"Uncomfortable Truth"

Moments gather...

Until the realization is made...

And understanding is finally seen...

That unspoken words begin to weigh a lot

And they usually tend to start speaking for themselves

You cannot control how other people receive your energy

Anything you do or say gets filtered through their lens of perspective

Which more times than enough, is their interruption, and it has nothing to do with you

And more about themselves...

It's the uncomfortable truth

You cannot convince, force or persuade people to understand

To love, listen, forgive or even accept any part of us

People are who they are

And we have options created...

Even if we don't like the choices we are presented with

Some disconnections will bring back quality of life

Because peace of mind carries an uncountable price

Turning the page of this day into the next chapter of tomorrow that always comes

And it is never easy to know that someone won't be there to see it

But like every day, the story does go on...

It's one of our greatest awakenings within the hard lesson learned

Not everybody changes...

Some people will never change...

And that is their journey and position taken

It's not ours to try and fix them...

Because shutting down instead of communicating

Can be just as toxic as arguing...

Stop showing them you will stay for anything

Because that is why they continue to put you through everything

Love should not have to be earned

It's freely given...

Respect is a basic human kindness

We are a being of time moving us forward

The best revenge given, is none...

Heal to the best of your ability

Thrive within the light that is absent of their darkness

So you never become like those who hurt you.

© 2023

"Not All of Us"

Remember...

Even when you are told to forget...

Your value stays constant, whether you see it or not...

You are not a selfish being for wanting to be treated well

Do not lower your worth or standards to keep anyone

Make them meet you at your level

Self-respect is power...

Understand that each and every one of your feelings are valid

Every single one of them

Even when you are too much...

Or love too hard...

Give the permission to yourself to disconnect from the hate

We should not have to bare every ounce of another beings darkness

We are not the personal graveyard for them to bury their pain in

Abandonment is a cruel form of emotional control

Don't ever apologize for feeling

And when words seem to fail...

Silence always speaks...

And it's a powerful response

You are not a bad person...

But there are some things in life that do break us

And sometimes it makes us do and say things we do not understand

But there comes a choice

When so much attempts to be stolen from us

Safeguard the right for self-preservation

Not all within us needs to be sacrificed at the altar of survival

There still is another breath within your lungs

And a flame lit within your soul

Reach and embrace the glow

Life is existence

In every single second

Remember that.

© 2023

"Every Day Now"

 

The fear is real...

That you may take one false step...

From where you stand, and break

So you hold it in...

Building the flood gates higher

Fortifying your defenses

As you think back to a different time when so many words did not hurt so much

When scars healed, rather than being replaced by more wounds

When does the moment come?

Or has it already passed?

That we have been trying desperately to be something or some one we are not

All for the sake of, “This is who we should be...”

Because we have carried this ideal with us

Through the years in heartache and happiness

From a new hope found in all the moments in between

Especially now as the balance within life begs for a change

Are you listening?

Our finger prints don't fade from the lives we've touched

Memories are the strongest link to the past

We are today...

Existence as it happens...

We are not under any obligation to prove anyone right or wrong

On the list of things kept within life, make yourself a priority

Realize the difference...

Don't take criticism from a being you would not take life advice from

Because at the end of it all, you are the longest commitment you will ever have

Work the problem or obstacle with understanding

Where you are, is not who you are...

Bad chapters in life can still make great stories of survival

Wrong paths taken can still guide us to a better place

Failed dreams can lead to the successful creation of new ones

Sometimes it takes losing yourself to find yourself

Because as odd as it sounds...

Allow the lesson learned to be able to hold space for grief in loss

As well as thanks within gratitude.

© 2023

"From a Life Lived"

One year...

A space in time only partially understood...

Even with the days and moments counted...

Past seconds linger...

Echoing through life's experience

Memories hold their worth

There is this ever lasting embrace imprinted upon us

Happiness keeps the flame of you alive within us

Even between the moments of silence...

Parts of us still ache...

Mourning everything that is missed and that will never be

Desperately wishing we could dig deeper

To unravel the tangled mess of all those things we will never understand

Because it's always in those odd moments...

When the bittersweet remembrance stirs the feelings within

It floods the body with emotion...

And we realize the beauty within nostalgia...

That even now the tears shed, waters the seed of you

Planted within our heart of love

Still growing with us...

From a life lived...

To the last drops of sand that fell within your hourglass

Leaving your fingerprints upon us

And like a sunflower rising to the sun

You have taught us the best lesson you ever could

To appreciate where you are in your journey, even if its not where you want to be

Gratitude is perspective

Effort put forth is reflective

We carry the power to change the narrative

Life is not about what you die for...

It's about what you have lived for...

Because every season serves a purpose within existence.

© 2023

"Ours To Own"

 

There is always a list...

Of days and numbers counted...

Where secrets hide...

And words try to begin...

The end remains incomplete...

Because the beginning has yet to be

Questions wonder...

Answers wish to speak

It's the hard decision made

Between what is right and what is easy

Truth is real...

And it does hurt..

But honesty is the best action told

The fact that a being keeps silent...

Does not necessarily mean they have nothing to say...

This is the place where we hide our loudest words

Waiting and learning...

Acknowledging the lessons learned by experience

We all contain a warrior within

Some waiting at rest...

While others are just ready to stand up and begin...

Advocate for the soul of well being

Fight for the right to put your welfare first

A bad moment or day is never an excuse to use cruelty

The harshest of words that are intended to inflict pain, always leave scars upon the soul

So at the end of it all...

After reasons and excuses are made...

Refuse to allow darkness to manipulate your vision into creating a distorted ideal given

We are the keeper of the light within...

Regardless if you listen or not..

The view of us created by another, is not our responsibility

We can't hate ourselves into a version of us we can love...

That control and ability is ours to own

All in a world that is better...

Because you are in it.

© 2023