"Passing Storms"

Without clarification...

There is often mistakes given to the silence...

A loudness of quiet...

Like a crack of thunder in the darkness of night

Words echo...

Tears hang like droplets of rain

Baited breath awaits the storm

Heavy clouds of worry

Shades of gray are filled with an aching loss of the sunshine

Prayers beg for a clearing

Haunted is the mind

Confusion and concern

So much time wasted...

To maintain a life not lived

For the benefit of others?

What is your true happiness?

Run to it, instead of from it

The past will never change

The version of you that others have created

Is not our responsibility to maintain

Don't surrender your faith

Never allow the peace you keep

To turn into the prison holding you back

You are not darkness

Just because others are afraid to shine their light

We are not our mistakes

We are what we make of them after learning

And if you break...

It's okay to embrace your friends

Allowing them to help you put yourself back together again

Every day is a new beginning

Take a deep breath

Another step

Smile and start again with open arms

Because the curious things about storms...

They always pass.

© 2020

"Broken Embrace"

The heart knows...

The cost of everything...

Memories gather

Like foot soldiers marching

A battle between the mind and soul

Betrayal is an action always wanting to be known

We have become these moments lost

Your actions cannot break me...

Your sins are not mine to bare

They do not serve to identify me

And they never will...

I will no longer feed the emptiness you carry

I release myself from you...

My goodness cannot be taken...

Making this final act one of simple kindness

For I lack the energy to be cruel...

Your absence from me will be a weight lifted

So please...

Save yourself the trouble...

The dirty hands...

And the sweated brow...

You will not dig a grave for my heart

For it was you who closed the door upon us...

Losing the key...

And I have now changed the lock.

© 2020

"At War With Pain"

Moments fade...

Blindly feet stagger

Through listless days

Lungs fill with trepidation

Bound in anger and grief

Sealed with a broken heart and shattered dreams

The hours grow dark

Until the eye can no longer see the light

Unhappiness with yourself...

Breeds ill will towards others...

With all things lost

Like tears in rain...

The will for survival still remains

Buried deep beyond the surface

Hiding amongst the chaos of emotion

Passed the bitterness and anger

Questions scream...

What is it that you choose?

Is it you?

What if you reached out?

And held onto hope as much as you do the emptiness

To embrace the will to change for the better

To set aflame a light

Like stars within the blackness of night

As much as emptiness bares down

Find peace...

Allow forgiveness

Our pain does not define our goodness

It reminds us that we are only human

To allow a wound to heal

We need to allow it...

And whatever you are not willing to change...

Is choosing.

© 2020

"Meant To Be"

Our story...

The moments of our lives...

Pages and chapters all added up

Reflected and forgotten

Treasured with every breath

Some days the battle is raging

Others we are gaining ground

Take care of yourself now

Nurture the soul...

Clear the fog of confusion and stop the haunting

Don't hold onto what needs to exit

Daily life is change and growth

Release and let go...

Reorganize and prioritize the valuable

Cleanse the soul

Mend the broken pieces

Forget the forgotten

Give courage...

No one can steal your dreams

Be more than the worst part that you have lived through

There is no embrace for the darkness

Listen to the light speak

Your past is not your destiny

Let words spell out hope

Open your eyes...

Because keeping them closed always makes things look worse

Sometimes hearts break and life fades to shades of gray

It's okay to be just okay...

We always wake from sleepless nights

Give space...

Honour what has been

Lessons learned are the teacher

Mistakes are not a sentence to be led out

Hold on and stay strong

It's with us always..

A choice to choose...

The best part of existence

You can decide...

To start living at any second

All for you...

To be nothing less than who you were meant to be.

© 2020

"Altered Ending"

The moments gather...

Voices silently echo...

Mind over flowing with thoughts

The choices between what is right, and what it easy...

Emotions pull with a longing embrace

Time is a haven of memories treasured deep

To withstand the wind and storms of life

Realizations and promises

Truth and lies

The feelings held in between those actions taken by or against us

Eyes seek the meaning and message

Skies watched for shooting stars

Images and hopes

A bent knee, hands entwined, and a whispered pieces of prayer

Gray clouds and light

A time when a reached out hand is offered without asking

Just a little proof, some angels do exist

Discipline and growth

The season of change

The first few seconds of sunrise

Shimmering light upon the fresh morning sky

Signaling the release from the darkness of night

The simple quiet to embrace the heart and soul

Making the realization this...

We are trying our best, it's not the end of our story...

Some days get the better of us, and others are an absolute win

With all that we hold onto, please, remember this...

Inner calmness comes as peace begins within

Because we are worth the effort and fight

And we are more than a simple reflection in a mirror

To heal we have to allow it

To be brave we need to be it

Anything is better than nothing

The first steps passed that unbearable moment is surviving...

Our complete story is not all written yet

Making this day

Another chance...

To alter the ending.

© 2020

"The Song Remains The Same"

I'm sorry...

I cannot fix your broken

While you continue to try and break me...

There comes a time when abandonment is the only option

Exhausted is the caring and concern

Good will is used

Extended hands are filled with blame and excuses

Reasons know not why this state of being remains

The distance away from the truth

Becomes the effort of a lie

And I refuse to be gathered up

Bundled up within the secrets kept upon unparted lips

Like your broken words

The song remains the same...

A tale of mistrust and the inability to be you

Your actions step over a line

I have to draw over and over again...

You made your choice...

I was not wanted

That moment came

And is now passed

Sad is the emotion thought

Just how much attempt was given

You were too weak to embrace my heart

And not strong enough to break it...

© 2020

"To Begin Again"

Another day done...

Moments made...

Hours counted...

The fall of the setting sun

Eyes watch the horizon with colours reaching out

As if coming from beyond the end of the world

Thoughts and reflections of lessons learned

The things we now know...

And the questions longing for answers...

Sometimes there is still light...

Where you think there is only shadow...

Maybe the destination we reach is a place where we must begin again

Because just as you think of giving up and surrendering...

And you choose to stand up and start to fight

That is surviving...

It's the choice made

The breath of freedom gained

Beyond the bitter sting of tears

Forgiveness is everything given or nothing taken

To release a person from the feelings of anger

Life brings out the truest of colours

Words and actions

And when its hard for some one to speak...

Its up to us to do our best to listen

Take notice...

With honour and loyalty

The brave and grateful

Those who stick by and stand with you when others abandon

They have given you space to grow

Its awareness appreciated

Love that which seems unlovable

And only judge when you find yourself the definition of perfect

This day is done

Rest your weary head

Tomorrow is another

All for you...

Living...

And to begin again.

© 2020