"You Are Not Your Own"

The mind and the heart

Fight for the right of feeling and emotion

They beg the hands not to let go so easily

Not until every avenue is explored

And resources depleted...

Then maybe...

We will release that thing that weighs upon us

Draining our strength

Staining our moments within our daily lives

The realization hits

Second chances have that name for a reason

And are not privilege or a guaranteed right

Stop holding onto people that keep letting got of you

No one wants to feel as forgettable as their silence makes you feel

If it be your will and wish

To walk away...

That is your right

Give colour and light

Truth told in bold lines drawn in black

Don't give shades of gray filled with darkness and lies

We have boundaries and “do not cross” lines for a reason

We should not compromise ourselves otherwise

By crossing them when we are not ready to do so

Because tired...

Angry...

Sad...

Among many others things are those who are left waiting for what was promised to them...

© 2017

"This World Inverted"

Read the words...

Feel them...

Listen...

Hear the voice screaming out

Let them build and form pictures

Broken images frame the scene

Etched with the pain

And faded by the lies

Thoughts crop the images short

Fade to black the sunlight smiling

Removing the use-to-be...

The once highlighted happiness has just become another pawn used within the game

Cheated has become the heart

Now caught in the middle...

Its a choice to care

To be more than these blind moments

That refuse to be smoothed over by a simple,“I'm sorry...”

A line is drawn

Fingers trace the edge

Tears attempt to wash it clean

Feet stumble forward...

Life knocks upon the darkness sneaking in

A choice now held within trembling hands

Will define the next decision made.

© 2017

"If Tears Left Scars"

Words remain hollow

And actions all seem to be abandon

Each moment fails to draw up a conclusion

A point in time where one would seek a beginning or an end...

Making this all the more difficult

I desperately seek a cause

A reason to know...

We were not merely walking along carefree

A chance was won

The spark grew

Fanning the flame

Until each step seemed to become the same

No direction could be made

This pathway is plagued with confusion

Void of explanation

Seeds of hope did not bloom

Died within birth...

Just as they emerged from the darkness of nothing...

The smiles of bright light fade

Heads bow in mourning...

Tears escape the eyes

Washing away the last moment spent.

© 2017

"Until That Moment"

I wait...

Eagerly...

Counting the moments

Doing my best not rush the motion or feeling

Smiles reflect the attention given

Emotions run

The senses are brave to indulge

Steps taken hold still upon the ground

Hands reach

All on baited breath

I hold myself...

Listening to the beat of my heart

And realize the chance taken...

That you never know what it truly means to be vulnerable...

Until you are standing naked...

In front of another being...

Fully clothed.

© 2017