"Memories and Moments"

Life is a journey

Both internal

As well as external

We meet so many people a long the way

Breaking bread

Sharing stories

Making connections

Bonds of friendship

Or the passion that we know as love

Its those memories and moments that link us together

Or unhinge us...

We are the maker of our own happiness

The world has enough pressure within it to push or pull our wants and needs

Some bend...

Others break...

Heavy is the heart that is filled with second guessing

For some achieve early success

One footstep is struck upon the path of life

And the rest is written

While others stick it out and fight

For it is the belief and conviction that drives them

To something more...

To something better...

Though they may falter from time to time

They will never give up or surrender

Their heart has learned to protect itself

To rely on instinct

Cautiously optimistic is not a bad place to be

Because no matter who you are

We're from perfect

We are all continued works in progress

Always...

© 2015

"Already Done"

The battle has raged

The war was fought

Tears cried and have dried

And some scares will never vanish...

I've paid my time

Given more than I've got back

Somethings will be forever lost

But what I have is treasured deep

Held tightly to the heart

My soul carries the spirit of a survivor

Forged out of necessity

And embraced with all of my worth

This is where I stand

Proud of the person I have come to be

I've pushed through the ups and down's

Navigated the twists and bends of the road

Daily, I remember just how far I have come

The progress made is a monument of honor

A source of soul healing pride

There is no looking back

My direction lies ahead of me

I've cast away as many shadows from within me as I can

I dwell within the light

So when someone approaches me like you do

Threatening to reverse the hands of time

My thoughts and choices are already made clear

Instincts call to arms

And words fight...

How dare you shade the truth

Along with my intentions

And attempt to bury me within darkness all over again.

© 2015

"You Are Still Here..."

In the deepest part of my core

At the finest level of my being

You are still here with me

Ingrained within my essence

In the visions within my minds eye

I see you looking at me

In the soft tender silences of the early morning

You embrace my soul

Talking and whispering to me gently

We laugh and we cry with each other

All in a place beyond words

We touch each other so reverently

Stealing all of the moments back that we've lost

All upon a level beyond any human touch

We share moments in a sacred place

Where angels dwell forevermore and time stands still

I bask within your warm radiance

Captivating the light

Here and now...

And during the moments in between, we are still together

Bonded with an everlasting promise and eternal love

An eagerness pursues me

Convictions barely sustain me

I miss you horribly, with a fierce intensity

I long for you with all of the remaining life I have contained within my being

I cry, alone, for you

Here, among the world of the living

In a place we call reality...

Published in: "Treasury of Canadian Verse"
 &
"Island Treasures"
Anthology of verse
 Poetry Institute of Canada

© 2015