My Family
It’s made up of love, tears and laughter
After years it is stronger because of memories
At times we don’t like each other for a while
Yet we love each other for a life time
It’s a place where values and characters are formed
Not due to riches but in its capacity to love
This is where you find those that encourage and
Believe in you
Celebrate with you and comfort you
A family is where one feels most at home
Because you’re always needed and loved
In this family we all feel important
We support and love each other
That’s my family.
By Ika from Access South Africa
Family
Family is all just about love and peace you need in years
It grows stronger with a passing of time
A family is where you feel most at home as you are always needed
You are welcomed, loved and wanted with the making of memories
It’s the place where you find someone to encourage you
Believe in you
Always there for you and cares for you
By Maunatlala from Access South Africa
Unrevealed Love
Whenever I look into your eyes, I find my greatest peace.
My heart fills with relaxation, all my happiness increase.
All my sorrows vanish like a magic, when I hear your voice.
Just to hear your lovely words, I'd love to live twice.
Whenever I hold your hands, I find my best shelter.
Can't find anyone safer than you, can't stay with anyone better.
All my tensions fly away, when you come into my sight.
May be I'm in love with you. Yes, I think I'm right.
Though I want to express my love, knowing that it’s true.
Still I can't say, "Mom, I really love you!"
By Fariha from Access Bangladesh
Mother
My mother is nice
She is very beautiful
She is very, very kind and give us love too
O my mom…
She is in my heart and she is my friend
We are prince of our mother she is queen of us
O my mom…
When we are sad she is also sad
When we are happy she is also happy
O my mom…
By Misbah from Pakistan
My Mother
you taught me how to love
as you loved me
you taught me how to feed myself
as you were feeding me
you taught me to be truthful
as you were truthful to me
today I am a grown woman
today I can do all the things
you’ve done for me all by myself
today I can take care of myself
all thanks to you
my mother
By Lerato, Petrus, Cynthia and Mokgadi
from Access South Africa
Happy Mother’s Day
This is a very important day. We
Must be grateful for this day. This
Day means a lot to our mothers
Who brought us into this world.
If it wasn’t for them, where
Would we be at this moment. Mother we
Are grateful for what you did for us
Here I am talking about a mother,
Who carried you for 9 months in
Her womb. Who raised you until now.
By Antonia from Access South Africa
My Mom My Rock
My mom is my rock
My mom is beautiful
Like a PEACOCK
When she smiles I
Just melt like on
Ice
There are many way to say
I love you,
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU
You know sometimes
People say we look alike
But you are more
Beautiful than me
You are the only person I love
I love you mom
You will always be in my heart
There are so many word that
Describes u but all I know
Is that you are my mom
Her eyes are diamond
Shining up the sky
When she calls me
She is like a bird singing happy
Happy Mothers Day
(not anything must spoil your day)
Mom I guess all I meant to say
Is that I LOVE YOU coz u mean
My everything
World, Earth, country, life u name,
But all matters is that you are my mom
My rock
By Michelle from Access South Africa
Pray Song for My Mom
Mom you are everything and respectful
To me and you are important to me and you are like
The sun that comes up everyday
And you are like the stars that comes up everyday
And to me mom you are incredible
Mother and you kind, patient and you are sensible
And mom if I’m with you I feel
Like I’m with someone else and you are understanding mom
And I love you mom
My stars that comes up everyday
By Lolicris from Access South Africa
Best I ever had
From my birth to my elderly
There’s a caring person who always stands by me
In my childhood, you looked after me
When I was a teenager, you’ve been always advising me
You’re the only one who understands me
Whenever I do a mistake, you’ve been always forgiving me
Now it’s my turn to make you feel happy
I’ll give you everything if you asked me
You’re the best mum ever please keep holding me
I’ll never lose hope although you’re far away from me
You’re a treasure which I must keep it forever
By Yesmine, Nour, Masmoudi, Eya, Eya, and Sirine
from Access Tunisia
Mother
You are the queen of my heart
You are the star that brightens my night
You give me hope to achieve my ambition
You give me strength to succeed in my education
You help me in whatever situation
You offer me love and affection
You do your best to make me confident in myself
You teach me to be honest in my life
You never let me cry and always look of the sky
You push me to fly to say to failure goodbye
By Khadija from Access Tunisia
For Daddy
I may cry a river,
but the tears could never
have you back ever
into my arms.
