"A Day in Time"

 

Stop...

Embrace the moment...

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today...

Let the light in...

Lead yourself out of the darkness

On the list of things counted, you are here...

With a realization and understanding

Negative thoughts aren't always true

They are often a made-up story formed by doubts, fears, and anxieties

Pulling us away from reality and distracting our vision from what is actually there

Life is living in all its moments

Pain makes us remember...

Confusion can be temporary...

Because every time you worried in the past, its now a distance memory

Meet this day with today's strength

Tomorrow is yet to be...

Maybe this is the lesson learned

The part of life where you silently remove yourself from the hurt

Allow self-care to replenish the soul

Deny excess to anything that disturbs your peace

And drains you of love...

Allow the growth, basking in the sunshine

Because toxic people only ever change their victims...

Never themselves...

Our mistakes were stepping stones

There is beauty beyond the ugly images cast

Because there are still those who know you

They see your wholeness when you feel broken

Testify to your innocence when guilt is laid

And show you the purpose beating within your being when confused

Hand placed over the heart...

Existence resides there

Acknowledge the power

Because it's okay...

If the only thing you did today...

Was survive.

© 2022

"Year End Journey"

Year end thoughts can bring a storm of emotions...

Days, months, and the moments all collected...

Added to life existence we are every breath and step lived

So many memories become reflective...

Experiences gained have become lessons learned

Time reminds us of the true meaning of every second embraced

Growth comes from every day realized...

We are the effort put forth...

Positive energy held, helps activate constant elevation

Peace can come from pieces if we allow it

It's the journey from within...

Our soul is worth more than being a burial ground for pain

Acknowledge the difference...

We are not this anger given to us

Nor are we the hate carried within others

History is motion forward

When we become bigger than the moment

We have the ability to learn passed it

The care within love understands

A reminder stated...

We are not the sacrifice to our every bad yesterday

So give the permission in allowance

Let go and feel the release...

Kindness to yourself and others can be a priceless gift given

Survival is this conviction believed

Footsteps rise at the coming of dawn

Proving that shadows only exist, because there is sunshine.

Peace to you this holiday season...

© 2022

"Lines of Translation"

 

The steps of life are made...

Walking with us...

Carrying all the memories created...

Along with everything that has been abandoned, lost or left behind...

Some days our hands catch too many tears

The unsteady journey ahead has been made unclear

Decisions beyond our comprehension come

And actions taken against us are out of our control

Making us these moments now

Not yesterday...

Or even tomorrow...

Time always keeps its steady embrace

We remember with mixed emotions

When someone has taught us a valuable lesson

Ingrained within the senses we keep it

The learning comes after...

Having the ability to see the darkness

And hear the words spoken between the lines of translation

So we may avoid the taste of bitter disappointment

The body speaks, asking for a break

Respect the thought of mind

Honour the rest you seek when you need a moment to yourself

Because sadly, hurt people believe they need to hurt people

Its the active choice...

Boundaries put in place are seen as revenge

An act taken against them...

When reality always shows the truth

Just because some do not understand your emotions, does not mean they are not valid

Making the place where you stand important

Putting space between you and those who act like the victim in the problem they created

Helps us realize just how much we were being suffocated...

As we step away from them...

And breathe in the fresh air.

© 2022

"Moment of Change"

 

Some wonder...

Why there is so much anger given...

So many moments collide together until they explode...

When the reason becomes clear, the eye finally will see

Each wrong step taken has been a deliberate act

To trespass beyond the boundaries of another

Even when fair warning is given...

The broken becomes more broken

Why must someone give so much hate?

Every action is lined with an embrace of cruelty

When understanding is not believed

Our reaction is the only cause for more accusation...

The true form of manipulation is now known

Because even blame is assigned to us when we call out their disrespect

So what drives this difference?

Why do you let the negative affect you so much?

And don't let the positive affect you enough?

This should be the task at hand...

Our moment of change...

