"New Year"

These are the days that end

Like a whirlwind bound in action

They take the stage making their last scene

With a fountain of change running over the brim

Turn the page

Place an “x”

Marking the days complete

Soon the sand within the hour glass will run its course complete

Grain by grain

Moment by moment

A year in reflection

We celebrate

The highs and lows

Love, laughter, and friendship

Cheers to a year lived

In all the days of our lives.

© 2013

"Let Christmas Be You"

Here we go again

Like the changing of the wind

We find ourselves here

Approaching the holiday season and the end of another year

With the twists and bends of the months behind us

We are left with the highs and lows of the moments in between

As we reflect upon the year

Be thankful...

The times of joy

Memories forever cherished

New friends made

And hold the candle burning bright for those we have lost along the way...

We stand here united

Celebrating as one

Like the falling snow embracing everything in white.

Hold tight to those you love

Taste the yummy treats

Watch the twinkling lights

Pull into you the warmth, happiness, and light

All blended together in the hopefulness this season brings

Spread good cheer to those far and near

Peace to you this twenty-fifth of December

Mixed with laughter and good times

Shared with family and friends

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas!

© 2013

"Being Us"

With the passing months

We have grown...

As beings

And as one

You have become a big source of happiness in my life

From the first stages of hello

To hands entwined

Filled with warmth

We have blossomed

I melt into you like snow in rain

Found in your arms is the place I want to be

Held tight

Growing...

Learning...

And being us.

© 2013

"Try"

Won't you try?

Just try a little more

Please don't give up

Push yourself

Gain the upper hand

One step further

Its within your reach

One more punch

Another kick

Squeeze out another ounce of fight

Just so you can say with all of your being that you tried

Proving that its never too late

And that you never gave up.

© 2013

"Held Tight"

In these arms of mine

I find you finally resting

At peace with the word

Even if its only for just one night

A few hours of sweet and tender rest

A break for the constantly fighting the good fight

The battle of climbing up the hills and obstacles put before you

And breaking the twisted circle that spins your life

You are here

Like a child held in a warm embrace

Even if its only for a few hours

Your body rests

In these arms of mine.

© 2013

"Our Own"

Time is a funny thing

So is change

It differs from person to person

The affect it has upon their daily lives

We are who we are

There should be no apologies made

We weren't born to fit it

We are here, just as we are

Which is not by accident

We came here to this place of being with a purpose that is uniquely our own

So cherish it

Choose it

And make it your own

By living.

© 2013

"Burn Bright"

Take action

Make a choice

Exist in the moment

Life is full of change

And sometimes the choice for change is active

Its on going

Or it never ends

A new dawn is a new day...

Live it

Hold onto it like its your last...

Because you will always wonder if there is such a thing as a perfect day

So find a reason to light up your smile

And let it burn bright.

© 2013

"Found Here"

With patience

And time passing by

I have finally come upon a person worth knowing

Though at one point in time the search seemed endless...

I knew somewhere inside me that one day I would find myself here beside you

Now hand in hand

Embraced tenderly

My frayed edges are rounded smooth

I am giving this chance all I have

Plant the seed

Watch them grow

Time will let feelings and passion flow

Blossoms of bright smiles

Happiness

Pure moments

And everything in between

©2013

"Time Is This..."

Sometimes the heart feels something the eyes cannot see

Because as I lay here

With my head resting upon your chest

I listen to the sound of your heart beating

Like a constant music note played

Feeling your skin beneath my fingertips

I draw lines and circles

Passion blossoms

Reminding me that there always has to be a seed before something will grow

We are here...

Existing in every vibrant second

The taste of a sweet kiss

The smell of your freshly washed skin

I look at you...

Holding me tightly in your eyes

Safety is the presence I feel

Warmth and strength embraces me

Content in this place of being

With you...

Time is this moment.

