"Not Broken"

The words that soak into our ears are whispered, not yelled

So I will speak quietly and tenderly to you

Every minute matters in this world where you reside

I can only try to hold you

You are the one who has to let me embrace you
Though your heart is in tatters

And your pride nurses its wound

Let the darkness take flight and hide nowhere withing you

Making all illusions scatter
Before this incoming tide of tears drown your ability to love
Complicated is a luxury you cannot afford to have

Move beyond these impossible moments

In the root of that effort is how you will survive

And I will continue to remind you always

That some things in life can be broken beyond repair

But you are not one of them.

© 2012

"Is It In You?"

Does this darkness have a name?

Why does this cruelty and hatred that exists in our world seem to take up such an important place?

This darkness is cold, empty, and completely unforgiving

Does it simply steal into our lives or do we actively seek it out and embrace it?

This kind of being does not naturally exist within us

This way of being is taught to us ever since the tender age of innocence

What happened to us?

What has happened to us?

That we now send ourselves-our children-out into this world like we send so many young men and woman to war

This darkness looms over us...

Waiting and praying to find a weak point on our surface or in our lives so it can seep its way in

Its always there, hiding in plain sight?

Nobody tries to understand anymore

Hate has almost become a value that everyone holds so dear to everything that they love

With hope and faith failing...

We have come to realize that some of our loved ones won't have a safe return home

We willingly know that so many will be lost along the way...

When did we become so lost?

When did we lose our way?

We have become consumed by the lurking shadows

We have been swallowed whole by the darkness

This darkness continues to breed in the stale air around us

With each act that is taken against humanity by another human being

We are forced further down into submission and to the most unfortunate irrevocable end

Does this darkness have a name?

Is it in you?

Is it your name?

© 2012

"Love Lied"

In this moment I desperately wish for tomorrow

So I will have yet another day further away from all that was you and I

One more day at an attempt to mend my broken heart

Because bitterness does not even begin to describe the loss of faith in your actions

The failure of hope in you and your choices lacked any sort of compassion when destroying my heart

Memories now fail to recall

Any single point in time when all things changed between us

Until now

Ripped out by the roots

We had grown....

Or so I thought...

That strength would have been found in numbers

And a connection was made

But now, devastation is found only in one

After my emotions were dismissed by the simple wisp of your hand

All that once was has come crashing down

Passion runs cold

Tenderness turns to stone

My voice no longer wants to call your name

Because my mind can't seem to stop thinking

What was the lie?

You?

Or our love?

© 2012

"Poetry Through A Readers Eye"

Upon the page

Ink flows like a river

Telling readers a little story

Giving them a glimpse into a different landscape, feeling, or emotion

Words of expression fill every line

They flow beyond an unmeasurable depth

Or soar above the highest cloud

Every thought is defined

Some sing to you sweetly

Others strike your heart strings like keys upon a piano

Questions of love and life are asked or even answered

Joy and peace sometimes can be found within the same body

Because pain, anger, and strife are all written

Experience ingrained into the paper, directly from life

Diversity found

Thoughts lost

Sometimes in between the lines hidden messages can be found

Like a story it may have a theme

Each one with unique characters and scene

Conflicts are played out or worked out

Like a film written and shown within your mind

Life through words

As powerful as they can be

Used with strength and a sense of compassion

You truly never know what you may feel or see

So take a moment or two

Let your eyes fall over the next poem your feet come upon

Because you may come to realize that its more than just some words printed upon the page

Maybe you will realize that sometimes we are not meant to fit into tiny little labeled boxes

Maybe the true fact is, that we need to simply build a bigger box to exist within

Or maybe, we don't even need to be defined or held within a perfectly labeled box at all.

© 2012

"Our Time Now"

These are the days that are never ending

These are the moments in between

We are here...

Standing in the now

Waiting for the chance

The possibility...

To live...

To be able to grow beyond our former selves

To reach high, beyond the stars

Its our turn to shine and bask in the glory

To receive what is rightly ours to own

To stand in a place of unity, equality, and freedom

These are the days of things that have long since passed

These are our days of wholeness and of completeness

These are our days to just be...

Free.

© 2012

"Peaceful Dreamer"

Close your eyes my sweet dear

Drift off to that special place in the sky

Dream in every beautiful colour

Embrace the rich vibrant spectrum

Be part of that magical rainbow beaming down form the heavens

Be at peace here...

Sweet and gentle peace...

Don't leave your dreams lonely

Is it happiness that you seek?

Hold on tight as you drift softly through this starry night

Treasure laughter for the rest of your life

Because tears and sadness don't belong here

This is a place where the possibilities stretch out from beyond the horizon

Linger and hesitate no longer

Here, you can be truly free

For this is your chance to change the world

So, sweet dreams my love...

My eternal friend...

A guardian angel watches over you now, forever, and always

Until dawn breaks and the sunrise seeks you.

© 2012

"Not A Love Poem"

The words that follow in the lines to come do not belong to any part of a love poem

The words written down are the ones that are in the shapes of needles

The ones that poke holes in my heart
Causing it to bleed faster than words can be spoken
No use worrying yourself over spilled blood

Especially when there is no more caring held within your heart

Blood drops splatter onto the hungry ground
They evaporate into thin air just like the love that was once contained in your heart
Like I said, this is not a love poem...

Instead of sweet melodies of our love song

Raw fury erupts through me
Everything within me wants to throw numerous verbal grenades

Even though I already know they will fall upon deaf ears
Have I mentioned yet that this is not a love poem...
Love has lost its worth

Pictures taken of happier times only show what use to be
I surrender myself to the realization

That you cut me out of your life without showing a single ounce of emotion
This is why this is not a love poem

And every love poem I did write will wither

Because they are written to a person I no longer know

My words flow faster than anger can peak...

They will not sit idly by tingling in my finger tips
They yearn to be free, expressed, and documented

Scribbled out in bright red ink and mounted upon your wall

Reminding you every single moment of every day that this is not a love poem

This is my heart screaming at you at the top of its lungs

I am here...

Standing alone, wounded, and exposed
This is why this is not a love poem...

If you even dare to read it

But I know you won't...

Because the coward within you has already told you to run

Leaving abandonment in your wake

With multiple questions left unanswered

It forces me to write this...
That this is not a love poem.

© 2012