And within our ability to fix...

Maybe we all need this reminder

We must stop sacrificing all of our mental health for the carelessness of others

Because words will always remain silent

Simply because they are the one who is owing an apology

Like everything in life there is a balance

Limit your availability to those who are only there when its convenient for them

Making this the hardest decision made...

Choosing their absence over the deep hurt and disruption of peace within

Tomorrow is our next yesterday

We are who we were born to be

And no apology should have to be given for the soul within a being

Or however “imperfect” another deems you to be

Reminding us that most scars do not come from some unknown enemy

They are left by those who claimed to know our interest better

Done by strangers we use to love...

© 2022

"Storytelling"

 

There is this understanding...

That the road traveled goes both ways...

In some cases its a guarantee...

But direction always begs to be acknowledged

So the questions continue to remain...

We are all a story being told

The beginning...

Some where in the middle...

And an end that has yet to be...

Comprehension comes in understanding

The effort taken is done in compassion

Kindness can be a priceless gift given

As we hold space for another

We are existence given

Our vision contains a certain view

That's why, when allowed, reflection can be so deep

What allowance is given?

How far is tolerance pushed?

What demand has been put upon our embrace?

Because there are limits...

Everything is a possibility

Yet sadly, there comes a time when next to nothing can be done...

The distinction is in the choice

A minds point of view...

Footsteps may lead...

But the residue behind us always follows

Causing shadows to remain when a dividing line is made

As it becomes “me” against “them”...

A world buried within the world

Contained within and with out

Words state the purpose calling

As the difference takes up arms

Because the hurt felt is worth more than then next

Making every moment following an act of war...

© 2022

"Purpose Served"

Sometimes...

We listen to the silence for too long...

How much energy do we have?

To fight back against change...

Daily existence calls to us

Moving and pushing our being

Weaving the links of life between the balance of the world

What do we hold onto?

And what do we release?

Even when it seems so familiar

What purpose does it now serve?

Because if its not keeping you for the better...

Sadly, it will only make you bitter

These are some of the biggest lessons we will ever learn

Positive energy helps activate constant elevation

Our being rises with the soul contained within

Because no one should be able to cause shadows or darkness

In an attempt to banish us from the sunlight

There are people who will fight for you...

And along side you...

These are the ones that show up every time

And care deeply, not only when life is convenient

But when its difficult and messy

We are humanity embraced as one

Too often we are reminded...

A line is drawn for a reason

Boundaries make us aware of what is unacceptable

We are allowed to say no

Because self care is doing what is best for you

And please know...

It is never your responsibility to sacrifice yourself completely for others.

© 2022

"Carried Heart"

Found here is our perspective...

The value put upon time...

With light breaking upon the dawn....

We become the breath within our lungs

We are this effort in trying

Anchored within our soul humanity resides

All colours moving and still fill this vision of the world around us

Days passed are covered with footsteps forward

The journey endured, taken, and achieved

Marked by every place where we have stumbled and fallen

But contained within each is how we have learned to get back up

And regained control of the direction we seek

We have learned and continue to do so

Gaining lessons and knowledge given to us and passed on by us

We now know how to rise above...

And in some cases, we are still rising

The past is history...

Each chapter is another added

Moments of living with emotion

Of happiness and grief echoed with the balance of peace

We are the fire lit within

We are the ability in understanding, a conscious searching the truth

To be wiser, to be better, not bitter...

Release the shrapnel of anger buried beneath the skin

There is no gain in keeping score

These are the arms reaching out hands that embrace change

Life knows without us knowing

Choices have made decisions

Reality reminds us every day

That we are only borrowed moments...

Existence upon a time line with no set ending

Yesterday brings us to every tomorrow and beyond

We all carry our heart with us

With the light and through the darkness

Because we have been the darkness...

And it may come, and it may go...

But the new horizon approaching always reminds us

Shadows only prove that there is sunshine.

