Stay Strong Poem by Laquory Jones

Verse 1
I have to be honest to the nth degree
I couldn't write you a perfect symphony
There's no method to this melody
It won't bring you any harmony
No closure but hopefully a voice
Tonight my heart beats inside of me
Heavily as passion runs through my soul

Verse 2
All this pain in life becomes so
Essential to the core so much we have
To endure through our lifetimes
There were no way I could write this
As a 'light rhyme' knowing that
Your pain is haunting me through the
Night times but I assure you that
I truly don't mind

Verse 3
I'd be lying if I said that everything
Would turn out just fine
I wouldn't want to dare cross that thin
Line, but just to see you smiling would
Be a clear sign that I'm headed in the
Right direction a little light within
Your dark reflections that you finding
Yourself going through
I wish that there were more I could really do
But all I could say is that
I'm 100 % behind you
So just know that you're not alone
I can feel your pain within my bones

Verse 4
When we talk I feel the breaking of your
Voice fighting hard for a parent that
Find themselves going through the
Ringer I know your pain only lingers at
These thoughts of uncertain tomorrows
Knowing they're soon to follow
I'm sorry if I sound a little shallow
All of this is becoming quite hard to
Swallow with a jagged pill

Verse 5
Your story hit me like a ricochet knowing
Your mom only has a few months to live
And it's eating at my core
I couldn't imagine what it's done to
Yours I find myself waking up sore
Hoping that you will be okay
But I know deep down I have this faith
That you will always find your way

Verse 6
I'm lighting candles as we speak
God bless you and your mom equally
I hate to hear or see these tragedies
Because there's no really good strategies
To overcome the loss and the pain
I myself have struggled along its terrain
But I know one thing that you're going
To cry and it's never truly a goodbye
Because every time we look up at the sky
The stars always seems to shine

Verse 7
Though we may struggle for some time
Just know that you'll never be alone
And we hold the ones we love closer to
Our soul that's how we truly know
They never truly departed
There bonds never ended only started
And their legacies forever lives on
My advice to you is to stay strong

11/3/2021