Can anyone give me an encouragin poem like footprints in the sand?

Question

I have a friend that is in iraq that is crying to come home and I send him encouraging poems.

Answer 1

It's not really an encouragement poem... but it is about someone going off to fight.
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A Thousand Words

I know that you're hiding things
Using gentle words to shelter me
Your words were like a dream
But dreams could never fool me
Not that easily

I acted so distant then
Didn't say goodbye before you left
But I was listening
You'll fight your battles far from me
Far too easily

"Save your tears cause I'll come back"
I could hear that you whispered as you walked through that door
But still I swore to hide the pain

When I turn back the pages
Shouting might have been the answer
What if I'd cried my eyes out and begged you not to depart
But now I'm not afraid to say what's in my heart

Though a thousand words
Have never been spoken
They'll fly to you
Crossing over the time and distance holding you
Suspended on silver wings

And a thousand words
One thousand confessions
Will cradle you
Making all of the pain you feel seem far away
They'll hold you forever

The dream isn't over yet
Though I often say I can forget
I still relive that day
You've been there with me all the way
I still hear you say,

"Wait for me I'll write you letters"
I could see how you stammered with your eyes to the floor
But still I swore to hide the doubt

When I turn back the pages
Anger might have been the answer
What if I'd hung my head and said that I couldn't wait
But now I'm strong enough to know it's not too late

Cause a thousand words
Call out through the ages
They'll fly to you
Even though we can't see I know they're reaching you
Suspended on silver wings

Oh a thousand words
One thousand embraces
Will cradle you
Making all of your weary days seem far away
They'll hold you forever

Oh a thousand words
Have never been spoken
They'll fly to you
They'll carry you home and back into my arms
Suspended on silver wings ohhh

And a thousand words
Call out through the ages
They'll cradle you
Turning all of the lonely years to only days
They'll hold you forever

Answer 2

THE WORLD WE MAKE

We make the world in which we live
By what we gather and what we give,
By our daily deeds and the things we say,
By what we keep or we cast away.

We make our world by the beauty we see
In a skylark's song or lilac tree,
In a butterfly's wing, in the pale moons' rise,
And the wonder that lingers in midnight skies.

We make our world by the life we lead,
By the friends we have, by the books we read,
By the pity we show in the hour of care,
By the loads we lift and the love we share.

We make our world by the goals we pursue,
By the heights we seek and the higher view,
By hopes and dreams that reach the sun
And a will to fight till the heights are won.

What is the place in which we dwell,
A hut or a palace, a heaven or hell
We gather and scatter, we take and we give,
We make our world--and there we live.

--A.G. Walton

Answer 3

Don't Quit

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
when the road your trudging seems all uphill,
when the funds are low and the debts are high,
and you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
when care is pressing you down a bit-
rest if you must, but dont you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and its turns,
as everyone of us sometimes learns,
and many a failure turns about
when they might have won, had they stuck it out.
Don't give up though the pace seems slow,
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the struggler has given up
when he might have captured the victors cup;
and he learned too late when the night came down,
how close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out-
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt-
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when your hardest hit,-
It's when things seem worst that you musn't quit!

~Author Unknown

Answer 4

Kudos to you for doing this. Here's one of my favorites, recited at one of my graduations...

If
by Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And—which is more—you'll be a Man, my son!

Answer 5

Psalms 91

Answer 6

they said a true master leaves no foot prints in the sand
I say a true master leaves a lot of footprint in the sand
whether in NYC or in Bagdad
we miss you too

you are one of us and always remember we love you
what you are doing for us
is changing this crazy world once and for all
you dedication is an inspiration
all the cars in America have stickers on them
stickers about you
you, we are so proud of
we shall meet again soon

The Statue of Liberty
Yelm, Wa

Answer 7

Dare to Dream

Choose a wish, find a dream.
Catch a falling star.
Let your hopes and spirits soar
High and free and far.

Reach for the unreachable
Stretch to touch the sky.
Know that no dream you treasure
Is too far away or high.

Believe in the impossible
Then work and try and do.

Answer 8

some poems that may be appropriate were posted in an answer 2 weeks ago:

Answer 9

Serenity Prayer:
God... please grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.