The ripples could just be an alarm
of a world about to end.
They could be never a sign sent
to me that your soul's
back to your body, it crawls.
Alas, that Sly Shadow
shades anybody under the sun.
Deceiving as he is, I daresay!
Just creeping like that!
Stealthily creeping like a cat.
Oh, I could never connect back
the Thread which dooms
your earthly fate.
Yet, I could have been that early
to say, "I love you,Daddy!"
But time went wasted.
The sun of destiny had set.
Too late I have been.
Now, I cry in heavy rain.
By Maria from Philippines
The Old Rocking Chair
There stands my grandfather's
old rocking chair at the corner
of our white-washed porch.
Nobody sits on it now. No one will.
Maybe someday, someone would.
My Grandpa used to tell stories
to us, he, seated on that
old mahogany made rocking chair.
His pipe clamped between his
tobacco-stained lips;
the blue smoke would rise
and it aroused in me
to imagine things in
faraway lands;
the magical lamp of Aladdin,
the majestic ships of Sinbad
in turbulent seas,
the sparkling gems and
nuggets of gold inside
Alibaba's cave,
the towering pyramids
in sand-filled Egypt,
built by pharaohs
whose petrified
bodies now lie inside,
the useless glimmering
wealth strewn around.
My mind stirred with the clash
of swords of the Roman soldiers
who conquered other lands
and made their captives slaves.
My soul merged with the spirit
of the ancient gods worshipped
by tattooed African tribes.
My heart ached with the sentiments
of the Indians who
whispered the chants
of their mystical sages.
Childhood tales my Grandpa told
when seated on that
old mahogany made rocking chair.
Now it stands there
at the corner of our porch,
empty, alone and lonely.
Nobody sits on it now.
No one would, but someday,
somehow, someone will.
It could be me
when my hair turns to gray.
What tales would they be,
when seated on that
old mahogany made rocking chair,
I will tell to
my own grand offsprings?
By Maria from Philippines
My Family Isn’t Rich
My family isn't rich but
They can contact with another people.
They have a kind for help and always smile
They never think about money.
Good neighbors.
By Mouyneng from Access Cambodia
A Mother
A mother
in the kitchen she is a chef,
on the beach she is a doctor,
with the kids she is a friend,
with the family she is a leader,
there is nothing a mom can't do
Love you and salute you mom
By Umair from Pakistan
A Mother
a mother is,
chef in the kitchen
and
doctor with kids
she is the one,
who never gets tired
and
never get relaxed
a mother is,
lifeguard on the beach
and
teacher with kids
she is the one,
who always want to give her child
a quality education
the one who,
never take care for herself
but
always take care for her kids
a mother is like,
that God came on the earth in the
face of mother
salute you mother for all u gave us.
By Umair from Pakistan
Poem Sister
I love my sister. She is very
Intelligent. She is very beautiful. She helps the Poor.
She respects my parents. She is very hardwork.
She helps my mother. She is a
Doctor. She likes red colours.
She likes to eat apple. She likes to read story books.
I am proud of my sister.
May she live a long life.
By Sumaira from Pakistan
Mother (poem)
My mother is nice, she is very beautiful
She is very very kind and give us love too
O my mom…
She is in my heart. And she is my friend.
We are prince for our mother. She is queen for us.
O my mom…
When we are sad she is also sad
When we are happy she is also happy.
O my mom…
By Misbah from Access Pakistan
My Mother
my mother
we want to be together
without any other
today or in future
i will love you for ever
the first one i saw
the best woman i knew
i didn't see like mother
i didn't hear like mother
i love you mother
By Abdelrahmen from Egypt
Best Friend
To me you are an angel disguise
Full of intuition, intelligent and wise
Always giving and helping through good times and bad times
You are the best friend I've ever had!
By Oyista from Access
Friendship
Friendship
Great and wonderful
Stiffing, trusting, respecting
It always with you
Amity.
By Maftuna from Access
The Weather
The weather is sad for you,
The roses are crying for you,
The grass is weeping for you,
My eyes are crying for you,
My soul is waiting for you.
I see you everywhere i go,
I feel your voice everywhere when i can hear,
I feel your smell when i breathe,
I feel your smile when i smile.
My eyes are waiting to see you,
My lips are waiting to talk to you,
My arms are waiting to hug you,
My feets are waiting to come towards you,
my life n my smile are waiting for you my friend please come as soon as possible
By Zahra from Access Pakistan
Friends
Trustworthy and honest
Being close forever
As helpful as they can
If only I could thank them for what they are!
