"Back To December"

There is something about December...

And letting those last few days of the year go

The calendar has run out of numbers

And this final month will soon be done

Reflection seems to run deep

Sifting through the moments gathered

Happiness seems to always battle it out for first place

The runner up is life...

The heaviness of sadness and bitter hours are counted

We try to remind ourselves that the pain makes us real

It keeps our eyes at attention

Hands upon the wheel we direct ourselves through

The ups and down's in life follow our heart beats

If it was a flat line...

We would not exist...

Don't let your past mistakes make a mess of your present

Heed the warnings and lessons learned

Yesterday and tomorrow are the days you cannot change

But this day lived

Is filled to the brim with possibilities

Remember that saying it means nothing if your actions betray you

If your gonna be brave and paint with all the colours

Why not use them all and let them shine bright

Because oddly enough...

Ripping off the band aid helps with the healing

If its all that you can do...

Do it well

Life happens always

With out without you

Only when the darkness settles in

Is when we miss the brightest moments the most

So as the page turns another chapter in our history

Let the promise of a new hope begin

Its a step in an exciting adventure

Our story makes us stronger

Its the foundation laid

So this coming New Year

Start within.

© 2016

"The Truth You hold"

Cold is your soul that cries

Lost within...

Eyes search

As you continue to lose balance upon the egg shells you tread

Actions are held within your hands

But the decisions are held hostage within the mind

So you continue to dance with the skeletons in other people's closets

Making you fall behind in life...

Exhausting is the effort you take

Trying to fix something that is not broken

Abandonment seems to be the easy choice taken

Burying all hope that could exist...

As you forget a little more

Everyday...

That love is love

And it should not require a specific label.

© 2016

"Seasons Of Life"

Gone are the green days of summer

Even the bright and vibrant colours of autumn have faded

And frosty mornings now have settled in

The moments and months have all blended together

Adding up to another year spent

As we approach the last few pages of this chapter

We often let the mind circle back and reflect...

The good with the bad mix together

Laughter and happiness mingle through

Lessons learned have left finger prints within us

Life's natural balance weaving its tapestry in time

We bare witness and are evidence of this each and every day

So easily do some of us fall behind...

When our mind fails in times of deep pain and darkness

We need to remind ourselves... and others

That we are more than these moments that hold us still

Allow your soul to take the steps it needs to heal

By placing one foot in front of the other and moving passed where you stand now...

Is the act of survival

Its where it takes root, at the core of you...

We must be greater than what we suffer

Nourish the soul and seek out the inspiration

Approach these moments with vigor, passion and conviction

Give it your life because the reward is life itself

A leap of faith requires you to jump

So its both feet in

Forgiveness, love, happiness, and peace...

It all begins with us

Be the keeper of the light that burns bright within you

As we navigate through these seasons of life.

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas!

©

"To Life Be True"

Life changes like the weather

And some experiences lived are so great...

They change us

And how we view ourselves

You can't get back the time lost

Find peace in the days yet to be lived

The past is written

Tomorrow is a new page in life

And there is only two days that you can't change...

Tomorrow and yesterday...

Because on the dark days that grip us

We must hold out hope...

To be greater than what we suffer.

© 2016

"We Are Life"

These are the moments

Actions and choices...

The act of movement of getting up with the sun

And being thankful for the breath taken in

Along with the ones put to rest with the darkness of the night

We are more than these emotions we feel or carry

We are not our past...

Those were experiences learned

Not to be a life sentence carried out

Mistakes do not define us...

We define us

Other definitions of what we deserve should not dictate our well being

Or path in life...

Life is meant to be lived out loud

Not in silence or among the shadows

Because denying your true self is never sound advice

To you be true...

Happiness is a right

Not something that must be earned

Though it does have to be sought out

Found and fought for...

Clear your mind of the confusion

Doubt usually means don't

Embrace the soul

Shine bright your inner being

For we have more worth to us than simply fading into all of the forgotten yesterdays

Take one step...

From where you are now

To where you want to be

That is survival at the root

The core...

The beginning...

Each day...

Each moment...

Here and now...

Remembering always

To go with life.

© 2016

"Morning Broken"

Eyes drift upwards...

Taking in the stars that blanket the sky holding the moon

Standing here in endless moments

Embraced within shattered pieces of life

Tears leaking a stream down pale cheeks

Erode away at the barriers built

Pain cracks through the facade painted

Touched by the cold of self abandonment

Reasons as to why take flight...

