are torn and grateful
two feelings at once

we don't know what to feel
and we start reminiscing

our hearts torn that you are gone
but grateful that you are no longer suffering
we were hoping to be with you
but we know you're better Up There

you are finally Home
and we know you're happy
probably jumping in joy
and watching over us

you will be missed
but never forgotten
you'll be in our hearts forever,
dear Mr. Smit.

Unguarded
are our hearts,
they're lost in the wild

we try to find a hunter
who will try and salvage
what is left
of our souls and hearts

i admire you
for your kind heart
for your enthusiastic soul
and everything else in between

no words are coming out
for i've suppressed it for too long
and now,
they have lost their way
and they have no way out

slowly, slowly
they start to pile up
i have no courage anymore,
and fear has arrived

my poems are locked up in a cell
and i have lost the key
i have been looking for a spare
but i have no light to see

**the drought season has come
and i have run dry

It is not
a mere game for two
nor a feeling
that comes on queue

It is not
a solution to boredom
nor a decision
at random

It is not
something to throw around
but it is
to uphold and be crowned

for love
is a promise
kept by two
to be kept forever
if it is true

it is a precious gift
to another
and once given,
we are left to ponder.

"It's worth a shot."
and that's what we all thought.