From Poland
Bad Friends
I am like this because of friends I’ve chased.
These friends are friends that I don’t want to see ever in my life.
I am a killer because of them.
I don’t know who I am anymore,
They are the reason why my community hate me.
They guided me to wrong things.
When I am walking on the streets
I hear people humming about me
Behind my back.
By Access South Africa
Friends
Friends are good things to have in life
Sometimes they are good
But sometimes they are bad
You sometimes regret to have
A friend
But sometimes remember a friend
So choose a good friend
So that you cannot be
A bad guy
How can you be a good guy with a bad friend?
By Zandi from Access South Africa
My Little Friend
Oh my little friend
Sing songs play the game
Eat, drink and be happy
Sorrow never comes to you
Happiness lives with you
I will pray for you
Oh my little friend
It’s a time to make your future
A great success forever
May Allah bless you
Oh my little friend.
By Access Program Pakistan
Solidarity
Together we stand
always ready to lend a hand.
Help the other when you can
you'll get better then.
Sow a good seed everywhere
others will ripe and share.
Friends Should be True
Friends should be true
Understanding, honest
But also lovely,
Sweet and have responsibility
This is a true friendship
By Rita Fortunato from Portugal
I Have a Friend
I have a friend
That keeps me company
When we are together
I's a big party
We like to walk
To go to the beach and to the country
We make parties
And have fun
By Carolina Abrantes da Fonte from Portugal
Friends
Friendship is like a flower,
It needs love to blossom.
Friends are always there for us,
Even when nobody else is.
They are not different
for they are exactly like us.
By Pedro Figueiredo from Portugal
Friendship
Friendship is like the wind
You can't see it
But you can feel it.
It is something that you must protect
If you don’t want to lose it.
Friendship is not about criticizing
It is about supporting.
If true
It never ends.
By Cátia da Silva Borges from Portugal
Friendship
Friendship can be so complex...
It leaves some discouraged and others happy...
It is the power of the weak
It is the realm of the strong
It may lead us into making mistakes;
The weak let it go,
The strong always raise their heads again
Sweet, sensitive, cold...
But always present in any part
This is friendship
By Diogo Pina from Portugal
Friendship
A lovely girl, with a big heart.
Sensitive, honest and with a great sense of humor,
I have no words to describe how much I like her.
She’s there to pick me up when I'm down,
And to support me.
I'll never let her down, I'll always be there to support her.
She's my friend, and, after all, she's my sister, too.
By Melissa Martins from Portugal
Friendship
Being a friend is not a mere word
A friend is someone who is always there
When needed.
A friend gives us strength
When needed.
Friendship is a strong value
It is the power of the weakest
And the fear of the strongest
Friendship is a true emotion
It is a feeling that unites us
It never abandons us,
But sometimes eludes us.
By Ruben Cortez from Portugal
Friendship
Friends are a good thing to have in life
Friends will always be friends,
Some better than others.
Having a true friend is important to everyone.
Trustworthy and honest
Intelligent and simple
These are the qualities a true friend must have!
By José Barros from Portugal
Friendship
We all need friends in our lives
With trust, love,
Respect and support
A friend for life you’ll have.
What are friends for?
To play with,
To grow with.
They are the ones who give you joy,
Happiness, safety and love,
They are your second family.
By Inês Borges from Portugal
Friendship Cannot be Defined, It Can Only be Felt!
Friendship cannot be defined, it can only be felt!
Friendship makes people happy but also discouraged.
When needed.
True friendship is when we have friends that are always there for us
In the good but also in the bad time!
Friendship is like having a brother or sister, at least from the heart!
Friendship never ends!!
By Camila Francisco from Portugal
Friendship
Having a friend is…
Keeping a treasure chest
Where honesty is the most respected value,
And where love needs no space and
Secrets are the most sacred things.
By Raquel Ramos from Portugal
Being a Good Friend is Being a Brother or a Sister
Being a good friend is being a brother or a sister
It is being there in the good times
but also giving support in the bad ones.
It is trusting one another with all of our hearts
It is not betraying one's trust
It is being patient
It is being tolerant about the differences
It is being a good listener.
A true friendship,
no matter how many years go by
or how far away people are from each other,
always survives.
By Mariana Teixeira from Portugal
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