A close friend of mine lived by these words; Get up, Look Up, Never Give Up. I thought I'd write a poem about these inspirational words. I hope you like it!
Get Up, Look Up, Never Give Up
Get up, look up, never give up
If that's what gets you through today
And gives you the strength to carry on and leads you along the way
Then get up, look up and never give up
There he was just five years old with his training wheels on the ground
His Dad said he was ready, so in him some strength he found
To get on that bike and start to ride - he was ready to explore
But when he fell and hurt his knee, he had to practice more
But his dad said:
Get up, look up, never give up
If that's what gets you through today
And gives you the strength to carry on and leads you along the way
Then get up, look up and never give up
There he was with his graduating class but just one credit shy
Of recieving his diploma, all he could do was sit and cry
His teacher went and talked to him and said "This is all you have to do
This twenty page research project and it should pull you through"
And his teacher said:
Get up, look up, never give up
If that's what gets you through today
And gives you the strength to carry on and leads you along the way
Then get up, look up and never give up
Some years later he had some trouble and didn't feel very well
So he went to see his doctor, it was bad news - he could tell
Doc told him he had the big "C" and quite a fight that it would be
He was completely devistated and so was his family
But his doctor said:
Get up, look up, never give up
If that's what gets you through today
And gives you the strength to carry on and leads you along the way
Then get up, look up and never give up
So he just wanted to tell you, that life's not an easy task
But with some courage and confidence you'll have a half full glass
Don't let anyone put you down or tell you, you won't succeed
Because if you believe in yourself, you can be all you want to be
And he said:
I got up, looked up, and never gave up
That's what got me through today
And gave me the strength to carry on and lead me along the way
So I got up, I looked up and never gave up
Yes I always say, get up, look up and never give up!
nice..inspirational...often in life we need to just get up and not worry about whose fault it is and keep moving forward...this is a very nice read...i like the examples you use...
ReplyDeleteI like your line I got up, looked up, and never gave up. this is how it should be well done
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Get up, look up, never give up.... that certainly is an inspirational phrase.... I've never heard that one before but it is fitting, and your poem is written in my favorite style: one that I can understand. I love the use of a chorus... I did that in a poem not long ago that I wrote for a friend who lost her baby many years ago. I enjoyed your poem a lot... I hope your friend beat the cancer and is ok now, but if not, then I'm sure he is smiling on this beautiful memory you created....
ReplyDeletebeautiful poetry.
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