"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