"Embrace Ourselves"

 

Sometimes the beginning is found at the end...

A few steps more...

The last of a journey

These are powerful moments marked

As we exhale...

Letting go of what was...

And embrace the next breath of what will be...

Especially when we have outgrown the place we have been

Learned is the memory from the negative

And understanding through realization made

When a being reveals their true self...

Believe them...

No good comes from pretending

Toxic people see boundaries as revenge

Sadly the reality is...

They are the reason for the line drawn so boldly in the sand

Only beings who are not happy with themselves...

Inflict so much hate on others

Because if hurting those loved

Does not bring hurt to you...

Then these words you will not understand

Sorry is just a word...

It doesn't erase the broken

The fixing comes with acknowledgment

The actions of proof from everything that follows

We have to remember that...

By refusing to stay through anything

When they continue to take everything...

We are not the collateral damage...

In someone else's war against themselves...

We can feel the broken

But have trust in the rebuilding

Even in the lost there is survival

To find the path beyond the hopeless heartbroken moments

Life is active...

Let allowance come through

The light in front of us shinning bright

Is how we embrace ourselves

By existing in this forward motion.

© 2021

"Where We Were"

 

There is darkness...

And there is light...

We are these moments of existence

For every cloud found

Sunshine will usher in another day

The embrace of negativity will never leave you satisfied

Be the effort made

The choice is in the trying

We are the best version of ourselves

Take a breath...

The time is needed...

Respect, peace, and love

All begin within...

Our value is non-negotiable

We are beings of worth

Always have been...

And always will be

So when someone treats you...

Like a list of many options created

Narrow the choice

By removing yourself from the equation

This is not an act of cruelty

It's compassion to ones self and sanity

We are moved in many directions

And should not be bound to that which has already left us

Because by holding the door open...

Gives them the wrong kind of permission

Just because they return...

Doesn't mean we have to let them back in

It's within the remembrance

Of a lesson hard learned

That we now exist in a world without them

And have moved on from where we were.

© 2021

"Truce"

It's bittersweet...

Raw and bare...

Truth at the core...

Pulsing with life...

A realization that the hardest pill to swallow

Is choices made from learning

Because some experiences make sure we are taught

And we are examples of this...

Issues will always arise when misplaced anger blinds the eye

Words lose value when actions refuse to match

Sadly, pain is not complete without branding another with its scar

Ignored truth will only continue to deconstruct lies built

We are the keeper of our limitations

And it is up to us to call foul

When things like this trespass against us

We are not the war within another

Our light should not be buried in darkness

Colours should not be shaded gray

But when all care is abandoned

And another's only mission is infliction

A truce needs to be declared...

Sometimes people try to bring out what is wrong with us

Because they cannot handle what is right about us...

We should not bear the fault

For another's wrong choices made...

When only hurt comes from holding on...

Time and time again the proof has been given

Release that which is no longer good for you...

It's in the conviction

And denial of permission...

Boundaries must be kept...

They help bring peace of mind

There is a difference

And it's not the same...

In time and moments later...

Let there be healing

May the past no longer block the view of the present

Allowing what has been to be laid to rest

So our soul can breathe again

Enabling us to live again.

© 2021

"We Were Here"

 

There are moments...

In which we mark our life

The realization...

That this day is not the same as yesterday

And that tomorrow is never promised

Time is divided into two parts

Before this...

And after this...

Remembrance is privilege

The lessons learned and experiences lived through

To doubt is to be human

Having conviction is to be brave

Actions prove who you are...

Simple words only mask over who people pretend to be...

We have the ability to step passed this

Be the new chapter written in life

By refusing to re-read the last...

It's allowance and acknowledgment

Something new cannot come to be

While holding onto something old...

Existence is growth

The past versions of you have served its purpose

You would not be here without them

Proud should be the soul

For surviving those days you thought you couldn't

The strongest people are the ones who are still kind

Even when the world around them wants to tear them apart

Boundaries show limitations

Respect the peace that is given

Breathe deep...

Taking in the sense of possibility

It's the best part

It can start anywhere...

Maybe it doesn't need a beginning

Maybe, it already is...

Because you are enough

You always have been...

And always will be.

© 2021

"Gone Are The Days"

Some days...

We listen...

And we learn...

Others keep us silent...

To the moment of realization

When something...

Or someone has changed...

A description is manipulated

A stranger is born...

Bred from confusion

Lacking all understanding

We are at a loss...

When hate is embraced

Beyond the limits of comprehension

How does that make everything that follows right?

Trauma to the soul teaches us to guard ourselves

Protecting that which deserves safe keeping

We are the caretaker of the light within us

Know your worth...

Because sadly, some hope you don't...

Healing allows you to keep the boundaries

A reminder of where not to go

Gone are the days of taking on others burdens

We are not the sum of their wrong choices made

Yes, we do fall...

Some moments break us...

Altering our way of being

And we do fail...

But remember...

Humanity is not perfection

It's a balance...

A choice...

The decision to make a stand

To rise above yourself

To heal as best as you can

And overcome that which use to hold you still.

© 2021