"Keep On Moving"

 

Life...

Filled with so many memories...

Anchored within time...

With all of them showing us what really matters

You are more than your mistakes

If it makes you feel broken in any way, release it

Let the torment end, before it ends you...

Acknowledge the power within words and actions

They can shame a being, or liberate it

Crush hope or rekindle it

Break a connection or invite another in

It can create a defense in honour or end it all in complete ruin

Regardless, know the intention behind the motion

Your worth is not defined on how others treat you

That right will always be and shall always remain yours

We only have so much energy remaining within us each day to fight battles that don't really matter

Remind yourself repeatedly...

You are not the villain for choosing you...

Especially after being trespassed against...

You must do your best to be stronger than their disrespect

Because that is how it starts and keeps moving

To flourish from it rather than being buried by it

To see the potential there...

By respecting yourself with the balance of life

The give and take...

Along with the positive and negative...

It doesn't matter how slowly you build yourself up or rebuild

Just as long as you keep going and never stop

You are every storm that you have weathered

Every sunrise and sunset you ever witnessed

The result of every choice, decision, action and chance...

As you learn to appreciate the journey of existence

With intention and purpose...

Because you are every moment you have ever lived.

© 2025

"Still Time"

 

Sometimes....

Words fail...

Relying on actions to speak...

Which in the end, always reveals truth...

Difficulties will always arise when your voice is lost upon those who are not listening

But continually breaking apart for someone who will not even bend for you...

Will only ever leave you with a disappointment that transcends abandonment

Because you can never truly control the depth in which a wound is inflicted upon you

It all comes back to trust...

To allow another in...

Letting the outside world inside our emotional battle

All the while hiding how we are attempting to heal

For even that, we wish them not to see...

How quickly do we forget that we can grant ourselves moments of closure

Releasing the heavy weight bearing down upon our shoulders

Refocusing our sight upon things that are begging for our attention

Reality always bears the truth

What ever we are refusing to change, we are choosing...

The sun will rise and set regardless

Our choice is what we do with the time and light

Even the moon is brave enough to shine within the dark

The struggle is real...

We need to acknowledge our power...

You can be a fighter and still have pain inside you

Use it for fuel for inspiration

You can be brave, but still need a break from it all

A chance to regain strength...

Yes, tomorrow is another day

But you are here and now, living...

You are only human

Validate the hurt...

Promise to keep trying

There is still time...

So take as much as you need.

© 2025

"Known Now"

You are who we are...

Because you have survived the darkness...

Making you the end result of all the choices having to be made...

Your light shining will always irritate those who continuously cast shadows

If you are observant enough, people will usually tell you who they are the first time

There is no need to dig through the things never said, or translate the actions that never happen

You cannot expect honesty from those who are even lying to themselves...

Mistreating people willingly, then acting like they betrayed you, is delusional...

In what reality would anyone except being treated that poorly?

Honour your boundaries...

You cannot be everything for everyone and nothing for yourself

Stop giving do-overs to those who only ever treat you as leftovers...

Remove yourself from that which drains your mental health and causes it to repeatedly suffer

If it depletes the life out of your body, it removes your ability to self-care...

It is never easy...

We all bear wounds of the battles fought and avoided

Understand that you are under no obligation...

Unconditional love does not mean unconditional tolerance...

You are not weak because you need to take a break

Exhaustion is real...

And when struggling to find purpose

Listen...

Time will reveal...

Humble yourself in this moment

Wipe away tears...

You are not powerless...

Rescue your being from a path you no longer wish to travel

Forgive yourself for not knowing what you did not know at the time

Because when you know better, you are able to learn better

Making you more well equipped to fight for yourself.

© 2025

"Right to Anger"

 

Bad news...

A lot can change in a year...

Good news...

A lot can also change in a year...

Making this statement not one of boldness

But one of a matter-of-fact...

We have the right as human beings to see our emotions through...

We are allowed the right to anger...

Especially when the justification of cause is truth

Sort through the distortions of those who fail to see...

Line by line we need to dig through the stories told

Some shy away from the bright light

Just so they can keep the onlookers in the deep dark

Because their motive is to never put effort forth to clear another's name

They are too eager to claim righteousness and being falsely accused

By continuously ignoring their ownership of the fiction repeatedly told

That they flip the script of history already written...

Perpetrator becomes victim

And victim is shamed for standing up for the protection of their being

This is why you will never get the truth of word or action from a narcissist...

The closest you will ever come is yet another story told

One that makes them the forever misunderstood, by fault of those who they have broken

Which causes even more anger to breed in the open wounds

Casting bitterness beyond our sight

And just when you think there could be nothing more...

Those who attempt to balance the scales between the bad and innocent

Blur the lines drawn...

Silencing the hope placed in the comforting embrace sought out

Giving the benefit of the doubt to those who have harmed you is the worst type of betrayal

Mercy for the guilty is only ever cruelty for the innocent...

Because there is no other pain known when you watch those who have trespassed against you

Receive support from those who once held your confidence.

© 2025