© 2013

"Active Choice"

Time has found me moving on

From the idle place I once stood

Because sometimes in life some things are unavoidable

Change happens always

Life is a million choices all asking to be made

Some are completely out of our hands

But the choice is yours when it comes to whom you share your life with

That choice is in your hands

Time is the moment

And you must remember that the choice for change is active

Its on going

And it never ends.

© 2013

" These Are The Moments"

These are the days that memories are made of

Moments in time everlasting

We are the lucky ones

Embracing life

Hand in hand

Every second written on the page of us

A point in history

A marker in time

Engraved within our memory

Felt deeply by the heart

And indulged by the senses
Time is this moment

Existing

Just as we are

Here and now.

© 2013

"Time Grows"

These moments in time link us together

Filled to the brim with intensity

Indulging the senses is the only way to live

One by one I count the seconds

Each one building off the next

You never truly realize just how much you miss something

Until you experience it again

Held tightly in a warm embrace

We are the lucky ones

Life is for the living

And we are existing in every single vibrant moment

As time continues to grow us together.

© 2013

"Life Endeavor"

Time can be a funny thing

Bringing with it such change

Some by force...

Other times by surprise

Or sometimes...

It can sing to you sweetly like the birds that greet you at dawn

Never-the-less change is all around us

It cannot be avoided

Its not just what we see

Its in the heart

Its what we feel

Sometimes the only way to know if something is worth it

Is to give it all you have

So fall head first into life

All the while remembering that love is the first gift you give yourself

You should never have to apologize for your happiness

Heed the warning that ones personal safety should never be an option

Life can be a battle

And devastation will have its moment to in your time line

But you must fight the good fight

Dig deeper for the strength to fight some more

And when your will wains

Those who love you deeply will lift you up and carry you through...

So embrace the moments

Vibrant

Scary

Beautiful

And colourful

Live it all

Live it well

Exist.

© 2013

"Promise Always"

As I look at you

Looking at me

I hold onto the weight of your eyes

And realize...

This is exactly how I want to be seen

Hand in hand

Step by step

This is how we will begin to walk upon the path of life before us

Time holds no illusions

Every moment is here and now

Flexing our possibilities

Because a chance taken is hope given

As we care for this spark that has been ignited between us

We will let the candle light burn

Till the black velvet darkness holds us

And all the stars aline

I swear by the moon this solemn promise

Absolute truth...

Complete honesty...

And faith always...

That we care for one another enough not to let our emotions get the best of us

That we continue to cultivate this precious seeds of new hope

Tenderly...

All the while eagerly waiting...

As we actively watch them grow.

© 2013

"Pure Moments"

Sometimes those simple moments can hit you deep

Warming your heart

And radiating through your entire being

Pure in nature

Filled to the brim with hope

Or better yet

Happiness

A smile will strike out across your face

Like the bright rising sun of the morning

That welcomes a brand new day

Thanks is given for the chance taken

And the possibility made

Making you realize that this kind of happiness is priceless

That is why its net worth is limitless.

© 2013

"New Step Forward"

I wish you could see every part of me

And not just what you choose to view

To have the curiosity to know more

To dig deep into everything that is me

Unearth my passion

The heat at my core

Be brave enough to reach out and connect

Let fingers entwine

Hands palm to palm

Let all that has been in the past fade away

This is a new beginning

A step forward in the right direction

I give to you the deepest promise

Of absolute truth and caring respect

Expecting the same in return...

Hold tightly to these new emotions as they flow

Feel them through your heart and soul

Patience with kindness will let them naturally grow

Let the wind of change sway your heart from relationships past

Because I bear a light to help you out of the fallen darkness

Let these moments carry us to wherever they may lead

With opens hearts and open minds

Existing in every vibrant step laid out before us.

Published in: "From The Cerulean Sea"
Anthology of verse
Poetry Institute of Canada

© 2013

"First Kiss"

What would it be like?

To give yourself over to something so completely?

Skin to skin our bodies embrace

The warmth from your core heats me through mine

A shiver of intensity surges

The seconds speak

As you drop your head in between my neck and shoulder

I hear your breath inhale

Then, warmly exhale

Passion holds us

Our eyes meet in the middle

Making ourselves seen complete

Our lips touch

My breath catches in my mouth

My skin becomes a blanket of pin pricks

Tingling with excitement

If freedom ever felt like anything

It would be this moment.

