"When All That Was"

 

Moments lead...

To hours counted...

From days remembered...

And so many forgotten...

A circle in constant motion

Living amongst the world

Breathing...

Chaos known...

Peace is learned from lessons realized

We cannot stop the approaching storm

But we can prepare ourselves the best that we can

Keeping a weather eye upon the horizon

We anchor ourselves to what is known

Release the heaviness of these feelings

The weight of responsibility...

Of wrong assumptions made about the version of our being...

Of who we may or may not be

This is not our burden to carry...

Sometimes we never get the reasons why

But it becomes known...

We are more than this

The truth comes in the caring

In the effort of trying...

Because the last act in love should not be asking for mercy

Making this the hardest decision swallowed

That its okay to say goodbye

With grace in decency

We let history come to pass

Memories remain...

Those markers in the past

When all that was...

Was different...

Than the silence that has come to pass.

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"Seasons of Living"

To each their own...

Some feeling the same...

Others hold onto the stubborn side of pride

It takes a moment...

Some hours recounted...

Lost and remembered...

The details that remain reach out

Confined thoughts become the promise made

To no longer be bad to ourselves...

With the sun upon the face and the wind at our back...

Take a step forward, instead of returning to the circle of confusion

A powerful storm rages within

Creating a steady rush of emotions flowing

The chance is in the taking

Tears cried will always fade

Opening the vision to a better view

We are the seasons of living

Existence in time...

Our history, written daily...

There is the possibilities within each decision

A want that becomes a need...

Action comes through movement

To be more than what has come before you

Instinct begs us to listen

With a weather eye upon the horizon

We realize there are options created

We are the source of betterment of our being...

Not for others, but for ourselves...

And not through bargaining or shame

Reason, emotion, or tough love...

There is only one thing that sparks the evolution

It's our own growth within

Marked only by a single second with a breath

From that end...

To this new beginning...

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"What Remains"

 

Do you know?

The weight carried?

Upon the eggshells laid...

And just how many footsteps have faltered?

Has there been a moment of realization?

A time of wonder...

When words are thrown like arrows

With no care of being...

Or damage done...

Have you understood the reality?

Will you take responsibility?

What we do is put out into the world

And there are those who remember

The actions taken...

And the scars that remain...

Now becomes the memory that haunts the soul

All that we are touches the world

Daily existence through motion

Is interaction made through our own creation...

Those things taken without return

Becomes the darkness shading the light ahead

Have you prepared yourself for the reaction?

Have you committed yourself to this path?

Is there care within the remaining compassion?

Today are these hours counted

Another regret...

The possibility of a new promise...

How much can be broken?

It's the gamble taken...

When push comes to shove

How much can the lines be crossed

Blurred boundaries fail

Till existence fades

And tomorrow becomes...

Just another day.

© 2021

"Action in Choice"

 

Moments begin...

Time moves...

Dawn breaks...

The horizon cracks open with a beam of silver light

Shadows cast are withdrawn with the last seconds of darkness

A breath taken...

Thoughts gather...

Yesterday is what it is

Today is your day...

A step forward...

There is conviction within remembrance

We don't disconnect with another to teach them a lesson

We do it because we have finally learned ours

We try our best...

To heal the damage from life's interaction's

The remedy is the peace brought to us

It's the calm after the storm

When tears have rained

Clearing the path for a better view

Let laughter echo

Be the decision made

An active presence in living

Embrace the hands reaching out

Be the offering in comfort

Anchor your presence here and now

Allow the acknowledgment to come through

We are a changed being

Everyday...

Pain is reality...

But so is existence...

It's the action in choice that makes the difference

Take the lead...

Creation is ours...

Make this lifetime something to be counted

To be remembered with deep worth and reflection

The fingerprints of memories in history

In a world of constant motion.

© 2021