Thoughts scream through the corridors of the mind

The things that could have been...

Should have been...

Replay in the dark

Fear embraces the soul

Lost...

You have found yourself lying within your life

Memories of happiness fail

As you dig a little deeper...

Burying yourself just that much more

Away from the truth you know is craving desperately to come to light

A single pure moment of freedom if taken

One choice that would begin a journey of many steps

From the gray fog of confusion

To clarity

Dawn approaches...

First glint of sunshine casts out from the horizon...

Begging to know...

Will your true inner being know this day?

Will you become more than the silence... you keep?

© 2016

"Life is Life"

From time to time

As we always do

When you take a moment and look into yourself

Past the wish and prayer

Deep at the connection of your being

Simply continue to be

Just as you are

Here in this very moment

Continue to strive towards the vision you see

Shrug off any vision of what others see you being

Live enough to let your dreams grow

Challenge and change the world around you

While always remembering that leaps of faith require you to jump...

Simply love without the label...

And continue to give absolutely everything you can to life

As you exist in every vibrant moment

Because life is life...

Welcome.

© 2016

"Last Chance Broken"

Time has done for me its art filled master work

Erased the weight of deception and betrayal

Faded is the sharp edge of of the words that led me astray

My voice spoke of honesty and of truth to you

Conversations linked our lives together in a common thread

My past was unearthed so your eyes may behold the misfortune of past love broken

Even though you were armed with all this information

A false truth was born

Caught red handed by your own admission

I was broken by your lies

My thoughts burned

Turmoil turned within me

You broke every rule that I had set forth

Clouding all the supposed good that you brought to my life

Anger is my every right now

You were fairly warned

I told you not to lie, cheat, or steal from my heart

It was your choice to deceive me

Breaking my trust in you complete

So don't just simply stand there thinking that all is well

Expecting a second chance that would never be automatically given...

Ever.

© 2016

"Last Watch of The Night"

Cloud shadows drift across the barren fields

Memories drift quietly upon the wind

The bright golden sun warms my skin

As I embrace every essence within me

My senses remember and recall their most prize indulgence

My smile tells the truth of a tale that is all knowing

I cannot hide the immensity

I can hardly bare the moments when I'm with you

To not be touching you...

Holding you...

 Or being with you in every way two people can be

Making every second I am not absolute torture

Its all bittersweet

But I stay...

I wonder, remember, and hope

Why do we dance like this?

Why do we hold our words back?

Why do we wait upon borrowed time, loving no one, alone?

These are the things that I'm forced to question...

The choice is within our hands

Its entirely up to you if you would like to be included

So I wait...

Again...

For one last time...

Here...

© 2016

"Steps We Take"

Here we be...

Standing in front of one another

Eagerly awaiting the next move

The moments that build

Linking similarities together

A connection made

Between the being and the heart of another

Time fills the empty

Smiles smooth the unsteady and fear

The secret comes from the knowing

A reflection of parts of yourself within another

Making the effort well worth the wait

Stealing in the warmth and excitement

We are for the better

The steps we have taken alone

Now create the path we walk together.

© 2016

"Those Who Never Tried"

It's the feeling of a wish that you need to undo...

The hands that touch tenderly

And pull back in fear...

It's the beautifully bright smiles that only ever stay as straight lines

Hopes grow, but the dreams are never fed

Because some days, words seem to bare more weight than actions

Multiple hints are dropped

But nothing is ever caught

Courage fades before there is ever even hope

Regrets are birthed before any choices are ever even made

And secrets are never able to be kept in the untold

Because devotion has dwindled to something that is very fleeting

Nothing seems to be anchored in anything anymore

Everything has begun to fade

Trust without assurance is tainted

Tenderness revoked is left tarnished

A chance upon multiple chance is never taken

So many bonds are never even forged

Because what could have been...

Is lost...

To you...

Those who never tried.

© 2016

"Everything To Nothing"

Our world slows to a stand still

I listen to the words you are not saying

Reading between the lines...

I draw a sharp breath to what I hear...

Even with all of our moments added together

The image of us seems to fail to be seen within the minds eye

Where everything now means nothing...

