"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.

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