"Reflection At Dawn"

Its moments before daylight breaks

A blanket of chill and fog lays over the vast expanse of the freshly planted fields surrounding me

The light breath of dawn moves the tall green grass

As I walk, nature moves

Dew drops twinkle in the brilliant coloured lights of the morning

The wind calls my name

Knee deep in quiet moments

Its as if all traces of time vanish

I look around and drink it all in

A smile breaks my lips

As my cheeks are kissed by the fresh air

I look to the scars inside me to see the memories

So I may release the bondage upon myself

These are the things that some day I wish I could forget

But will always remember

I'm stuck here...

Remembering and missing you...

And wishing that you were here...

Even if it was just a glimpse...

A touch...

Or even a fleeting scent...

I know that you are still here with me

I feel you yet...

© 2017

"Beneath A Broken Sky"

Side by side our eyes watch the final acts of the day

The sinking sun caresses our skin

Making us glow golden

The sun soon hangs low and is eventually swallowed by the line of tree's upon the horizon

A shadow grows across your face

The murmuring wind mingles through the branches

We lose ourselves in the inky blackness of the night as it drinks in the remaining light

The broken place inside of me aches now

As all former moments of us are robbed of tenderness

A silence like winter cools me

Nausea slowly washes through me

Time alters...

Moments suddenly seem eternal

The question of why you are breaking my heart echoes in silence

The milk of moonlight baths my face

Your profile is hidden in shades of gray

My eyes try to learn how to read shadows

Your eyes are blank and flat, as if they are made of glass

Whatever weighs upon your mind, you speak of nothing

Even though you are right beside me

You suddenly seem so far out of reach

And I...

Become only a visitor to my former life...

© 2017

"More Than Never"

Cold in shadows

Some have forgotten how to fight in the light

How much of our lives are lived too 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

It's 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 too 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.

© 2017

"Own Your Time"

Time will always do what it does best

Move forward...

But you have to let it

Release your steady grip upon the hour glass

Stop counting the lost moments

And all the minutes that have already passed

Be the change that you want to see

Let it take root deeply within you

Feed it

Let it grow

Pick the sweet and tender blossoms

Because measurements of time in life never add up

Its either too long

Too short

Or never enough

So its your choice

Choose...

Take a chance

Win or lose

Be it

Live it

Own it

And never give any of it back.

© 2017

"Hear My Repetition"

Still...

Even in this moment...

You have not heard the words I have spoken

So hear my repetition

I know my own worth

I've paid dearly for every ounce of it

With blood...

Sweat...

Tears...

And almost with the very life force keeping me here

So hear my repetition until you actually understand

I will not tame myself to fit in to the box you wish to confine me in

Or the label you wish to place me under

I will not surrender my being to suit your view

These words are my repetition

No one is perfect

We are all continued works in progress

Traveling on our own journey

So when you ask me to take a step back from the well won fight

To dim the brightness of my light

Yes, it does offend me deeply

And everything that I have come to be.

© 2017

"Selfish Request"

Seconds merge into moments as the silence draws together your life

Because everything before these last few days seems but a memory

It wasn't long ago you were beating down your own path of life

Step after step you were building into the future

But the longing truth was something that could not hide from you

Footsteps now falter and slip into sorrow

Days gone by do nothing to ease or erase the pain

And the continuation of the heartache to come

Fragments of yesterday are now to hard to recall

Your stuck here, in this life draining seconds

As the once bright eyes of love grow cold

All colourful happiness is tainted in shades of black

Suffocating the warmth within your heart

You feel the sharp stab of life that comes with the realization made

There is no going back

All that there is left now is a stranger that you use to know

The tension of the atmosphere wants to make you run away from it all

Because you won't just simply surrender

You have to forcibly hold yourself back against your will

Because it takes one hell of a man to be a better man

Than no man at all

And if you don't draw the line, then there won't be one for everyone else to cross

Maybe some day, mixed within all of the random possibilities

You will understand

But right now...

At this second, and many yet to come...

You don't...

All you want to know for your well being

Is the one word that forms the never-ending haunting question...

Why?

© 2017

"The Moments That Change"

Sometimes...

Time turn back another page

The mind circles back through reflection

Wondering what could have been...

Or should have been...

Sorting through the moments lost

And coming to realize that our being is right where we are suppose to be

Hope is a warm colourful light that we all should feel and see

Change should be embraced

And we should let it embrace us

Taking a chance on life is a new step forward given

And I am ready to take it.

© 2017