© 2022

"Ready Or Not"

 

This is our life...

The moments...

And the days counted...

Sunrises and sunsets...

The bittersweet and grief...

Is another wrinkle in time passed

A thread weaved within the tapestry of history

Ready or not...

Feet need to move

From lessons learned

Realize, any direction taken...

Other than the one that embraces you now

Is survival...

Choices to choose

Forgiven or lost...

Is this who you want to be?

Don't close your eyes, you need to see the direction you want to be

Let belief become conviction

The worth in effort is the gain achieved

Take pride in the battles won

Celebrate the growth realized

Honour yourself always...

Thoughts lead attitude to perspective

Kindness given to yourself and others

Is sharing the light in the darkness

Take value in understanding every day given

Because so many can be taken away...

Dare to be a little more, but nothing less than yesterday

Because in the end...

What do you have to lose?

Other than you..

© 2022

"Ripple Effect"

 

The mind wonders...

Sorting through the thoughts and decisions...

Some long gone...

Others repeated...

And so many yet to be...

We reflect what we wish to see

Every decision we make leads us down a different road

Each time another moment is spent

Because we will never come to reach the same crossroads ever again

We place the power of significance upon them

Holding onto the weight of it with every breath

Like a ripple upon still waters...

The tiniest choice will reverberate throughout our entire life

All because we are the sum of our experiences

Every encounter as we go through life changes us

We are shaped by every day

Our character, mindset, and point of view

We learn the give and take...

The hard and easy...

And remember it all with such passion the things that shall never return

Day to day struggles teach us

With triumphs and challenges

Because all contain the freedom within it of how we react to it

The past becomes the past for a reason, and that is where it is suppose to stay

We are not our every yesterday...

Because we exist for today...

So we can live to see tomorrow...

Embraced within us is our world

Listen to the voice within your heart

Be the attempt in trying

And just like the night...

Darkness will come...

Because the next horizon is waiting upon the new dawn for the sun.

© 2022

"Power Lies Within"

 

We learn...

There is this ability...

A willingness...

Sometimes an eagerness...

To understand the world around us

There are times words carry more weight than action

Within each syllable there is a remembrance given

Because when hate is shot out like arrows from a razor sharp tongue

Scars bury themselves deep

Causing ripple effects within the being that has unlimited reach

So what is the purpose?

There is no misunderstanding

This is an act of hurt

To inflict the most pain...

With a specific reason...

Our power now lies within the reaction to it

Because too many times silence fills the space

Bitterness only breeds anger

That steals the light within us

We are capable of learning...

Because life is always teaching us something

Another twist in the road...

A sharp curve ahead...

Adaptation wrestles with what was...

And brings us to what will be now

Open your eyes to your surroundings

Manage the senses...

Because time is always

Our footsteps are this journey

Let this day end with the sun

History is yesterday

And tomorrow is the beginning.

© 2022

"Dear Friend"

 

Days and months...

Memories and moments counted...

All seconds of existing...

Of a life now living without you...

So many teardrops have been shed

Whispered pieces of prayer spoken

The struggle of the mind to find its place...

In a world where you no longer walk with me

Ears await to hear the voice call...

“Hey dear friend, up for another adventure?”

We are those who remain in your absence

Working through our understanding

Death always leaves a scar upon the time line of our lives

By turning the heart beat rhythm into a flat line...

Leaving a human shaped hole in our universe...

But I do not reflect upon the stolen or lost

Even still, I am better for it...

To have known and loved

Than to have had nothing at all...

Everything that is you is treasured deep

Carried within the bittersweet

Together we made each other brave and strong

And now...

I have to be brave and strong for the both of us

Because there is still laughter that echoes through

Days and sunsets...

Lead me to the footsteps I take forward

Everything that was found and discovered

Is kept embraced within the soul

A spirit watching over me now

Remembrance rests silently...

Finding peace with the pieces

Is my hope for tomorrow...

