"Feelings That Understand"

 

Memories...

Like pictures...

Of moments past...

Sweet is the smile recalled...

Carried with the seasons our heart keeps them

Breath by breath there is remembrance

Through the moments time reveals all

Existence brings these footsteps forward

And when darkness attempts to steal the light

Chaos and confusion is given a chance to grow

The cruel resurrection of the past breaks out

Seeking a place amongst the living...

Haunting the decisions already made...

We find ourselves lost at the beginning of what is suppose to be the end...

Moved beyond that which use to hold you

Words of an apology come for a part of life already lived...

Beliefs are hurt, and strength gained is never seen

Because the view and decision of another places you there, instead of here...

Apologies are even given after tears...

Even though there is no growth without some rain

For every seed needs some water to thrive

Achieving inner peace is something that should not be excused

The claim for independence is not selfish

A voice found is allowed to start over

Speaking of the strength learned

Stop apologizing for apologizing...

These have no worth in time to be rescinded

This is not all that we are made of...

We are more than a burden to ourselves and others

We should not have to bear the heaviness that which no longer serves us well

Allowance has been given with experience

The knowledge is learned that today is not yesterday...

And yesterday does not belong in tomorrow

We are the breaking of dawn...

The bright light finding its way through the shadows

Because the thought of understanding is a realization now known...

That our body is meant for more than being a burial ground for pain.

© 2021

"Last Stand Taken"

 

Every tomorrow...

Becomes today...

And passes into yesterday...

Tested is the will of conviction

The truth within what is right shall be believed

It was not this very second that it broke...

Tiny pieces fell daily...

Until all was incomplete...

Vision in choice blur...

Emotions struggle...

Circles draw shapes of confusion

Instead of lines leading in a direction clear

There is no return once you yield

Footsteps linger...

Through each process is a realization

Words and actions are sorted

What is the worth of effort?

How much of an emotional debt do you wish to owe?

Moments lead through time...

To this choice before the mind

That there comes a point reached

When too much understanding given

Begins to overlook the disrespect received...

With the heaviest of hearts

The weight becomes too much to bare

A bittersweet release comes...

As tears sweep through the only thing known

That our state of being is not a forfeit...

And mental health is not worth the abandonment

Offering us this last stand taken

To surrender nothing always...

© 2021

"Daily Whispers"

 

Choice...

Between now and yesterday...

Eyes focus...

The prospective has changed

Ordinary days live through us

Until we notice the extraordinary

The senses feed upon the constant motion

Peace of silence...

And the extremes of chaos

Memories keep promises made

From lessons learned we grow

Each day whispers

This is time...

Sunlight filters through

From broken darkness of night

Tears clear the storm clouds of the mind

Colours keep the view from fading

In remembrance we realize

That direction forward our path must be

Footsteps pledge distance

As emotions and feelings connect us to what we embrace

Hands hold onto hope

Faith keeps us here

Seasons through years are counted

For another tomorrow to be...

From birth to tragedy

And loss to victory

You can live and die...

All in a moment...

So our understanding is this...

You breathe in this whole world everyday

Starting with nothing upon the horizon

A simple break of light shinning bright

Calling for existence.

© 2021

"Silence Remains"

The eyes open...

As if for the first time...

Moments lead to realizations found...

Little by little everything seems to be replaced

Hurt feelings turn into the wound struck

Even though the heart of caring keeps hope

The will to change is dismissed daily

So the silence remains...

Sculpted words and manufactured emotions build bricks

Causing walls to now tower from boundaries drawn

Wordless murmurs of once cherished loves

Now bring an end to the deep embrace

Unheard warnings become the grieving tears

How do you fix something that you would rather forget?

Care must be taken...

For existence after this to be achieved

This is not for cruelty, its self-preservation

A breath taken...

Is consideration for living

The act of survival is a footstep taken beyond this

The soul of being will not surrender...

The light denies darkness the privilege to over come

As hands only continue to offer pain instead of effort

The circles run...

Now come to a dead end...

The path ahead divides...

Reality has reached passed the realm of understanding

The damage has been done...

So who has actually won?

Because in the end, all you did was lose me

And with all the things sacrificed...

I was not going to give you my life...

© 2021