"Beyond Here and Now"

With lips quivering

You ask...

Please hold me tight

Embrace me like never before

I feel so lost...

Some days emotions almost consume me

Because how do you carry the weight of the entire world

When you only have to hands?

I try my best to tell you that life is a balance

Positive

Negative

Happy

Sad...

Maybe you spend more time on one side than the other

But life is full of change

The hands of time are always moving

Sometimes, dreams are not made, but won

There will be times, what comes to pass is not what you envisioned for yourself

But it ends up being better than what you could have asked for

Smile at the fact that I get to see the real you

And it doesn't scare me

It makes me want to embrace you

Remembering always

That there is a world beyond these difficult moments that hold you here and now

And its called life.

© 2014

"Inspire Me"

Like anything new in life

You're cautious

You warn yourself

Trying to prepare for anything and everything

You anticipate the new moments

The rush of excitement

You wait upon baited breath

As you exist through your senses

Within every vibrant moment

Because there is no better feeling

Than meeting some one new

Who leaves you inspired.

© 2014

"Between The Moments"

Not to many things in life are clear cut

Many are faded

Blacked out

They scream to be unearthed

While others have sprung forth to the light

Basking in the open air

Taking in the full range of life’s emotions

Life is complicated

We cannot avoid it by not living

The fear of love should not prevent you from feeling it

Yes, there are simple moments

Embraced with tenderness

Enforced by warmth, pure joy, and laughter that holds you

But if the world was all that easy

It wouldn't be the reality we know

And honestly, I don't think it would be worth living

So when words can't be spoken

Let actions speak for you

Simply try to do your best

Because when communication falls

No one likes to be abandoned

Or left behind

And no one likes that feeling of hunting someone down

When they are doing nothing to be found

So be here

Now

We are this moment

As hard as it is

Live it

Because life is filled to the brim with so many different moments

And some of them can happen so suddenly

That they take your breath away.

© 2014

"Within The Words"

It begins all upon a thought

A whirlwind of action

Like a thunderstorm breaking

Or a hurricane breaching the the shore line

The dark clouds part

The sun shines bright

Darkness and light mix together

All at its peak

The surge...

You wrestle it down and the words begin to flow

Quick and swift

Smooth and hard

Beaten, raw, and bleeding

Softly, elegantly they assemble themselves in order

Like building a rose peddle

Or constructing a great tapestry of your being

The soul broken open

Existing purely within the moment

Words travel from head to hand at lightening speed

Words harsh

Words of scorn

Or a sweet love

And tenderness

Some how these movements make sense of it all

From beginning, middle, to end

You know that these words are your own

And you are better off for writing them

For experience learned

To live the truth within

Seeking the wisdom they embrace

And to own every ounce of them.

© 2014

"Shadow and Light"

Heavy thoughts collide

Forming cross roads in my mind

Emotions well up...

Tears build...

My heart is like pendulum swaying between what is right and what is easy...

I struggle to choke down the lump growing within my throat

Desperation pushes upon my core

My feet scream for action

They wish to place once foot in front of the other and run

I'm torn

Head spins

Stomach turns

I hate these moments that seem to last forever

All upon a single second...

But I stay where my feet are planted

Forcing myself through

Struggling...

Fighting...

Holding my breath until the next

My eyes silently scream at the reflection in the mirror

Because when there are shades of gray seeping through your life

It becomes difficult to tell the truth between what is shadow

And what is light.

© 2014

"More Than Never"

Cold in shadows

Some have forgotten how to fight in the light

How much of our lives are lived to late?

Because life should be lived by looking forward

Never back...

Think of your life as moments in time

Exist...

Because the worst kind of death is what dies inside of you

While we are still yet alive

Its better to make the change or choice

Rather than waiting for life to do it for you

But without action

The promise of, “it gets better”

Or “I'll make it all right” means nothing

When wrongs go on unchallenged

Conversations are forever left filling in the words of those absent

With remembrance

Keep in mind that comments and remarks take on many different shapes

Always be sure to check for pointed arrows

And that it to is an act that should be done in moderation

Choose compassion before judgment

Make the call...

Sometimes, in life, we have to be brave

To stand up for ourselves, and others

Because we are more than a victim.

Published in: "Island Magic"
Anthology of verse
Poetry Institute of Canada

© 2014

"Save Your Sorry"

Keep them all

Its one thing I don't need anymore of

No more apologies from you please...

I've got “I'm sorry” greeting me everywhere I go

They linger around every corner

There are ones leftover from the last time those words fell from your lips

So when I ask you...

Please don't...

You can keep your “I'm sorry”

I have so many

They have piled up

I trip over them as I am trying to walk away

I need to throw some of them away

At one time I use to hang onto them

Now, I simply just want to let go of them all

I'm gonna put a sign upon my front door

Because I don't want or need them

I let “I'm sorry'”and “I didn't mean to” soothe me once

But no more...

Let your own “sorry” hold your heart

While I tend to mine

You've beat me to death with “I'm sorry”

I'm black and blue and so very tired of you...

I once loved you on purpose

I was open...

Living and sharing everything of me on purpose

Taking in everything that is you

And I have now found myself at the end of this road before me

So take all of your guilt, lies, and stories with you

Please do not give anymore to me...

Because I cannot use another “sorry”

Anymore....

© 2014