Stronger Today Than Yesterday Poem by Lisa Arnold

Stronger Today Than Yesterday

Rating: 5.0


Believing in
more of who
I am today
than yesterday.

Savoring
all of what
in life
I have to gain.

Feeling
in the depth
of my weary soul,
inner desires
rising as my life,
I begin to reclaim.

Accepting
my fate
as I cling
to my faith.

I now see
hints of sun
where there
is rain.

I now sense
traces of joy
emerging from
beneath profound
pain.

Brightness
outside of
darkness,
I now witness.

Inside of
bitterness,
I now taste
sweetness.

I hold more
in the palms
of my hands
today than
ever before.

For now, I
dance solo
in my
frenzied
life tango.

But it is okay
because I am
stronger today
than yesterday.


©2009

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Theodora Onken 23 September 2005

Its just me, Lisa. You wrote me way back in late feb or march on another poetry site...poetrybox...you had asked me then to join you at some site, and i never did...good to see you here...and I love your poem...kinda sounds like my life...great to see you, and read your poetry! Theodora Onken

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Theodora Onken 25 September 2005

Hey Lisa, Went to your site...it looks really cool. I do believe I might give it a go! I can see where a lot of work has gone into it! Theodora Onken.

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Afia Gyimah 06 June 2023

'I now see hints of sun where there is rain.' This is a very beautiful poem.

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Rob Lamberton 12 January 2023

"Believing in more of who I am today than yesterday." I like Evelyn comment on this "dance of life"! 5*****

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Evelyn Judy Buehler 02 June 2021

There is such beauty in your portrayal of this dance of life. A superb creation!

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Lisa Arnold 04 May 2021

Thank you so much Unnikrishnan and Theodora!

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Unnikrishnan E S 25 April 2021

A poem of immense depth. Exudes positive energy and a vision about self emancipation. Loved it. Full score.

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