"Soured Shadow"

There are times we try our hardest...

And our best ends up not being good enough...

Especially when that perspective is viewed by another

Is there fault to be given?

Or is it just potential not even seen by blind eyes?

The mind and the heart seems to fail at the understanding

We give it our all...

And nothing is returned...

Time passes and is gathered, yet still seems to be so fleeting

Moments turn into months...

And I still could not hold enough of you in my arms

Because no permission was granted

Nor was any allowance given...

Yet hope continued to try...

The bitterness of shadow began to grow

Something once so sweet started to sour...

Thoughts began to travel in and out of doubt

To realize that you have put another as a priority

And you only remain as a last minute option...

To be placed last in choices...

An after thought...

A being that only fills the void, until they are no longer needed anymore...

It is in this pivotal moment change comes to pass

My mind now tries to remember who I was before you and let go of you all at the same time

While realizing that I and things will never be the same again

All because I put my life on pause, and started waiting for someone who was not ready...

You are the one who continued to act like you didn't care

No blame can be placed upon me now because I finally believe you...

When you miss me, remember that there was a time that you had all of me

And that was still not enough...

Which now leaves me with the only choice remaining

To allow enough time to pass to fully clean you out of my life

To never live you again...

A stranger that I once cared for.

© 2026

"Committed Heart"

 

 

At dawn it begins...

Every day presents you with two choices...

To see the problems...

Or to see the possibilities given...

Complain or choose to be thankful for what you have

To live in fear or to exist in hope

The difference between a heavy heart and a peaceful one is all about perspective

Sometimes suffering is just suffering

It does not make you stronger

But you have to acknowledge the hurt...

Speak up when people have trespassed beyond your boundaries

If you don't stop the pain...

Consequences will always remain

And the actions towards you will only end up becoming a safe space for their worst behaviours to remain

Guilt always makes people irrationally defensive

What do you regret more?

Your words?

Or your silence?

Sometimes deciding who you are, is also deciding who you will never be again

Life is all of these moments in existence...

Gratitude and joy are not just merely feelings

They are active choices taken

And when you choose them, they choose you...

Life begins to shift...

Because you saw the light within yourself

Even when others surrounded you with darkness cast

Strength of a committed heart shone through.

© 2026

"Let Light In"

 

Forever...

It only lasts as long as you allow it...

Or when some other outside force beyond your control intervenes...

Commit to the choice or allow the change...

The power within our abilities is not a material thing that can be given

It has to be chosen...

Those with continued raging storms within their being will always get others caught up within the poor weather that surrounds them

Colour fades and bleeds together

Blackness in shades of grey seep in...

Hate is so incredibly loud...

Hurt carries a bitter sting...

And lies fed are always unfortunately accepted by hearts who wish to blindly believe...

Because memories about certain things take a lot of poetic license

It omits some details, while others get exaggerated

All according to the emotional value of what it touches

It is the deepest understanding at our core...

That we must first learn to lose in order to recover

To remember that nothing stays the same within life...

Not even pain...

Healing begins the moment the voice feels heard

It acknowledges a marker in time where you begin to take back you

To be proud of surviving all those silent moments you never speak of

Because just like actions, words matter...

Stop saying bad things about yourself

When words hit the air, they begin to take on a new meaning

They become the house the mind lives in...

You start to become the words you speak

And that is how others begin to define you

Remind yourself now, that you are not your thoughts

And you are not the thoughts of others...

Cast out the darkness spread

Redefine you...

And let the light in.

© 2026

"Ordinary Moments"

 

The mind is powerful force...

It can enslave us, or it can empower us...

Our choice is to choose wisely as we navigate life forward...

Moments can linger, then flee...

By little pieces slipping away, rather than all at once

Slowly and quietly they leave us so we don't notice

Not until we look around and realize that its time we should gather up what is left

Do we pretend to be whole?

Are we actually incomplete?

All of our bodies contain storms that we can never seem to translate into words

Sometimes small things undo us...