© 2013

"Simple Rules"

Time waits for no person...

And some thoughts leave you wondering

Some choices made cannot be undone

Actions put in motion can rarely be stopped

Ones intentions should always be made clear

Open the lines of communication and speak direct

Eye to eye

With words on the level

Games played will result in consequences gained

Lies and denial are the path that lead you astray

And doubt always means don't.

© 2013

"Real Time"

There is a point in time in life

Where you get to old to be governed by the fear of others

Because our choices are just that

So own them

Making the hardest part about caring for anything in this world

Is that you do...

Be not the ideals and judgment that you preach

Instead be the change and the example you wish others to follow

Be living proof that change is possible

Open your mind

Challenge your expectations

And show others that its never to late to learn

We are not the wrong assumptions made against us

Our imagination is just that

Ours...

To create with, work with, and control

Love with all your heart

Hold compassion for yourself as well as for others

Belief in ones self and others is the most important

And the words spoken with unfailing faith of “I understand”

Are all ties that bind

Carrying endless meaning to those who receive it

Exist in the world

This is where I am found

Where are you?

© 2013

"Cherish The Moments"

Its funny how the passing of time changes everything

Emotions, thoughts, and feelings

Eyes gain a new point of view

Life takes a turn

A new direction to walk

Another path to take

To live upon...

All things hold a new meaning

Everything that was once so clearly defined begs to be renamed

Filed and stacked away upon the shelves of life

Keeping all in order

We ourselves are living proof that all these things do happen

One second leads into the next moment

The next step brings you to the starting line of tomorrow

A new day ushered in by the dawn

Brings another clean slate to write your life story upon

To be molded and crafted by your very own hands

Creating the pieces of your daily life

Memories remembered

Experiences made

Learn from every ounce of existence

Simply be you

Even though the building blocks of impossible may stack against you

Keep pushing through

Fight back

Because there is belief in you

There is hope

Love

And the will so survive

So cherish everything that is you

For all the days of you life.

© 2013

"Better Image"

Trapped inside yourself

Lost...

In an image...

In a dream...

Frozen in parallel lines from me

Pressing your eyes shut to block the tears

You wait...

Struggling with the choice

Or the decisions already made

I try desperately to remind you

That its not so much how others see you

But how you see yourself

I wish you could see yourself through my eyes

Then you would truly see a better reflection of yourself

Other than the one that haunts you

Starring back at you in the mirror.

© 2013

"Written With Change"

I am standing upon the edge of my world

Looking out at all the rest

Surrounded by all the knowing

The truth finally found

The lies unearthed

Convictions standing strong

Eyes fixed

Emotions torn

And a decision made

Here is the marker in time

Where knowledge becomes power

Love turns to a stranger lost

Struggling for a conclusion made

Words fall short along with a helpless sigh

Tears fear to fall

Would sadness be seen as betrayal in the eyes of anger?

Or is this just another moment that one has to live through?

Here upon the stepping stone of change

I find myself...

Drawing upon the great fountain of words within me

Yet rendered speechless at my tongue

Pain is the emotion that reminds us that we are alive

And real...

Making this the purest realization made

That sometimes when all things fail

The only thing left is silence.

© 2013

"Own Your Time"

Time will always do what it does best

Move forward...

But you have to let it

Release your steady grip upon the hour glass

Stop counting the lost moments

And all the minutes that have already passed

Be the change that you want to see

Let it take root deeply within you

Feed it

Let it grow

Pick the sweet and tender blossoms

Because measurements of time in life never add up

Its either too long

Too short

Or never enough

So its your choice

Choose...

Take a chance

Win or lose

Be it

Live it

Own it

And never give any of it back.

