"Space Between"

There is more...

From the words that rushed from your mouth...

And the actions your body was trying to tell...

The spaces between the lines blurred cannot tell

Different meanings from each action

No security in words embraced

A story told...

Lies mixed with truth...

Emotion did not match meaning

Points in time are marked

Smiles turned dark...

A memory only lasts if we can bare to keep it

Lost to the realization...

That excuses do not lead you to redemption

Like all broken moments in life

We are here...

Ourselves left holding onto the pieces

The hole dug...

A ladder to climb free...

Your hands did not solely create this path

But, our feet are the ones that will lead us free

Throw away the idea that healing means forgetting...

Remembrance is the key to learning

Allow the intensity to fade

Remove the power over the mind

Diminishing the effects...

Because sometimes...

Heartbreak shakes you awake...

Helping you truly see the worth...

In more than what you maybe settling for

Because even though another being can love you desperately...

With their feelings and emotions...

They may still not know how to love you properly...

With their actions.

© 2020

"Holding The Course"

Early moments...

Sunrise thoughts and reflections

The present...

A gift given

The mind weighs up

All that which has been lost

Wrong turns...

Best decisions...

A great investment

The precious rewards

Happiness given your definition

Times never forgotten

Colours moving and still

Hours given and taken...

Days counted...

The scent I know

And the hand I hold

A glimpse of the past

A foot aimed towards the future

Offers the finest of sight

And the darkness of night...

The flavour of life is renewed

Conviction in belief

Becomes the pulse of the soul

Front of the mind

Hope for what is yet to come

Gratitude for where we have been

Life is existence

A call to be answered

Favourite sounds remember

Wishes and reasons

Keeps forever in a day

Until the sunset leads us to dream.

© 2020

"Power Of The Voice"

Take a deep breath...

For one simple moment...

Calm the senses...

Let it be quiet and still...

Be the answers to those question you seek

Pay attention to the direction of your being

Possibilities lay within your hands

Feel the push of change pulling

With the wind at your back

And the golden sun upon your face

Lead with your heart forward

Exist within this day

Navigate this constant winding road

Give way to the confines of negativity

Needle and thread in hand, the great tapestry of our being is sown...

There are two choices to be made

Let it cascade around you like the finest silk flowing

Or pull it close and attempt to keep the sunlight out of your eyes

Remind yourself...

That every trial and error...

Is a lesson learned...

All different sides of the circle of life

Realize the power of the voice within

Listen...

Everything can start from the smallest of places

Protect your inner peace

Golden memories are those treasures we keep

Bitterness only leads to the regret that knocks us to our feet

We can let go of those who have hurt us deeply...

And still care for them in our own special way

We can let our voice fall silent to them

And still wish them well...

If its for the betterment of your well being

Allow yourself to be greater than the upset and darkness

To be happy and at peace with, or without, them in your life

Because above all else...

We must not only love ourselves first...

But always.

© 2020

"Still In Love With You"

When we look into the mirror...

We see a reflection of a living being...

One that floods our mind with thoughts and moments...

Where time slips away like its stolen

And memories float though the corridors of the brain like leaves upon water

Somehow we have come to believe that we should fight darkness with darkness

All the while we scream at the image before us...

“I am in pain, and you put me here...”

Paralyzed by fear that we have not taken a stand...

Abandonment is given to unfought battles

While deep within ourselves great debates are waged over what is right and what is easy...

Secrets kept have left scares unhealed

Pushed to the point of drowning within broken

We call this living through the pain...

Instead of growing, learning, and making peace with all that holds us still

We place ourselves last...

It's forgotten but must be remembered

You are someone that everyone else is not

You are the only you...

Find the upside of down...

Sit and listen to yourself

Take the time needed and check in with what you are feeling in the present

Embrace what you need from life, and throw away the rest...

All of our strength begins at our weakest point

Eyes forward, stop looking back to see greater

You are a warrior and a being of worth

Gracefully broken, but beautifully standing strong

Life is transformation...

Be proud and brave...

Dare to be more than what has been suffered

We are human and we are trying

Give yourself that allowance...

By remembering to say to that image staring back...

“I am still in love with you...”

Because loving yourself first...

Is never the wrong thing to do.

© 2020

"As I Be"

Who Am I?

Who is the bearer of these words and thoughts?

Of this language spoken and understood?

Barefoot through the memories I walk

Time passes like water flowing

Who tracks these paths we walk?

Pen to paper chapters are written

Destiny is a grand design not drawn for our eyes to see

For the only days that cannot be changed are yesterday and tomorrow

Am I meant to be great?

Am I meant to be bad?

No matter who we be...

We are the darkness in someones history...

The one who stole all of their sunshine...

And is viewed as the wrong that cannot be right...

I bear my burdens

I carry truth and courage

One foot forward from here and now is surviving

Do we all forget so easily?

That we feed lies to our hearts and souls when they are hungry

An emptiness so easily filled with anger and hate...

But like peace, kindness begins within...

I've sown together my great tapestry in time

I am the maker and dictionary that defines me

A moment is everything...

A reflection upon an emotion...

Or belief and reason...

That leads us through a season in our life

It's a continuation of what was...

What is...

And what will always be...

We live by knowing our mistakes

Always learning and growing

Striving for greatness, despite everything

Existing in all the moments and everything in between

You are you and this is me...

I am who I am...

And that is who I am

Exactly as I be.

© 2020

"Space Between Time"

Sometimes the truth holds us back...

While lies carry us forward...

Fragments of absolutes

Parts of a story untold

Hidden within the experiences of life

A touch lingers...

On the mind filled with memories

Where imagination meets subconsciousness

We are living...

Existing...

In the spaces between time

Moments find their place

Some as gentle as a breath

Others meet you with pain

Brought to waking life

Guided by the world around us

Patience...

Gentle hands reach with warmth

In a sometimes cold world

A goal to achieve

Praise for any success

Unconditional support

Can inspire the most beautiful hope

Because like all things...

Life...

Beauty...

Love...

Perfection...

The good and bad...

Is all vision...

And perspective.

© 2020

"You Are Not Your Own"

The mind and the heart...

Fight for the right of feeling and emotion...

They beg the hands not to let go so easily

Not until every avenue is explored

And resources depleted...

Then maybe...

We will release that thing that weighs upon us

Draining our strength

Staining our moments within our daily lives

The realization hits...

Second chances have that name for a reason

And are not privilege or a guaranteed right

Stop holding onto people that keep letting go of you

No one wants to feel as forgettable as their silence makes you feel

If it be their will and wish

To walk away...

That is their right

But please....

Give colour and light

Truth told in bold lines drawn in black

Don't give shades of gray filled with darkness and lies

We have boundaries and “do not cross” lines for a reason

We should not compromise ourselves otherwise

By crossing them when we are not ready to do so

Because tired...

Angry...

Sad...

Among many others things...

 Are those who are left waiting for what was promised to them...

© 2020