A sound...

A look...

Or even a memory out of place...

To that point in time where you wonder

Are you simply surviving or refusing to let go?

Yet, there is a thin thread there

Linking all of life's existence together

Because we are the change always happening

One day...

Last week...

Or tomorrow...

Is today the day you do something for the last time without realizing it?

Life has its direction

Pulling and pushing us along

You never know which memories to keep

Or which time of day could be the last...

It just may feel like any other

Until it isn't...

So be where your feet are

Say what you mean

Do right by you

Feel it fully...

Because the ordinary moments can mean everything

And only be just ordinary, until they are gone.

© 2026

"Let Reality Be"

 

Give yourself the permission...

You are allowed to say no...

Especially when you cannot afford anymore situations where life brings out the worst in you...

It is incredibly exhausting to the mind and body

And because we never want to seem weak...

Or show our struggling moments...

We attempt to cover it all up...

If there was ever to be one hope to be granted

It would be for the need of calmness and gentleness

To be given the benefit of the doubt

Because anything outside of that takes too much from the being

More than it is willing to give or has the capacity to contain

Making this next choice the hardest to swallow

Let reality be reality...

A series of natural and spontaneous changes

Because we are life...

We should be taken as we are

Or those who fault us, can watch us as we go

Feet do lead...

The direction just needs to be chosen

Learn to be okay with others not knowing your side of the story

You have nothing to prove to anyone

You belong to you...

Never hurt others to heal

Never hurt yourself to heal others

This is why so many believe a scar is ugly

But in true definition, it is an act of defiance

A scar never forms on the dying...

It means you are alive...

And that you have survived the odds.

© 2026

"Value of Voice"

 

Loss...

Is usually the other side of change...

To not stay and fight for all the old...

But to move forward, focusing on beginning to build new...

Some decisions will not bring peace immediately

Some will unfortunately bring grief...

Until the parts of you that have been taken away slowly return

Life can and will knock the hell out of your being...

Taking people and parts of you we never wanted to lose

Only leaving deep life altering scars you never saw coming

Survival for somethings cannot be taught...

It unfortunately has to be learned...

By pain...

Heartache...

By loss...

Or the greatest effort put forth by your being...

Sacrifice and compromise, there is a difference...

Denial and ownership...

Where do you stand and what do you stand for?

Allowance to be given or control taken?

Both sides of the same coin...

We define the meaning...

Feeling comes with a price

Too much tolerance can make others forget your value

You cannot always rely on others to respect your feelings

You only have control over yourself...

Life is change always...

You are shifting with the seasons as you realize that you are not the same person you use to be

The things that you use to tolerate, now become intolerable

Where you once remained silent, you are now speaking your truth

The war within another is not your battle to fight...

Because some situations do not deserve so much time, energy, and focus of your life

The choice between words or silence is now understood...

As you realize the value and power of your voice.

© 2026

"Time To Be You"

 

Life is one giant lesson in humanity...

You are responsible for how long you let what hurt you haunt you...

One thing is for certain...

You are not the villain in anyone's story just because you refused to consent to their constant disrespect towards you

Love and understanding maybe unconditional

But tolerance is not...

Your energy is a gift

Not everyone deserves to have constant access to it

And they definitely do not have the right to feed off it...

People don't abandon people they care for

They abandon people who they were using...

Scared is a feeling...

But brave is what you are doing...

To actively choose change...

Refuse to hold onto the guilt misplaced upon you

This is the final choice to move from where certain movements have held you still

Because it is one of the most destructive things human beings have created

The idea that you should feel bad or lost if you are not productive every moment of the day

Sometimes you just need time to be you

Embracing your being...

And the courage sought at first light of morning

To rise even though weary...

To hold your head above the waves of life crashing into your being

Because you have decided to fight for yourself

To exist upon your own terms

Reminding yourself that you are a human being

Not a human doing...

To take those moments calling your name

To rest...

To breathe...

And to hold onto the light breaking through the darkness.

© 2026