© 2013

"Where I'm Found"

Slowly, my thoughts drift with the clouds above

A calming peace has found me

Moments slip from one to the next without much notice

My minds eye has random images of times past, present, and several things that have yet to be

My heart beat marches me forward

Step by step I make my own life

Building everything from something

A life worth living

A being I am truly proud of

Because I am not ashamed of who I am

Happiness has finally found my heart

My soul has found its wings

And I've learned how to fly...

Friendship embraces me

Convictions hold me

And most importantly...

I believe.

© 2013

"Love In Life"

As the day folds into night

The days last shadows dance across the closed curtains

Music quietly plays

A melody floats through the room

I find myself lost

Deep in the thoughts of you

Consuming all around me

As well as within

Lines are drawn in the proverbial sand for a reason

Some boundaries should never be crossed

Or allowed to be blurred

Because I am now unable to stop the flow

Or heat and passion building

Thus begins the many complications of yielding to temptation

I've tried to turn off my feelings and emotions

Just like turning out a light

The only problem is

Feelings and emotions do not need light to survive

They take root from within

Growing

Born into the presence

And blossoming until picked

Causing me to come to the life changing moment I find myself in

That love is not something that simply happens to you

Its a certain special way of living and being alive

Love is, in fact, an intensification of life

A completeness...

A fullness...

A wholeness of life entirely.

© 2013

"Moments Of Life"

Moments are the thread of time

Sewing memories together into the great tapestry of life

And time will always do what it does best

Move forward

So step wisely

Make everything count

Put passion in each action

Care in every word

Simply do your best to try, always

Because judging a person does not define who they are

It defines who you are

Honor your friends

Cherish the love you have and have given to you

Carry the torch of humanity

Be the bearer of good faith

Be sure you know the difference as you define conviction and convictions

Because secrets have a cost

They never come free

Let the light into the darkness

Live in life

Exist in the vibrant moments

Make them part of your history everlasting

Because some dreams will test us

The stories we live connect us

Some experiences do change us

While 1some choices stay with us, forever

All played out within the time line of our lives.

© 2013

"Memories Through Seasons"

There is something about loss that takes you back in time

Our minds dig through all the memories and seasons

Searching...

Dreams find us at night when we try to sleep

Stirring our emotions

And upsetting our hearts

Every little detail is replayed

And all of the sadness makes us fall deep

There is something about loss that brings us back

Making it momentarily hard to move forward and stay on track

Just like the changing of seasons...

There is very little we can do to keep it away

Time marches on as it always does

Making sure that these gray moments do not stay

There is something about loss that catches up with you in quiet moments

In those long seconds that fade

But your quiet inner strength will push you

Forcing you to survive the fall

So as the silence holds you

And the world falls away...

Let the wind of the changing seasons blow softly

To that place beyond imagination and reflection

Making one thing certain

That no one can ever change...

Know that your father will always be with you

Here and now...

And in every moment in between

Ingrained deeply within your soul

And alive within every beat of your heart...

© 2013

"Open Letter"

I'm not perfect

And neither are you

Even the two of us together will never be perfect

But if you can make me laugh more than once

If you cause me to think twice

And if you can admit to being human

To making mistakes

Then I believe we have a chance

I will hold onto you and give you everything that I can

I don't expect you to quote poetry

Or even think of me every moment of every day

I do hope that your promises stay true

And that you think of my heart when you speak and take action

I want to be part of everything that is you

I don't expect any more than I am giving you

So stop analyzing

Smile when you are happy

Yell when you are mad

No matter what, please communicate with me

Miss me when I am gone

But remember always

That perfection does not exist

But there is one person out there...

Perfect for me.

© 2013

"Enough Broken Words"

Sometimes enough is enough...

Sometimes, enough is already too much

Its not about being right or wrong

Sometimes it comes down to strength of conviction

And the principle of it all

Making me ask you

If you have to ask the question, then you probably already know the answer

I have tried, and I am trying

I will always try

That is the best that I can do

But when promises break...

Expressed wishes are broken

Taking action only seems like a call to arms...

And when all words fall short and fail

What do you do?

© 2012