William Ernest Henley

Out of the night that covers me,

Black as the pit from pole to pole,

I thank whatever gods may be

For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance

I have not winced nor cried aloud.

Under the bludgeonings of chance

My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears

Looms but the Horror of the shade,

And yet the menace of the years

Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll,

I am the master of my fate,

I am the captain of my soul.

Lisa M Chapin

A friend like you is hard to find,

one that touches you deep inside.

You've given me strength to carry on,

you've offered your hand to hold on.

When times are tough, I know you're there

to offer support and show you care.

If not for you, I would have drowned,

but you help keep me on solid ground.

I believe you were sent from the man above

because he knows the strength of your love.

You show that love in so many ways.

It helps me get through my darkest of days.

So for that, I write this poem for you

and tell you from my heart, THANK YOU!

Barry Luke Stuart

Sun

Oh the sun, oh the sun

Oh what we see for fun

The dazzling rays of stupendous glory

The opening for having our own story

The thirst for every single joy

Even under the moon of coy

Even though nothing beats our sun

Even though you know it's the one

Even as I talk, I wonder, will you walk?

To Heaven's gate of all the talk

To the end of my life, where I dwell

To still think of you and all that's swell

To all that is good and manner

To all written in our planner

Our love shall see us through

Our love shall solve each clue

Our love is all we shall need

Our hope is we both do heed

Our knowing is we shall

Our knowing is we can't fail

Goodbye now to words and song

Goodbye as though already gone

Goodbye to the bad and ruin

Goodbye, depart before this moon

Goodbye, goodbye but never us

Goodbye, no; no matter the fuss

Goodbye is for the ill and for the wrong

Goodbye for us shall never break our song