"Together Alone..."

Here we be...

Standing...

Waiting

Moments are now counted

Added and multiplied

Hesitation to continue holds me

Is the consideration worth the effort?

Does the want justify the need?

We have now arrived at the same time

But this feeling haunts me

That we are at two different places within our separate lives

First a thought...

Now I am wondering...

Weighing up the odds of being true

Promises were offered

Explanations made

It was stated that we were writing the same story within the pages of the same book

Yet... doubt remains...

Words now subtract from the meaning and purpose

Actions have come to divide the gap between two souls once so eagerly filled

With reality starring me down

I've come to know the true truth

That we are still merely strangers

Brought together by brief moments in time

Walking upon the same path of life

Together...

Alone...

© 2017

"Found Among The Stars"

They say that sometimes there is no reason

They say time will always heal

But on more occasions then others

Neither time or reason will change, alter, or distract us on how we feel

We all suffer quietly alone...

No one will know the heartache that lies deep behind our fake smiles

The devastation of mourning will always show through

No one will know just how many times we have faltered

And broken down completely and cried

Losing you was difficult...

But the hardest part for us is to be here

Living with out you

Knowing that some day

Beyond our imagination

We will see one another again

But until then...

We are left with the loneliness of a loved one lost

Falling behind, and wishing upon the multiple stars scattered within the sky

But, perhaps, they are not just only stars

But rather tiny little openings in heaven where the love of our loved ones pours through

And shines brightly down upon us

To let us know that they are with us always

Even though we may not see them, they are there

Held tightly within remembrance

In memory...

And within the warm pure light.

© 2017

"You Stop..."

This is your journey to where you stand...

It has been long and uneasy

Filled to the brim with everything that is life

Memories linger

Thoughts turn

Footsteps move forward

Lessons learned become realizations made

That you are bigger than these moments

And that your life shall not be framed by the faults within another

You make this choice now

To forgive...

Not for their sake, but for yours

Because like chains shackling you to your past

You will no longer pollute your heart, body, and life...

With bitterness or anger...

The time has come to remember yourself before them

To honor the path ahead

Remembering that sometimes we let go of people without even noticing...

The mind stops thinking of them everyday

You stop waiting for them to reply

Or that same old connection to be made...

You stop allowing them to take up so much space in your life

You learn to move out from that place in the past

The pull to be in the present

Going about your daily life

Brings motion and purpose

You stop expecting them to come back in that final moment with an apology

And the missing pieces that were never found

You accept that they are no longer part of everything you do

You simply let them go...

Allowing what has been fade from sight

Forgiveness is validation

And permission

Because hate is just another way of holding on

And they don't belong here anymore...

© 2017

"How Art Thou Fallen"

Hatred...

The power of the word is so often under estimated...

The act of being said is done swiftly

Without cause or care to the weight it carries

The power and emotion contained within it

Words become the easiest weapons used...

The fire is built...

All meant to carve, slice, and dissect the soul

Fuel actions that cannot be undone

Resentment takes full control

Twisting the cold

Common sense is abandon

Scorn, cruelty, spite and prejudice seep in

Removing the warmth and kind...

Bitterness fails to recognize the difference

As it burns through the tenderness

Scaring memories and the heart

Pure childhoods are now left with marks that cannot be erased

Permanent stained hearts are branded with words and actions

Turning peoples light into darkness by blocking out their sun

Clouds of outrage form

The tide rise

A fierce wind blows in...

Storm clouds burst

Raining tears over the land

All the while the ones who once proclaimed their righteousness

Now beg, plead, and bargain for peace

And for the raging storm to cease...

We are the makers of the bad weather over our heads

And now they stand deep within the mud and heavy current of water flowing through

Screaming...

“Its raining!”

© 2017