Because you now keep our every yesterday.

© 2022

"Options Created"

 

Circles run...

Loops and turns...

Curving around what is done...

And what is yet to be...

Sometimes the senses become so hard to follow

Memories link us to things the mind will not let go of

We weigh out the heaviness

Because digging up things that have been buried...

Is it a waste time?

Or is it the inability to not let go of something that no longer serves us well?

Sorting through the odds we attempt to find the balance between allowance and tolerance

Is there a purpose with meaning?

Or is this just self-inflicted torture?

Because if it continues to lead you to nights that you cannot sleep

And fear becomes the only thing you eat

Then life becomes unlived...

If we do not search for the light...

Moments will reverse, pushing us back to where darkness wins

Why count days ahead, if your only going to keep yourself anchored within one?

What is the worth in truth?

We need to fight to understand...

Even when we are so quick to embrace everything that once went wrong

Passion needs to be matched with effort

We are the progress achieved

Understand the realization...

Embrace the options created

Let your footsteps lead forward

And welcome the light

Because a chance taken...

From choices given...

Can become the change we seek...

© 2022

"Best We Can"

 

Eyes open wide...

We search the horizon...

Waiting for the new dawn...

The light breaks across the darkness

Hope reaches out

Our senses feel it as we breath...

Memories are always played in rewind

Some wash over us with too many tears to count

Others are locked deep within the mind

Its the surge and pull..

Like all things, its one day at a time...

And one wave at a time...

There is this balance within life we ride

Its like the price of admission to existence

Called the cost of the human condition

So way pay it...

We owe it in every ounce

In love, passion and care

And in peace, understanding and worth

Because what is the value in things forgotten?

Is it what came before you or what is left after?

Deep down you already know the truth

We are this day in every moment

Brave is the footstep forward

In remembrance of what has been learned

We acknowledge our path

And we do the best we can with everything we have

As we realize that slow growth is still growth

And the effort is always found in trying

Tomorrow is the unknown...

Today is what we currently have

So breathe...

This is just one chapter

Not your entire story told.

© 2022

"Always and Suddenly"

Curious and strange...

How the mind remembers...

Certain moments from days...

All add together into memory

Faded are some...

While others call out to us in aching clarity

Yet, we seem to forget...

Unaware of what we have held onto

When our eyes begin to cast shadows upon everything

It gives allowance to some things to hollow out our heart

Creating a darkness bred...

The negativity takes root within

Too many things begin to grow unattended

And so many others become buried in the same way

Days...

Weeks...

And years go by

We think there is time...

To say all the words that are being held upon our tongue

Or to hold the hands of another, setting things right

But life reminds us always...

That it happens every day and suddenly

The thread weaved keeping us together can be pulled apart

Its the realization found within the heaviness

How do you count the amount given?

In love or hate...

What was hidden and what was shown...

All determines if our heart becomes a garden blooming with light

Or a graveyard abandoned...

We are what remains after...

Because like regret, there is two stages of grief

Who you were before...

And who you are after.

© 2022

"Choices To Choose"

 

Its the odds of memory...

In the details of how we remember...

Some sorted...

Each an item of their own

Others fade and blend together allowing us to forget

But there is always those that live on

With such clarity...

Etched in forever in the day and time it happened

Because changed is the being ever after

It embraces the senses...

Words play out...

We may not recall exactly what was said

But we still feel the emotions brought forth

Whether it was a simple kindness in a dark moment

Or a dark moment that offered no kindness

We are human...

How strange that it can be so easily be forgotten

That we are to be more than we actually are

To be told that we should rise above, when we have already risen...

Even after the greatest hurt has been inflicted upon us

We are to be better than the damage caused

Its the lesson learned

Closure with no apology or remorse given...

But like all things, the worth is in the trying

To the best of our ability as much as we can

A lifetime lived in a few seconds can be recalled

Do we dwell upon them with the grace of reflection?