And everything that use-to-be now stares me down

Haunting my footsteps that I take

Abandonment seems to be the only option

Sadly... its what has to be

Bringing us to the end of the road we share

So it's time to stop pretending

Be the truth that I need

Release my heart

Disconnect our embrace

Make peace with what has to be

Because I know its not me that you are wishing for...

So I hope you find it

Whatever it is you are looking for

Because its not me...

Not now...

No more.

© 2016

"We Are Us"

We are these moments

Our daily life of choices...

Decisions made

The forgotten...

And the honored ones embraced close to the heart

Senses lead...

Some follow the mind

Others follow the heart

Where ever our footsteps lead

Plant them well

Anchor yourself there

A solid foundation made

The secret is in the knowing

That happiness is what it means to you

Not what others think you need or deserve

We are not others beliefs or convictions

We are own our humanity

The care taker of our soul

The light burning within...

Cherished or reckless

We are us

Free...

To be or not to be us

Eternally.

© 2016

"Moments of Experience"

Like all journeys...

It begins from within

Then comes the first step

This is my life

These are my moments of experience

Learn and take from them what you may or not need

Simply said...

Do not ask me to relive the hardest parts of my life thus far

To receive my advice or counsel

Because I will...

In every hope that you will learn from where I went wrong

Make your own decisions

But please...

Do not feel let down that you did not come up with the same result as I

Nothing and no one can change you

Not until you change yourself

Though we cannot control the words that come from other peoples mouths

We can take action against our words told to them

So they may not be used against us

Bad times wake you up to the good stuff

The things that you weren't paying attention to

Sometimes things end...

For no other reason than that

Sometimes saying or hearing the words, “I understand”

Can mean more to a person than any earthly measure can

Remembering that the words “later” and “some day” are things that usually never happen

Remember that...

Because words of action are always better...

Than silence.

© 2016

"Life In Music"

Hear the piano notes play

Notes struck...

Heart strings plucked

Bringing the senses alive

Memories draw

Cascading through the mind

Golden treasures held dear

We are the music lived

The soft melody chimed

The highs and lows...

The silent pauses in between

All living within or outside the lines

Creating our own master piece in time

Reminding us that life is here and now

In every moment...

That you awaken curiosity, imagination, and chance

You cannot teach it

We are the care takers of the light within us

And that fight you carry deep within you

Is a warrior...

Always ready to show up for battle

Life and its various moments always play out in many shapes and forms

So cue the chorus

Play it loud

And burn bright.

© 2016

"Surrender Nothing Always"

Smile gently

Take a moment

Take time to get some perspective

Lose all underlying motives

Life is reflective

What you give is what you get in return

Breathe in the calming air

Exist in this very moment

Look up to the sky in unfailing faith and hope

From your hand to the world

Peace...

Release a dove...

Re-introduce your true self to the world

Re-unite with love

Fall in love with life once again

Feel with all of your senses

Let the fresh and invigorating feelings and emotions flow

Regain control...

Follow that course within your heart

Forgive yourself, the debt that you owe

Release all of your pain

Look at life as if you were setting sight upon it for the first time

Watch on with a positive optimistic view

Indulge yourself completely

The world is at your feet and its for the taking

Life is knocking upon the great door of your being

Feel the awakening...

Stand tall

Make your mark upon this universe

Your fate is within your very own hands

Go now, join your fellow man

Covet your choice in life to live

Go out onto this world and be free

Be who you want to be

Anchor yourself with firm and stable roots

Grow...

Plant numerous more seeds of creativity, diversity, and common respect

Its ultimately your decision

But hesitate and linger no longer

Because no soul deserves to be jailed within submission

Step back, look, feel, and listen to the profound sounds of your life

Live it...

It's yours to own

And surrender nothing always.

© 2016

"Lost Sensation"

These days each step takes a little longer to take

Another day you have pulled yourself through

Screaming whispers fall

Along with every emotion contained within your heart

Grasping at old thoughts of love

It all seems useless now

All that once was is changed

Shadows hide in plain sight from dawn till dusk

Bringing disturbance to the life you were living

What was once found is lost

Reminding you that the wind of change is always blowing

And just because we turn our backs upon it

Still does not mean that it does not move us

Because this is how you find yourself here

Stuck in the moments of past and present

Abandoned and drifting upon the wind

Life has become numb...

Something that you wish desperately you could avoid

But, life waits for no one...

