"Witness"

 

A season...

The reason...

Or for life...

We are this daily motion

Moments gathered and sewn together by time

Reflections of visions seen

Blind some with passionate pride

The depth is always deeper than the surface

Pain is real, avoided, and negotiated

Judgment is cast

A dividing line struck

Between what is right

And what is easy

Terms of surrender are drawn...

Across boundaries that should never have been crossed

Trespassing against peace and the grace of humanity

If you don't know your history...

You will lose sight of your future...

The heart of caring holds out hope

With all the light we cannot see

Even when the darkest shadows are cast

We must be greater than what we suffer

Beyond scripted lines

And the voice of others saying, “This is all that you will be...”

I will not be the hate you give and keep

The truth always echoes through

Each step is a journey

The bitter and the sweet...

Wars fought and battles lost...

It is within remembrance we honour the past

Peace only comes to those who allow it

Will you bear witness to the total destruction?

Or build upon the foundation of knowledge learned from every yesterday

To be able to exist in all the tomorrows to come.

© 2022

" Difference Known"

 

Day breaks...

Change is in the steps we take...

Time leads us forward...

Memories linger...

Reflections upon choices...

Yesterday and tomorrow are the only days we cannot change

What we carry with us, keeps us held to it

Do we release the broken in order to save the pieces remaining?

Letting go, does not mean we are giving up

Strength is found within the knowing

That even without closure...

You are allowed to have a new beginning

Remember, just because we bear it well

Does not mean the weight is not heavy...

Are we attached to it or is it attached to us?

Understand that silence can speak the same language

Just because you are not found within someones expectations

Does not mean you are lost...

The effort is in acknowledging the difference

Raise the bar...

Have higher standards...

Require more...

But also be equal to that what you seek

Passed moments do not define us

We command the energy given

To put forth our existence within life

Shadows will always linger...

Especially when the sole purpose is to cast doubt

There is an intensity within the soul to keep glowing

But like night to day

Light lives...

Not in the absence of darkness

But within the heart of those who believe

Because suffering does not destroy faith...

It refines it.

© 2022

"We Are Survival"

 

Each day is a process...

A step taken...

In any direction...

Choices are made in an instant...

From moments that have built through time

The switch flicks...

From the senses that have failed...

We try to catch the unbelievable reason as to why

One day is everything, and the next, nothing...

It's when the realization hits

That the brilliance of our light cast, angers the demons in their darkness

We come to know the difference given

That our right of self-defense is different

Reason?

Because their pride says so...

And that is when the answer comes to view

The hard lesson of perspective...

Stop allowing people to show you twice, what they have already shown you once...

Our boundaries are about us

Not for cruelty, control, or to change people...

Its the line of respect drawn

And when it has been crossed with little or no care...

What do you change?

The line or the allowance of the act that has trespassed against us?

Our existence is more than this

We are not the reflection of anothers thoughts

Their view is not the mirror we should gauge our image upon

Take the time needed...

Look a little closer...

Stare a little longer...

There is a force and voice carried deep

We are the effort put forth

There is something inside of you that makes you keep trying

Despite everyone who tells you to quit

The broken can be healed and repaired

To move on from the past, and step into tomorrow

The proof is in the words of choice

And within this breath of survival taken.

© 2022

"Coming Back for Me"

 

Moments passed...

Are footsteps taken...

On this path of life...

We journey...

Living and existing

Everything all at once

Minutes and hours counted

Choices and decisions...

Memories of the bittersweet

Lingering is the thought when reflections return us to those days gone

Sunrise upon a new horizon draws us forward

The embrace of history is created

Turning this page into the next

Each chapter named and bookmarked for reference

Some stories are written with pen...

And others are written with pain...

The strength in this day always calls

For our soul is needed to carry on

We do fall...

Our footsteps fumble...

Confused vision blinds...

Till the will is almost broken

And we do fail...

But its the experience gained

From the steep learning curve of humanity

That becomes conviction born

As each second leads us into the next

Tomorrow is achieved

We rise with the breath of healing

To overcome the negative that has tried to shadow the light

In the lost we come back for ourselves

Because the hardest part of survival

Is releasing the connection...

From anyone who once held our heart.

© 2022

"Still Awake"

 

Standing still...

Eyes reaching for the sky...

Fingertips grasp...

At an embrace remembered

There exists a strange equation

That in this life we first must fail to succeed

Its from the fall you realize

The strength needed to rise

Puzzle pieces align

Each a second in time

Even when past memories haunt like demons

We are reminded that today is not yesterday...

When you choose the behavior...

You choose the consequences...

There is no leap of faith without taking the first step

From darkness there comes light bred

Change is a choice

Take the step...

Forward motion is survival chosen

History is written with existence

Let this moment begin...

Giving a voice to the whisper calling out

A chance to allow what truly matters...

 The possibility...

To take root within belief

That we are worth more than what use-to-be

A life given to experience, is the heart of learning

Beyond the reflection of others...

We find ourselves still awake in unwoken dreams

Carried within our heart

This is reality led

Because in a world where we can be anything...

Never forget to be kind

To others...

And to yourself, first.

© 2022

"History in Creation"

Some moments...

Linger so gently and still...

Through the hours of time...

With the rushed pace of life passed

We pause...

From each perspective there is a thread

Weaved through minutes that continually flow

We are at the mercy of wonderment

Without a realization of how short …

Or long...

Our journey may be...

Days have gone, among so many...

Cherished are the memories real

Existing within the balance of life

Regardless of our participation within it

We are carried through the years

The bittersweet loss of the past

Leading us to the unknown embrace of the present

Has the mind enough determination?

Can the imagination see hope?

In a world of endless possibilities

Can this achievement come to be?

To believe in a conviction yet to be obtained?

Dreams plant the seeds that grow

Strength is the roots that dig deep

We are history in creation

The truth always listens...

Decisions come from perception

Vivid awareness creates heightened senses

With each breath of day

Today is lived...

Existence in every step

Because nothing can dim the light

That shines from within.

© 2022

"Chapters"

 

A sight to behold...

The vision seen...

Life is perspective...

And reflective...

Moments lead to time counted

Days and months

And memories through the seasons

Here our feet find the path leading

Another horizon greets us with warmth upon the face

Storm clouds pass

Leaving their wake

Tears shed reveal the silver lining

Survival is a heartbeat heard

There is purpose to the pain

Darkness may cling to shadows cast

But even in the night the moon still glows

We are reminded of the depth of strength

As hope leads to conviction

Daily existence comes by living

Through it all we reach

For more time...

And better days...

To outweigh the sadness that comes from the balance within humanity

When the cold fingers of loss touch our soul

Our spirit knows to how to hold true

Its the push that comes from our being

Leading us forward...

Nothing can dim the light that shines from within

As we carry ourselves from this experience to the next

For we are only here...

From this chapter to the next

In remembrance...

With honour...

And hope...

Because every time life tries to steal our breath

We are reminded...

To breathe.

© 2022