Smart is something that you are, and that you’re not.
It has a lot to do; with things you learned, and forgot.
If you are smart, you can learn just about anything.
It is the importance, about someone or something.
You’re smart when learning and thinking about things.
Although uncomfortable, that’s where your life begins.
You learn all new things outside of your comfort zone.
It doesn’t matter if you’re united or separate and alone.
When something is hard to do, you feel some distress.
Not making you unsmart or even making you any less.
It means that you must learn something, which is new.
Knowledge, skills, and discoveries, you must accrue.
A kind heart that hurts someone else, will feel remorse.
Only making it better with some much-needed discourse.
When traveling off the intended course, you feel regret.
Feeling this way, isn’t something that you’ll ever forget.
We all feel embarrassed, whenever making a mistake.
We are all just imperfectly perfect, for heaven’s sake.
Mistakes are an opportunity to unravel what you fail.
Those mistakes and missed steps, help us all prevail.
The smart and the wise can always be vulnerable, too.
Feeling some distress is as easy for me, as it is for you.
Surprise, shame and humor will all happen unexpectedly,
Feeling unsure, your actions and conscience disagree.
Only the smart are able to learn, grow, and improve,
Identify that you must keep, and not always remove.
Only when you focus on your growth, are you smart.
Easy if you choose vulnerability right from the start.
Written by: Craig Dunkleberger
Photo: Freepik
THE RULES DON’T APPLY
Nick Shockney, the current CCPS Assistant Superintendent broke the law and it was covered up. This poem odd to blow the whistle on this behavior and hold him accountable for his actions, once and for all B
PERSPECTIVE AND IDENTITY
If I see a six, and you see a nine; No perspective, needs a redefine. Perspective, lies in the beholder. Each is found, above the shoulder.
FREE TO LIBERATE
Every American has the liberty to simply choose. Too many give that right up, for too many views. Your choice might not be the same, as my choice. Your choice isn’t better, making me lose my voice.
CENSORING MY VOICE
Don’t silence my voice, if it’s different than you. My opinions are many, they are not just a few. How can I stay quiet, when i was mistreated? The silent, give it permission, to be repeated.
EFFORT ITSELF
Any effort starts with the decision to just try. Effort requires energy, for us to then apply. A decision of effort, starts inside of our brain. The brain’s nueroplasticity, is what we’ll gain.
GET A GRIP ON YOUR GRUDGE
It is a hard feeling, when you hold a grudge. You can’t let go of the past, and won’t budge. All of the future is blurry because of the past. They blur together, as time has then amassed.
THE COLORS WE ALL SEE
You will always see color, and me, will just the same. Our eyesight doesn’t need adjustment, or reframe. Color is something, we all see, with some emotion. The colors we see, set our emotions, into motion.
OPEN YOUR MIND
Everyone has different beliefs, all felt in the heart. First, you have beliefs, they make you fall apart. Untrue beliefs, are confronted from the very start. Understanding your current thinking, plays a part.
PARENTS AS ARTISTS
When your child is born, they are simply a blank slate. They are but a canvas, for your artwork to demonstrate. Artwork, is not a duplication, but an opportunity for art. No formula or directions are given, right from the start.
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