"Life is Life"

From time to time

As we always do

When you take a moment and look into yourself

Past the wish and prayer

Deep at the connection of your being

Simply continue to be

Just as you are

Here in this very moment

Continue to strive towards the vision you see

Shrug off any vision of what others see you being

Live enough to let your dreams grow

Challenge and change the world around you

While always remembering that leaps of faith require you to jump...

Simply love without the label...

And continue to give absolutely everything you can to life

As you exist in every vibrant moment

Because life is life...

Welcome.

© 2016

"Last Chance Broken"

Time has done for me its art filled master work

Erased the weight of deception and betrayal

Faded is the sharp edge of of the words that led me astray

My voice spoke of honesty and of truth to you

Conversations linked our lives together in a common thread

My past was unearthed so your eyes may behold the misfortune of past love broken

Even though you were armed with all this information

A false truth was born

Caught red handed by your own admission

I was broken by your lies

My thoughts burned

Turmoil turned within me

You broke every rule that I had set forth

Clouding all the supposed good that you brought to my life

Anger is my every right now

You were fairly warned

I told you not to lie, cheat, or steal from my heart

It was your choice to deceive me

Breaking my trust in you complete

So don't just simply stand there thinking that all is well

Expecting a second chance that would never be automatically given...

Ever.

© 2016

"Last Watch of The Night"

Cloud shadows drift across the barren fields

Memories drift quietly upon the wind

The bright golden sun warms my skin

As I embrace every essence within me

My senses remember and recall their most prize indulgence

My smile tells the truth of a tale that is all knowing

I cannot hide the immensity

I can hardly bare the moments when I'm with you

To not be touching you...

Holding you...

 Or being with you in every way two people can be

Making every second I am not absolute torture

Its all bittersweet

But I stay...

I wonder, remember, and hope

Why do we dance like this?

Why do we hold our words back?

Why do we wait upon borrowed time, loving no one, alone?

These are the things that I'm forced to question...

The choice is within our hands

Its entirely up to you if you would like to be included

So I wait...

Again...

For one last time...

Here...

© 2016

"Steps We Take"

Here we be...

Standing in front of one another

Eagerly awaiting the next move

The moments that build

Linking similarities together

A connection made

Between the being and the heart of another

Time fills the empty

Smiles smooth the unsteady and fear

The secret comes from the knowing

A reflection of parts of yourself within another

Making the effort well worth the wait

Stealing in the warmth and excitement

We are for the better

The steps we have taken alone

Now create the path we walk together.

© 2016

"Those Who Never Tried"

It's the feeling of a wish that you need to undo...

The hands that touch tenderly

And pull back in fear...

It's the beautifully bright smiles that only ever stay as straight lines

Hopes grow, but the dreams are never fed

Because some days, words seem to bare more weight than actions

Multiple hints are dropped

But nothing is ever caught

Courage fades before there is ever even hope

Regrets are birthed before any choices are ever even made

And secrets are never able to be kept in the untold

Because devotion has dwindled to something that is very fleeting

Nothing seems to be anchored in anything anymore

Everything has begun to fade

Trust without assurance is tainted

Tenderness revoked is left tarnished

A chance upon multiple chance is never taken

So many bonds are never even forged

Because what could have been...

Is lost...

To you...

Those who never tried.

© 2016

"Everything To Nothing"

Our world slows to a stand still

I listen to the words you are not saying

Reading between the lines...

I draw a sharp breath to what I hear...

Even with all of our moments added together

The image of us seems to fail to be seen within the minds eye

Where everything now means nothing...

And everything that use-to-be now stares me down

Haunting my footsteps that I take

Abandonment seems to be the only option

Sadly... its what has to be

Bringing us to the end of the road we share

So it's time to stop pretending

Be the truth that I need

Release my heart

Disconnect our embrace

Make peace with what has to be

Because I know its not me that you are wishing for...

So I hope you find it

Whatever it is you are looking for

Because its not me...

Not now...

No more.

© 2016

"We Are Us"

We are these moments

Our daily life of choices...

Decisions made

The forgotten...

And the honored ones embraced close to the heart

Senses lead...

Some follow the mind

Others follow the heart

Where ever our footsteps lead

Plant them well

Anchor yourself there

A solid foundation made

The secret is in the knowing

That happiness is what it means to you

Not what others think you need or deserve

We are not others beliefs or convictions

We are own our humanity

The care taker of our soul

The light burning within...

Cherished or reckless

We are us

Free...

To be or not to be us

Eternally.

© 2016