"Stranger to Me"

 

Its the dare...

Of an assumption made...

A move taken without clarification...

Becomes the turmoil made...

From love a stranger comes to be...

Motion stops...

A crossroad now comes into view

From anger forgiveness is preached

To rise above the depth in attempt to bury the light with shadow

Because when someone takes it upon themselves...

To make all choices for another...

Ownership of all side effects get placed upon them

The good, the bad, and the disappointment...

Hands are meant for holding onto the embrace made

Not for crafting the manipulation done

Breadcrumbs of lies told...

Lead to the story lines recited

And the heart is always an eager reader, wishing to believe...

A realization is found...

Like all dreams, the truest ones are always based in reality

Which forever changes this image seen

The spotlight is drawn...

There is no justification within the venom

Actions always speak louder...

Especially when they try to trespass across boundaries laid

From this darkness footsteps lead

A being now learned from change

Is the hard lesson within life learned

Because when the only thing offered now is silence...

The reminder makes itself known

The best form of an apology...

Only comes when that act is bigger than the disrespect ever was.

© 2022

"Louder Than Words"

Reality...

Living in every second...

Daily choices...

Feelings and decisions...

Seasons of change weave the balance of humanity

Some shadows are cast beyond the realm of understanding

Making the conviction in light so pure we just seem to believe

Tears rain...

Not all storms can be calmed until they run their course

The effort is in the trying

Breathe...

Do your best to calm yourself...

Because every storm does pass

We are the evidence of this adaptation

Broken pieces of prayer...

Words of hope whispered...

The brave step in any direction is survival

To move passed anything that once held you still...

You can live in this moment

But remember, some are always carried with you...

And last a lifetime...

Your impact on other beings around you is bigger than you think

Laughter still echoes in the absence of your presence

A smile still glows from the held hand you gave

That look that lingers is silent admiration

Because the time you give, becomes the difference

The support of love has offered a chance...

It meant understanding with out judgment or opinion

Because who you really are is a result of so many things

How you deal with fear...

Who you surround yourself with...

And how you show up, when it really matters...

You are not insignificant or forgotten

Your existence makes the positive distinction

Because these are the truths that speak louder than words.

© 2022

"In the Lost"

 

There is a difference...

Between you and I...

Moments are many...

Gathered and collected...

Sorted and remembered...

A point of view not willing to be seen

Should not immediately be taken as wrong

Pain is not a competition...

But here you are, always attempting to take advantage of another crisis...

Puzzle pieces fit together, like life connections made

Truth never makes complete sense when you always omit key details

So how does a new beginning start with a loss?

When each step forward always seems to be laid upon what was broken

Prides point of view blinds the eye

Words lead thoughts astray...

Lets be known for who we are, rather than for what we are not

But if the balance is always weighed...

And what is owed is debt...

Will the memory of this ever let the future forget?

What is it that you fear?

From my survival happiness was found

And that light angered the bitterness within your darkness

Misunderstanding leaves a void, a distance now growing...

In the lost there comes a thought

To find peace in the apology that is never coming

And even if it came...

It does not hold the key to healing

You don't get to take all of me...

The compassion and goodness...

And by breathing in and through the heart of understanding

This realization within reality sets the mind free

That every goodbye still teaches a lesson to be learned.

© 2022

"Horizon of Tomorrow"

 

There are reasons..

In moments...

When the darkness that some posses attempts to dim the light

There is always three sides to a story

Yours, theirs, and the absolute truth...

Actions always speak louder

When people cannot communicate, they think everything is an argument

And when they can't find anything to blame, they create it...

Life will never make sense when you try to omit so many key details

We must live it with every ounce of existence...

Because we are the humanity within the world

And if we do not take a stand for life

Who will greet the horizon of tomorrow?

The proof is seen daily...

Reality is the reflection in the mirror

With understanding we comprehend those things we believe

We have come to know our sense of healing

As hard and as naturally as it can be...

Through decisions and choices we find our way

They can only hold to you what you hold to yourself

There are some wounds that apologies cannot heal

And maybe, there is no fixing it...

Or the ability to return to what once was...

With the permission given within allowance

Peace comes from pieces...

As we disconnect from their aim to make their pain ours

It becomes the next step alone we must take

Starting over is not a complete end

Its a new beginning with experience gained

Because nobody gets to steal all of you...

Set yourself free...

Be the time needed

From this realization comes growth beyond yesterday

That the words we say carry weight with others

And the way we speak to ourselves always matters.

© 2022