So you force yourself to keep moving

Even if its in the direction of now where

Or around another twisted circle

Because for now, nothing else can be done

Not until the dust settles

And life resembles something more than something that use to be

So with your hand upon the door

You check the reflection once again in the mirror

And it looks a lot like you.

© 2016

"The Darkness of White"

You've become lost within yourself

You quake and shiver, cracking your concrete exterior to the core of your being

Numerous thoughts tumble together, while growing and darkening in

Each disastrous thought is like a snowflake

Floating and swirling around within the contents of your mind

God, how you hate the snow

Your heart is locked behind a wall of bitter cold

You rest so precariously upon the edge of life and death

As snowflake upon snowflake join together with millions

A blizzard blows monumentally strong within

You have come to know the true darkness of white

Natures furry knows no other force like a ravaged and abandoned soul

God, how you hate the snow

The white fluffiness is all consuming, its like a light blanket of coldness draped heavily over you

Slowly, burying you alive

Your thoughts, along with your voice scream out into the raging snow storm that is your life

The blinding whiteness tears through the battle ground of your existence, cutting you off from the world around you

The snow comes in from everywhere, from all sides

Everything around you becomes one, the air, the sky, your life-it all looks exactly the same

No longer can you see the way before you, for your eyes have become the same screaming white

Tired and frozen cold, all of your senses have gone numb

Your tears turn to ice as an avalanche claims you

Leaving a scene of white nothingness

Here in snow.

Published in, “From Wayside and Woodland.”

An Anthology of Canadian Verse

Poetry Institute of Canada

© 2016

"Worry for You"

My eyes well...

Tears pearl, build, and fall

One by one they cascade down my cheeks

I worry for you...

I feel flushed

My breath draws a sharp gasp

I hold my thoughts still

Moments fill and multiply with questions that you refuse to answer

I worry for you...

My heart worries for you

I hold strong my faith and hope

I send out my energy

Praying you grasp a hold of even a shred of my strength

Step lightly...

Breath...

Simply remember to breath

I worry for you...

Because you don't seem to worry enough for yourself

What I have is yours to take

Use whatever you need

Please...

Help me... help you...

Survive...

© 2016

"Embrace The Light"

Hold on...

Take a breath...

Take another step forward

Push on...

The effort of moving on is surviving

Please try...

Just a little more

I know you are tired

And your conviction is weak...

But reach deep down just one more time

Extend your hand out

Grasp a hold of mine reaching...

Shout out to the darkness that it shall not have you

Scream...

Rage...

Push on...

And embrace the light

Own every moment

For its your every right to live

And to be part of this world.

© 2016

"Stop Pretending"

Our world slows to a stand still

I listen to the words you are not saying

Reading between the lines...

I draw a sharp breath to what I hear

Even with all our moments added together

The image seems to fail within the minds eye

Where everything now means nothing

And everything that use to be now stares me down

Haunting my foot steps that I take

Abandonment seems to be the only option

Sadly... its what has to be

Bringing us to the end of the road we share

So it's time to stop pretending

Be the truth that I need

Release my heart...

Disconnect our embrace

Make peace with what has to be

I know that it's not me that you are wishing for...

So... I hope you find it

Whatever it is you are looking for

Because its not me

Not now...

No more.

© 2016

"The Refection Seen"

Eyes search for the answers desperately needed

Shaking hands reach out seeking hope

And salvation...

Confusion fills the unknown

With the actions taken

And the ones yet to come

The weight carried upon the shoulders is crushing

The fear of what has yet to come

And all that will never be

The battle of thoughts wage a war

Another fence drawn

Boundaries between you and all others

Another wall to keep the world out

An endless search for perfection

A dream forever dreamt...

Sadness grips you

Tears flow from your soul

Screams well from within...

Nights and days are filled beyond the darkness with abandonment

Loneliness embraces all that should be

No being is allowed to enter the sacred space

Keeping you held together by tiny pieces of prayer

For you do more living for others that you do for yourself

Moments build...

Adding another brick...

Higher are the obstacles that you now have to climb

Fear grows within the words not spoken

Because you know the forever watchful eye sees all

Yet sadly, the reflection seen deep within the mirror...

Will never be allowed to exist within your reality...

© 2016

"The Only Thing"

Disappointment...

The bitter sting of let down

Thoughts led astray

Actions not taken

Conviction refused

Promises broken before they are even made

Sometimes some things are simple choices

There is a desperate need for yes and no

Black and white

It saves the heartache and confusion

And can stop a lot of the anger

Tears can remain brave

And not have to fall...

