To Triumph Life Poem by Dianna Nally

I believe in the world of love and laughter
And in family, friends and hope.
But I also believe there are those without either
And often wonder how those people cope.

Some may have families, but have been abandoned
and have never felt loved.
But how could anyone put another on the streets
And still pray to our holy father above?

There are children who come from broken homes
And parents suffering from broken hearts.
Living in an economy so high in cost
That it's taring families apart.

We have kids quitting school to help their parents
and they do it at any cost.
Some having to grow up too fast
And so many childhoods lost.

There are people living in such denial
They almost always seek someone else to blame.
There are busy bodies accusing others of wrong doing
When helping our children should be our only aim.

We need to take the past, and study
the things that went wrong.
Learn from it, and pass it on to others
So we can help to make them strong.

I guess what I'm trying to do
is let someone know they are needed.
There are those who have been there,
And have moved on in life, and succeeded.

As long as you try, you can't fail
And if you fall, just get right back up.
And remember you can do anything you want to
Only then can you consider your life a triumph.

by Dianna Nally