"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