Or do we allow them to hold our every tomorrow hostage?

Tarnishing the once treasured

And inflicting the bitterness upon everything we touch

Choices...

How will you choose?

On what and how you remember history.

© 2022

"Not Yesterday"

Let go...

Feel the release...

Give the permission...

Allow the disconnect...

Eyes forward

No looking back

You are not yesterday

You are not those thoughts or situations...

Move beyond, “what could have been...”

Because you are what can be

Surrender yourself to tomorrow

Like the horizon...

There is hope of light after darkness

Because accountability is knowing better

Time should not be wasted on wondering if your doing right

Your heart is doing its best

And that is enough...

The worth is in the trying

Everyday is a step towards survival

Existence in a moment

And experiences for the senses

Healing is always worth the effort

Because pain can travel with you

Along our time line, poisoning our every, “could have been...”

Deny the access and refuse permission to let it follow you

We are the only keeper of our soul

Treat yourself with love

Offer yourself this helping hand...

Be the difference you need...

Let faith believe...

Treat yourself and others with kindness...

Because so many people are hanging on by the thinnest of threads...

And you could be that thread.

© 2022

"Life Is You"

 

Reasons can be held like ransom...

What is the worth?

Can you define the value and true meaning?

How much importance is given to each one?

What weight does it carry within you?

How much allowance is given?

Will this debt held be repaid?

Because with all the decisions and choices left

The edge of limitation can be reached...

Why does it always have to wait?

Until a soul is emotionally bankrupt to understand the damage done

Steps taken or not...

The direction is ours

We just have to realize that it was our right all along

Like so many things in life

We reach that crossroad moment

Do we shade the truth and let the darkness bleed through?

Or do we allow all brightness to shine?

Remind yourself...

We are are only human

Bound within the reality of life

We may soar greatly high within the realm of it

But that does not mean we are completely free of all consequences

Breathe...

Gather some moments to yourself

A fresh perspective is never a bad thing

Because what others think of you

Does not dictate your value

This life is you living...

And today is not yesterday

So stop holding onto who you were

And embrace who you are today.

© 2022

"Disengage"

From an image once so clearly seen...

The lines have blurred...

Definition and meaning has lost all description...

Judgment cast holds life by the moment...

Sadly, what was known, is now a use-to-be

Anger strikes at the root of everything

Mining out the core...

Blind decisions are made by a one track mind

An open heart is now closed to any reasoning

Around every corner betrayal is seen

Turning former understanding into a pillar of righteousness

How does the heart turn so cold?

Is there a time picked to turn away?

Because I refuse to be banished into darkness

Especially when I only seek the light

Tarnishing any brightness that remains

I am not this choice made on my behalf...

This is not my embrace held...

There comes a point when nothing can justify the venom within words spoken

So I surrender my place...

By removing myself from range

Disengaging the connection once made strong

My shoulders will not bare such heavy weight

Allowance upon discussion on how it came to be is denied

Pride keeps you anchored to your claim

Silence now speaks...

Because the only reaction received, is from the way the heart responds to being hurt...

There is no respect to emotion...

Cast aside and abandoned is the punishment given...

But I know my worth through this realization that has come to pass

There is release...

And it comes in the steps leading away...

Because I am not every bad yesterday

Today is living...

And tomorrow is existing.

© 2022

"Echoes"

So many days have been counted...

Moments relived...

The seconds examined...

All replayed in a continuous loop...

How many last times can the mind remember?

Its the bittersweet...

The joy for knowing...

And the pain in loss...

Like the changing seasons there comes another month

The deepest hope is still wished

But not even the strongest conviction can return us to what use-to-be

So we visit our treasured memories when we are feeling a little lost

Which for a while...

Was every single day...

The sparks created in random thought is bringing us full circle

A want and need to share life and existence keeps us here

So we remember...

Because reality is the correction made

A lesson we wish so desperately we did not need to learn...