Because even the slightest promise of hope can be seen a betrayal

So do not leave bread crumbs behind you for me to follow

Knowing I fully and completely will

We are human beings

With a heart...

Soul...

Feelings and emotions...

None of which are games or toys to be played with

I'm this moment

I am found

With a decision to be made

To give up...

Surrender...

Or walk away...

Because when I attempt to add up the meaning of us...

The sum of nothing is the only thing made clear.

© 2016

"Permission To Love"

Beneath the evening sky we meet

The grass, heavy with dew

Whispers underneath our feet as we walk side by side

The night hold us

Guided by the stars above

The moonlight traces your arched brow

It outlines the top of your lip, and the curve of your jaw

Delicately you place your hand upon my shadowed cheek

I feel the presence deep within my core

The touch burns though my nerves

In a moment of possession you pull me close

The fierce warmth surges through my body

Your heart pounds beneath the palm of my hand

I sigh... and yield to your sweet lips

The rapture between us blossoms bright

A peacefulness runs though me like a strong current of water

As I give my head full permission to follow my heart.

 

Published in: "Island Mist"

Anthology of verse
 Poetry Institute of Canada

© 2016

"Setting Love Free"

The rain falls gently down upon his pale and mournful face washing away his tears

He walks slowly down the gravel pathway towards the grave

With one foot in front of the other he is forced to move on

The stone stands rigid in a shaded place

The heaviness begins to settle in

Suddenly he drops to his knee's as every ounce of strength drains from him

The church bells ring and echo high above him in the stale air

The rain soaks through his clothes, numbing his skin

The coldness doesn't even take away the pain

He reaches out with his trembling hand and places it on the mound of fresh dug earth

The magnitude of his loss is overwhelming

With his finger he traces out the letters and the date carved on the polished stone

At any time he would trade places with the one who lays silent

The one who lies before him will miss out on the beauty of the light upon this earth

He suffers from the worst kind of pain

He points to the empty sky in anger

He prays for an angel to help him through this

He doesn't want to be alone

He has no one to help him carry his grief and pain

He refuses to cry a tear

He bottles it all up inside of him until it drives him insane

The air is wet and heavy

The tall oak tree's seem to bow down to the tombstones around them

As though mourning all of the fragile souls that have been caught in the hands of fate

He places a rose gently upon the soil

He slowly closes his eyes as memories come flooding in over loading his senses

His will breaks and his tears flow freely down his face

He holds himself in a tight embrace and whispers upon the wind,

"I set you free...so rest in peace..."

Published in: "The Departing Day"

Anthology of verse
 Poetry Institute of Canada

© 2016

"I'm Tired..."

Tired is my state of being

From words that have gone unsaid

By the actions not taken

And the moments not returned

I'm tired of the lies

The abandonment...

And all of the hurt

I'm tired of the heartbreak

The let down

And the emotions that go unresolved

I'm tired of the broken dreams

Of picking up the pieces of me...

And the lack of any chance given

I'm tired of being tired...

For I knew finding love would be hard

I just never thought it would be like this...

I deeply wish being found was as easy as being lost seems to be...

I'm tired after each days end

I'm tired of never seeming to be good enough...

Even though I know I am.

© 2016

"Within The Lines"

I look at you...

And see you

The being hidden deep within

A reflection of parts of me

Reaching out...

Wanting to connect

Emotions and feelings

Some only are known by the senses

While others can't so easily be obscured

Honest moments build and pass

We are more a like than we are different

Brave is your curiosity...

But your actions lack conviction

Silence weighs heavy under the words left unsaid

My every wish for your being is to be free...

From the secrets that you haven't told

Don't push me away...

Then wonder where I went

I am here...

Waiting...

Arms wide open...

Holding out hope...

But I cannot embrace, “maybe or I don't know...”

So I must surrender to what is...

And what I know now

That until you are ready to receive anything I have to give...

I will continue to hide you within the lines of my poetry.

© 2016

"Sunlight Heart"

Through the dark clouds sunlight breaks

Just as your heart opens

You are found

Holding your own

Brave...

Strong...

Ready to set your soul free

Choices done

Life decided

Optimistic...

And real

One breath...

One moment...

Another step forth

All work and effort...

Tears and blood...

