"Hold Our Own"

 

It's a moment in understanding...

This realization is made clear

That we can be both the cage, as well as the key to release us...

We are built daily from our every triumph and even from every mistake we have made

We are the living proof...

Just like the sun rising up over the horizon everyday

These moments hold us...

Reminding us to be patient with ourselves

To hold our own...

There is always a new day to begin again

Kindness is not an act

It is a reflection of our inner self

And it takes a deep amount of courage to walk away from something that no longer serves you well

To allow that final release takes bravery...

Faith is having hope within courage

Change is existence...

We are the history written

And all that has yet to be

There is only so much one being can do

We can adapt and we can grow

The learning curve we travel can bend its limits

And we can break...

There will always be the extreme within balance

Joy and grief...

Love and hate...

We just have to remember that we are not the darkness cast upon us

Nor do we have to oblige it with the power that will forever remain ours

Our attention...

Because what is said, and not meant...

And what is meant, and not said...

Will always be the difference between what is kept and what is lost.

© 2024

"Lessons Left Behind"

Breathe...

Exhale...

Let it go...

Don't ruin a good day, by thinking about a bad yesterday

Never allow yourself to be dragged back to a place where you had to pray yourself out of

As hard as it may be, loyalty can keep us in some situations where common sense should have gotten us out of

The sad part of reality is that there will always be deception and lies

And those deceitful words spoken may not be entirely meant to hide the truth

But to deceive you into making choices that won't serve their interests

Words spin sentences together forming a story

Turning you into the monster they wished to make you

All the while never mentioning the chapter in which they made you into this horrible beast

We are only human...

It can take us a long time to realize and understand...

That not everything in life is a beautiful story

Sometimes, somethings come into our lives to simply teach us a lesson, then leave...

It is the knowledge gained that will always remain

Even if it's the bitter hard truth

Because life is reflective...

The mirror of reality stares back at us

Filled to the brim with moments of existence within life

The years have added themselves together, forging our path forward

Heartaches, goals obtained, and dreams made...

Like everything in life we are more than what appears on the surface

Each step defines us along this journey

And sometimes, healing hurts more than the wound ever did

Because we now understand what it's like to live, after people have left...

We are the difference in the definition made

Regardless of any faults or blame...

Please, keep a light on for yourself...

So you may always find your way through the dark.

© 2024

"Wounds of All Battles"

 

Maybe...

Just maybe...

Moving on is the happy ending you are seeking...

Why can't we cling to the good, as much as we do the bad?

Why is such importance put upon the wrong side?

Worrying is like worshiping the problem...

We have the ability within us to change that...

Don't sabotage your peace for chaos, simply because it is what you have gotten use to

Listen to the silence, it's telling the truth

Remind yourself of the difference

Comparison is only ever the thief of joy

That is the only reason circles exist, because they are excruciating to break

It takes such a large amount of strength, courage and pain to change a familiar pattern

Making it the strangest paradox that we bear

We are told to choose our battles wisely, yet we tend to be more at war with ourselves than others...

Then carry those scars and other wounds of all the battles we have avoided

Making all of these parts of our story told so far...

Messy, raw and real...

Filled to the brim with moments

Some wished to be erased...

And others are how we discovered safety within grace

How odd is it, that another being can hate you, by how others love you...

This is how we are taught about the bitterness within truth

Reactive abuse happens when someone pushes you too far, until you act out of character

Then, they shame you for your reaction...

Making the words, “I'm sorry” and “forgive me” part of sentences that are now completely worn out

Which brings us to an end we have long seen coming

That continued disrespect like that will always close more doors...

Than any failed apologies can ever reopen

Reminding us that life is constant motion of give and take

Give thanks for things seen and realized

And rise above it all.

© 2024

"The Choice Made"

Give yourself the chance...

Be bold...

It is the strength in allowance...

You are enough...

Release yourself from imposed expectations by others

It is a tremendously heavy weight to carry...

The version of you another has created, is not your responsibility

We are all uniquely different for a reason

And comparing ourselves to another is an act of violence against our authentic self

You are allowed to unlearn who you have been, if that is who you no longer wish to be

You cannot change what you refuse to confront

Yes or no...

Let it pass, or refuse to go...

It takes the choice made

Strength in the decision chosen

And the conviction embraced within it

Either way, change is hard...

Acknowledge that position in power

Where you stand matters...

It's the pivoting point from turning away from what was, to all that could be

Never underestimate that value contained within it

It is either for the betterment of gain, or the loss of giving up...

Yes, there will always be wounds that will never show upon our skin

Simply because they are more deeper and hurtful than anything that bleeds

Powerful words are just like actions, very rarely do they come attached to an eraser...

And continued behaviors that remain the same never lie...

Unfortunately, people always seem to abuse the soft spot that you have for them until you realize it is no longer there...

So, close some doors as needed...

Not because of revenge, but because you no longer contain the capacity to hold onto the hurt and pain received...

It is this denial within reality that only causes the loss of your sanity

Reminding us always, that how others act and travel is their life path taken

How we follow or lead, is our power realized.

© 2024