We are embraced by this new understanding

The heart of love has breathed through the wake of devastation

Tears have cleared the path of darkness...

Allowing us to see the remembrance kept within the brightness of light

All that has been echoes through...

We are are here, carrying the legacy of you with us

Even though the laughter is bittersweet

Our heart knows the connection to your everlasting soul

Because these steps forward will forever remain filled with random things that is everything that is you

Even when the rush of everything gets too much

And the tears fall once again...

For the life lived...

And for the one you no longer don't.

2022

"End Like This"

 

There are those moments...

When we come to realize...

That our thoughts connect a pattern given...

Time strings together emotions and memories

Experiences and actions...

The bitter truths...

And every shade of a lie...

Because hurt only comes from trust stolen

As the eyes bring into view the same picture

There is so much repetition...

The negative casts its shadows

And without correction, all intentions blind the direction forward

We are not this anger given to us

Nor are we the hate carried within others

Each day is a choice...

To fear or thrive...

How do you wish to survive?

Our legacy is not others past wrongs doings

We have to be a being learned from history in motion forward

Peace does not come from pieces...

Healing the broken is ending the spinning circle of darkness

By standing strong within the light

We have the ability to change

The hope is given

Find the courage to allow it...

Know the difference...

Because you are the difference...

Acknowledge the power given and taken

Be the new hope as a seed planted

Tend to the growth

Believe in the change

Let it end like this...

And begin with you.

© 2022

"Lines of Connection"

Thoughts wonder...

Seconds collect...

The kind side of understanding tries its very best...

With best intentions to not pass a decision upon a final conclusion

But here we are...

Another direct action taken...

Followed by the bold words to clarify the point made

Becomes the dividing line struck...

Tearing at all lines of connection

The senses try to make sense of this

Knowledge comes with the realization made

That this is another test within living

Reminding us that tomorrow only exists...

If we to our best to survive today...

Hold tight to the strength gained

Claim your right

You are in possession of ownership of your being

The control is ours...

You can't make someone care for you

When they don't appreciate what they already have

There should be no allowance given to anyone stealing your peace and leaving you in pieces

We all need to be held accountable for our wrong doing

For those who steal from us, then claim no memory of it...

Only buries a hurt deep within us

And sadly our memory keeps this...

A formative moment that has changed our mind against ourselves forever

But we find ourselves with this realization known

Some people will never ask for our side of the story

Because this is the version they wish to repeat in reflection of us

Which brings us to the hardest lesson learned

To resign yourself from the weight of it all

Not mad or even upset anymore

Just completely done...

To protect the life of our being at all costs

Because at the end of it all, we cannot control everything that is happening

Our true power lies within our reaction to it.

© 2022

"Better Than Today"

Emotions...

Daily creations within our senses...

Allow us to lead with the heart...

A wish dreamed is now a hope believed...

Serious moments hold us

As we wonder the choice now given

Since actions have been taken against us

We find ourselves in another life experience

Some things do break our hearts

But end up fixing our vision

The truth does hurt...

But it does not end our existence

Lies cover up and only please us briefly

But they never correct that which has been broken...

We are not this darkness looming

Our shoulders do not wish to bare such weight

But there is always a storm cloud in the sky

Attempting to rain upon the sunshine

Because sometimes words fall short...

And “I'm sorry” fails to convey the gravity of what has been stolen

Leaving us a simple hope in understanding

That when we become bigger than the moment

We have the ability to learn passed it...

Even though it was meant to destroy you

It has given you the strength to rise

The soul, when allowed, usually knows what to do

Breathe...

Heal...

And embrace the knowing

That there is so much more always said in the unsaid

Because there is always more...

And it is better than today.

© 2022

"We Live For"

 

We are these moments...

In and through existence...

The senses learn...

The world the classroom and we the forever student

An understanding from knowledge we seek

Until we find ourselves busy with life

Just grains of sand within the universe

Renting out the place we stand until we are no more

Each step is an adventure taken...

