"Everyday Survival"

 

Sometimes we win...

And sometimes we learn...

We were all created for betterment

For others...

And ourselves...

Somebody needs what you have

And we need what they give

A smile...

Love...

Encouragement...

And a deep embrace...

Change is always hard at first

It's a journey taken

It's allowance and acceptance

We work with the moments

It's discovery of the time given

The realization of here and now

Existence is feet moving forward

There is no going back

For we do not merely recover

But reinvent ourselves...

Allowing change is the difference

Because life is learning

The remembrance in effort

We are the fire burning bright

No matter how dark the night

We will find enough light

To take the next step

One moment at a time

Enjoying the good

Breathing through the rest

Fill up your lungs with hope and courage

Rise up...

Like the beginning of everyday

Because to survive...

Is to flourish beyond these moments.

© 2021

"Today and Yesterday"

 

Sometimes the world is not what we thought...

It's everything and nothing...

From the glory days...

To ones better off not remembered with such intensity

How easily do we seem to forget...

That we do need little reminders

It only takes a second to say...

I love you...

I apologize...

Can we talk?

Are you alright?

It costs nothing to offer such a simple kindness

Stop letting pride or ego

Hold you hostage from happiness in life

We have all too often drown within silence

And the words we weren't saying

It's the things that are left unsaid that take up the most space within our minds and hearts

Is what you are holding onto worth the space?

We cannot fight the battles for others

But what we can do is hold their hand

Offering a light in the darkness

Holding a safe space...

As they weather the storm

We are these moments

Here and now...

Survived...

Learned and living

Experiences gained

Embraced by the senses

We are a fleck of stardust in a world of imagination

Existence and reality

All in a moment

And then its gone

So don't let yesterday...

Take up too much of your today.

© 2021

"Where You Left Me"

What is remembered is lived...

You never know...

The true impact you have on those around you

How much a person needed a smile given

Or an act of simple kindness offered...

A single moment that can turn a life around

And when words fall short

A deep embrace talks

Everything can be nothing...

And one single solitary thought can be the entire world

When the great weight of emotions fall upon us

Devastation of a moment sends shivers to the core

We are changed...

A marker in history

When the world paused around us

Stealing our breath

Releasing the strength in glue

All that keeps us together is broken...

An earthquake is felt throughout the soul

The odd thought of being thankful flashes through

To bear witness...

A final honour guard standing post

We are the legacy that remains

The living proof of existence

Time is the caregiver now...

As we navigate this loss

Everything seems different

While other things remain the same

It's complication and confusion at the root of definition

For a piece of us is forever broken

A single second always remembered

The greater the love, the greater the grief...

Remember that its okay to be sad

It's the realization in growth of the moments that follow

Allowance and acceptance

Through this feelings will flow

In Tears...

How our heart speaks...

When our lips cannot explain how we feel...

© 2021

"Time To Rise"

Sometimes...

You just have to turn the page...

To realize there is more to existence

To this day...

Than this moment you are experiencing

You don't hurt someone you want to keep

You do right by them

Then fate has to decide...

If they get to stay...

Or leave...

Even though the fog of confusion can be heavy

Like any storm...

This to shall pass

Sadly, for some...

The darkness does not end with the night

Please, remember the light...

Stop allowing fear to dictate the direction of life

Release the heaviness...

The wrong conviction remembered

Your past is written

You deserve more than trying to correct it

Survival is motion forward

A step at a time

A future awaiting to be created

There is remembrance in everything

What was once thought would break you...

May actually be the universe trying to wake you

To see what it real

And worth fighting for

We are all continued works in progress

A life long endeavor

It takes time to heal...

And courage

Because just like the sun...

We all have the power within us...

To rise after the darkness.

©2020