"For You..."

People are not the subtotal of what we see...

Good intentions in thought...

May not translate well when put into action...

It's that dream we all have

Time to time...

Or every night...

When you try to run away

But your feet are frozen to the ground

Or when you part your lips to scream

But there is no sound...

You use to try...

To speak up...

Act out...

But there is nothing...

Silence embraces you

A moment paused reminds you

Maybe the future that you seek...

Is so unclear for the simple fact that it has not been written yet

Anything can happen...

Because nothing happens all the time

Stand firm to your convictions

Because if we weren't so afraid to let go

Then we wouldn't feel so free when we finally did.

© 2020

"Between Something and Nothing"

In those moments...

Between something and nothing...

As you hold out your hands...

You can feel the weight upon your fingertips

The world...

Push and surging...

Time doing what it does best

Always moving...

Changing...

As this day turns into the next

We are continued works in progress

Whether its the sweet smell of spring

Or the cold bite of winter

We are the architect of existence

Let the passing of darkness be the beginning of a new page written

Memories never leave us...

They just get further out of reach as years pass us by

Allow them to be the treasures

The stories that get told

A masterpiece to hold...

We are the artist drawing

Painting with the most vibrant colours and shades

Be not afraid to venture outside the box

Limitations are only the boundaries we place upon ourselves

We build up our courage from conviction

A designer by choice of living

And a survivor out of necessity

Because we are our own definition given

And are never too broken to be healed.

© 2020

"Changing Moments"

In merely moments....

A warm and sunny disposition drastically changed...

From a bright beacon calling...

To a somber dreary gray

A smile fell dark

A sudden vision is realized...

Of just how little it takes to kick out the pillars that help support our beings

Exposing out tender human frailty

In the simplistic place of the unknown and the unforeseen

Judgment can be swiftly passed without acknowledgment

The bondage of betrayal can strike...

The illusion of a connection forms a separation that is all too real

But in the stillness of these experiences

The truth cannot be so easily cleansed or erased

Because inside the soul lies a vibrant consciousness

There is always belief...

And that never-ending hope

That the openness and convictions that we hold strong

Keeps us...

So that the infinite possibilities that are held within us...

Should and will always be out weighed by any assumption

Because in every moment...

We grow a little more

We live...

We learn through existence...

In streams of constant awareness

In this active motion called life. 

© 2020

                                                                        

                                                               

"Wreck Of Hearts"

A sleepless night given...

By darkness eclipsing the sun...

Feelings over run the mind

Emotions fall short

Reflections of memories multiply

Even with this much hurt carried

Why do you defend the destruction?

You always walked the line

Arms wide open with understanding...

Giving...

Until now...

All has been taken

Stolen while the senses did not realize

The true meaning behind the actions and reasons

That you had become a ghost

Standing right in from of them...

All the while their heart was somewhere else...

Time led you astray

If you did not come back stronger together

Then you were meant to come back stronger by yourself...

Sometimes you don't owe a person more questions

But they do owe you a conversation

One without stories told

Of how the ending was at the beginning...

But they did not have care with the words to be told

That they were not the one to hold you

And keep you from harm

That all this was beyond their ability

And hope in a belief was not their conviction

That it would some how make something out of nothing

And so many wrongs, into a right...

The mind knows the hard truth

They were not sorry when you did not know...

So remember that...

You are not the mistake...

Sadly, just another step in their life of hopefully learning

As time reveals this broken...

Some goodbyes are not just endings...

But a release...

© 2020

"We Will Be Always"

We are human...

A list of uncountable possibilities...

Of truth, lies, and stories...

History that weaves us together with years and moments

We know ourselves...

And try to know others

Hidden within the senses

There can be an abandonment left to the dark corners of the heart

We give so much of ourselves in the beginning before the end is even seen

Promises made are counted with mouthfuls of forever's

Our bodies become broken into a thousand questions...

We all know loss...

It's the sharp edge of a blade 

The deep feeling of realization that steals the breath...

For devastation only knows one thing...

To cut unmercifully deep...

But what does more damage?

The knife or the words fallen from the lips?

We all have those parts of us that are more scar tissue than skin

But what if this is how we heal?

The broken is letting light in...

Like the gentle rising moon at midnight

The allowance of self forgiveness settles in

Hands holding onto hope

Arms embraced with understanding

You will find you...

Rewrite the dictionary of all the words you use in the trying

Be not the collateral damage in someone else's war against themselves

This is not your debt you owe...

Payment in belief of yourself is an education well spent

Action above silence is the cure

The act of survival is motion forward

Existence is living...

Through the stillness...

 And the storms.

© 2020

"Outgrown Moments"

Eyes bleed salty water...

Looking passed the walls...

The boundary lines that hold back human emotion...

Everything starts in the smallest of places

The points of expectation make their mark

A mind full of thoughts plan the escape

Step outside the box

The one you have outgrown

Dare yourself...

To reach out

Believe in what might be

Because with hope comes conviction

Breathe...

This is just a few bad lines within the chapter of you

Not the whole story...

Dare to feel beyond this moment

Time is counted in so many different ways

Reflections and memories

Chances and dreams...

Dare to understand

To not only be in the feet of another

But within the confines of their mind

Learn forgiveness for yourself

Acknowledge that words hold meaning

Destruction...

And love...

Blurred lines can be an angry beast to wrestle and sort out

Dare to realize...

Would we ever know how to truly feel happiness?

If we never knew sadness...

Sometimes its not all merely about the mistake

It's how you make amends and apologize for it...

Accept the recognition...

The acceptance when someone or something is no longer good for you

And dare yourself to be more...

Move passed the shadows blocking your path

Because if you cannot trust them in the dark...

Then why would you follow and hold onto them in the light.

© 2020

"Louder Than Silence"

Darkness...

Silent moments fallen still...

Now past with the waking of another day

Motion forward life leads

Today...

An empty canvas given

A palette full of colours

Chosen and used

Moments with decisions made

It's the realization of happiness

The true value of emotion

Positive thought leads

To a mindset clear

We should only fight to be free

Not to enable a continued war

Peace needs to be remembered

That we are more than confined thoughts

As we speak louder than misunderstanding

Hope is found here...

Some are only ever unable to stay

And become to good at goodbye's...

But we are not their broken

For there is one heart inside of us all

With various different pieces that form it

Change is the light our feet leads us to

Because reflection works best when not using a broken mirror

We are each made with possibilities and purpose

It's the effort in the searching...

And embracing the find

To leave ourselves better now

Than the day before.

© 2020