A balance is found...

Even when each day becomes a fine line drawn

To be pulled this way by the hands of fate...

Then shoved the other until our feet stumble within reality...

It is through this that the realization is found

Life is beautifully ugly at times

And here we be...

Listening to the reminder given

Don't let the silence tear a hole though your soul

Because we are not our every yesterday...

Embrace the broken

Through the little cracks is how the light finds its way in

Chasing away darkness

Breathe...

Hold yourself true

You are alive for a reason and you are doing the best that you can

Survival is what we live for

Plant the seed of belief

Let the tears rain until you grow

Because hope is always worth fighting for.

© 2022

"How To Hold You"

 

Our breath is caught...

All upon a single moment...

Because its gone...

Change is this swift motion forward

And we are here...

Wondering...

There is this sudden darkness

Storm clouds linger over our heads

Tears rain...

The future seems to be abandoned

Today is a face that we can't dare to look at in the eye

Yesterday is the time we search

Embraced in all the seconds

Where laughter echoes

And a smile shines bright

We find ourselves lost amongst the heaviness

A voice without words...

The uncertainty holds confusion

Because even in pain...

We would rather feel that, than nothing at all

It's life reminding us that it happens all the time

By existing everyday...

With or without us...

And now without you...

Love in honour holds the light

As we keep the legacy of you alive

Because what we have loved was mortal

And that embrace is what we have to let go of...

Comfort begins to be found within the knowing

That you continue to participate in every thought, act, and decision made

As the essence of you dwells within our souls for the rest of our lives

In the threads of our memories woven

Through the years in every heartbeat

Indelible fingerprints mark every place that was touched

Now becomes the deep remembrance that we carry within us...

© 2022

"Life Within Spirit"

 

I find myself lost...

Now consumed by the senses...

The eyes search for a place in time that is now passed...

Questions more than answers...

And a loss that is not fully understood

Memories cling to the embrace of existence...

For some are so sudden and ever so bittersweet...

Moments now frozen in time hold the emotions still

Tears flow...

They are how the heart speaks when the lips cannot explain how we feel

The change is known...

Everything is touched by loss...

The heaviness of an anchor weighs upon the being

Minds race within the fog of confusion

For a simple understanding that cannot be explained

We are this...

We are now this...

Desperate to reach out to a hand that you once held upon the path of life, is now out of grasp....

Feet seem to stumble

Grief wears like a heavy blanket...

Where has this life gone?

Because those that now remain here within the wake...

Keep running the list of "last times" for everything...

As love keeps the candle lit

A single flame that flickers in the darkness that follows at the tip of our heels

I feel you in the laughter echoed

I remember...

And whisper your name...

As I desperately hope to hear your voice once again

Through the rush of life and all its in-betweens

We hold this spirit in honour...

In remembrance...

And everlasting peace.

© 2022

"Attempt To Try"

Stop...

For one moment...

Think...

Wait...

Realize...

Evaluate and understand...

You are not the sum of everything that has been broken

But the only thing gained by your continued actions

Is the guarantee of the loss of those who believe in you unconditionally...

Each step of living can be an adventure

Filled to the brim with life

The twist and turns can be sharp and severe

Paired with the ultimate highs and the deepest of lows

We learn the lessons of experience

There should always be the attempt to try

A balance between it all...

It's the give and take within existence

Choices and decisions...

Will you make it for yourself?

Or wait for it to make you...

How much do you wish to surrender?

Let go of the heaviness, especially when it is not your weight to bare

Release the wrong assumptions made from others

Listen to the voice calling your name from within

Be at peace with the pieces that remain

Because we are not our past...

Nor are we the same being as yesterday

Change is motion forward always

Open your eyes to a new direction

Let your embrace be survival held

A little hope can lead to conviction found

Let the darkness end with the night...

But please...

Remember the light.

© 2022

"Amend the Wrong"

 

There is this thought...