Worth the sacrifice

The journey to find happiness

To be able to stand here upon your own two feet

Free.

© 2016

"All That You Have"

Pause...

Be still...

Be silent...

Take a second for you

Breath in...

Exhale...

Even if its all that you have to give today

Embrace this moment for you...

We are not perfect beings

Find comfort in knowing we are all continued works in progress

Learning...

Healing...

Changing...

Adapting...

Who are we to judge

How we are fixing what others or life has broken within us

Our happiness found or gained

Should not fall under any sort of shame

Sometimes its not about right or wrong

Or whats right and what is easy

More times enough its about validation

Its that calming embrace found deep within the words, “I understand”

When a helping hand holds you still

Wiping away your endless tears

We are the care givers of our humanity

The worth invested

And the debt taken...

All that is received or put out into the world

Making us the reflection of our true desires needed

Because life....

In all its various moments

Is meant for existence.

© 2016

"Its There"

The words...

The weight...

Of sentences gone unspoken

Now are the chains that bind you

And the confinement that you live within

Struggles of emotions and feelings

Its there...

Ever present

An unpleasant daily reminder

Of a battle that wages between thoughts

The path the heart and soul wish to lead

And the vision from what the world sees

Its there...

Confusion causes moments of darkness

A heavy embrace you wish not to bare

Especially when all that you want to do is live within the light

Even though bravery can be seen

Its existence is just beyond the horizon

Its there...

Awaiting your eager reach

Like a new dawn of a new day

It carries the sharp and exhilarating feeling of crisp air drawn in

Its a long awaited breath of ease and comfort

To no longer be numb from the devastation of turmoil

It there...

Holding out hope

With faith in action

Conviction and belief

And a heart open and full of understanding

There is decisions to be made

The compass within points true north

Strong and free

Its there...

Just like those of us who love and care

We stand in unity with you

A helping hand reaching out... always

When needed or called upon

For all the hours and moments

Day or night

Its there.

©2016

"Bargaining..."

His mind is a whirlwind beyond all thoughts, questions, or reasons

How vividly are life's horrors burned into his memories

His eyes are dark as eternal night

His skin is aflame with sorrow and crippling pain

He chews upon his lower lip until it bleeds

He has found his true self within the arms of another

But the forever watchful eyes of the world has him regretting his choice

He has sold his soul to the devil

He tries to laugh at his misfortune, but sounds fake

His eyes hurt and burn with sadness

He mentally disciplines his heart for yielding to such temptation

His raging emotions seep through the concrete walls that he has put up around his heart

His mind screams as the break of dawn only brings guilt as well as light

He slowly creeps away from the sleeping devil who has stolen his soul

He sits in a darkened corner away from the twilight

So desperately does he need to be rescued

He bargains with his sanity...

His whole life rests precariously upon the edge

He holds onto a phone book, scanning its pages

Help cannot be obtained within the names of those he loves

His trembling fingers trace column after bold letter column

Tears rain down, smearing the names

He blinks blindly at the numerous pages before him

Time stops while he searches in vain for his soul...

Published in: "Whispers In The Wind"
Anthology of verse
 Poetry Institute of Canada

© 2016

"With This Day"

It starts...

One little thing

The beginning...

A single seed planted

It grows...

Moments gather together

Thoughts play out

The hours of the day already grow long

Strength needed is sourced out and put into play

Building blocks of a wall are constructed

Eyes search for the exit

Scenario by scenario runs through the mind

All upon a continuous loop

Decisions and choices

Between what is right...

And what is easy

Doubt draws near like fog filling in thick

Confusion gives way to sadness

Anger is the by-product of everything left over

These are the moments when thoughts pause

Fight or flight...

You remind yourself that its just a bad few moments or hours

A bad day that needs to be done

It comes down to the ultimate choice

Though I do not surrender completely...

I am more than finished with this day

For it has taken from me...

More than I can give.

© 2016

"Words of Poison "

From your high horse of righteousness you preach

Causing stares

Pointed fingers

And words of murmured hate

Darkness spreads from underneath your every utterance

You claim to bring forth a cure

Yet you spread like a disease

You are not saving anyone

Only killing those who are brave enough to believe

Do not mistake privilege for superiority

We deserve to know our own happiness

This should not have to be compromised

Yet no apologies will ever be made

Because according to you...

This is what the truth feels like.

© 2016