That leads us further...

From so many moments collected...

The search begins within time to link them together

Senses add their interpretation when words fall short of explanation

Especially when silence holds a misunderstanding

And actions fail to hold them up with strength

The eyes search for the meaning...

For that exact place that we think we lost

Memories are recalled and sifted through

From flaws to everything that is factually right

One by one the mind adds them up

Subtracting what was suppose to be and attempting to divide the difference

Even the answers have more questions

Reading between the lines in the story told...

Our heart knows there is something amiss

Is there a link between the connection missed?

If the truth was complete...

Then why does the choice made not rest in peace?

Instinct knows that this image is deceived

The hurt is not justified...

Because when everything can be lost

We need to know with certainty

That the broken has been addressed

With an attempt in caring to amend the wrong

Make the correction in definition

Admit the attempt for misdirection

When the point is now made clear

That sadly, they wanted you to believe...

The cause and reason for all, was you...

And that is why they had to treat you this way.

© 2022

"With Life"

 

Time is always...

The hand of creativity moves with action...

Experiences carry us...

From each footstep there comes an emotion, thought and memory

So much can be lost when we cannot see

Clear the confusion...

Conviction can only be obtained by believing

Seek the positivity within the light

Before the shadow of negativity claims your right

Adapt to change in motion

Be perceptive, life is reflective

Counsel yourself with understanding

Cultivate happiness with hope

Allow the growth...

Observe before reaction

Revitalize the being within

Let no other dim your radiance

Simply because they lack the courage to shine so bright

Confidence gained generates power within

Enlighten your thoughts through realization

We are change always...

Participate in the gain of happiness

There should be no apologies given for finding yourself after being lost

Brave is the soul that takes the chance to navigate the passage of existence

Let inspiration lead...

We are the proof in the accomplishment of learning

As we become more than these moments passed

Because life is something that doesn't come back...

Once its lost.

© 2022

"Life To Change"

 

Moments...

Of  this day beginning...

Gathering and passing...

Each second experienced for the very first time

The push and pull paired with the curves in the road ahead

Give yourself some grace as you learn to navigate through it

You don't know what you will learn...

Until you know better from it...

There will always be things that try to bury us deep

We must try our very best to exist beyond the pain...

Because there is so much more than avoidance

Its the give and take...

The miracle in the balance embraced

From will to action...

The experience keeps us

A reminder that there is no returning

The direction is feet moving forward

Ownership of our being belongs within our hands

There are some things in this world we did not cause...

And the control of that is not ours

Because the cure begins with peace from within

Its the lesson in allowance...

To have the ability in strength

A single breath of courage taken

Is the growing conviction now at the ready

The hours of this day only hold us

From darkness to light...

We are the choice made...

So we are able to be brave enough to take a chance...

If we wish for anything in life to change.

© 2022

"The Best Within"

 

Moments...

All moving and still...

A new horizon begins...

The next page continues into this chapter now

How many memories hold you?

Is there worth in your effort?

Is hope the basis of your fight?

Belief comes in the decision made

Trying our best with all of our being...

The heartbeat reminds us that we are a survivor

We are what we make it, all on our very own...

Even at our weakest, there is still a sliver of light found

No shadow can completely cast us in darkness

Like on so many other occasions, a voice calls our name

From deep within a realization comes

That it all starts with action taken...

Hands at the ready, its the best within our ability given

Healing is not about changing who you are

Its about changing how you feel about yourself...

Critics will always be unhappy with your choices

Especially when is goes against there opinion of right

But we are not the sum of another's opinion made

There should be no allowance given to another being

When they only add more scars to your heart

Because attempting to benefit from your brokenness...

Is toxic manipulation at its core

Release the heaviness of this burden...

Ownership only belongs to you

With this breath, take a step forward

Life is always ready for us

Existence within every second always

We have been the past...

And the present now holds us...

Till that moment when tomorrow becomes what we make it.

© 2022