"End Like This"

 

There are those moments...

When we come to realize...

That our thoughts connect a pattern given...

Time strings together emotions and memories

Experiences and actions...

The bitter truths...

And every shade of a lie...

Because hurt only comes from trust stolen

As the eyes bring into view the same picture

There is so much repetition...

The negative casts its shadows

And without correction, all intentions blind the direction forward

We are not this anger given to us

Nor are we the hate carried within others

Each day is a choice...

To fear or thrive...

How do you wish to survive?

Our legacy is not others past wrongs doings

We have to be a being learned from history in motion forward

Peace does not come from pieces...

Healing the broken is ending the spinning circle of darkness

By standing strong within the light

We have the ability to change

The hope is given

Find the courage to allow it...

Know the difference...

Because you are the difference...

Acknowledge the power given and taken

Be the new hope as a seed planted

Tend to the growth

Believe in the change

Let it end like this...

And begin with you.

© 2022

"Lines of Connection"

Thoughts wonder...

Seconds collect...

The kind side of understanding tries its very best...

With best intentions to not pass a decision upon a final conclusion

But here we are...

Another direct action taken...

Followed by the bold words to clarify the point made

Becomes the dividing line struck...

Tearing at all lines of connection

The senses try to make sense of this

Knowledge comes with the realization made

That this is another test within living

Reminding us that tomorrow only exists...

If we to our best to survive today...

Hold tight to the strength gained

Claim your right

You are in possession of ownership of your being

The control is ours...

You can't make someone care for you

When they don't appreciate what they already have

There should be no allowance given to anyone stealing your peace and leaving you in pieces

We all need to be held accountable for our wrong doing

For those who steal from us, then claim no memory of it...

Only buries a hurt deep within us

And sadly our memory keeps this...

A formative moment that has changed our mind against ourselves forever

But we find ourselves with this realization known

Some people will never ask for our side of the story

Because this is the version they wish to repeat in reflection of us

Which brings us to the hardest lesson learned

To resign yourself from the weight of it all

Not mad or even upset anymore

Just completely done...

To protect the life of our being at all costs

Because at the end of it all, we cannot control everything that is happening

Our true power lies within our reaction to it.

© 2022

"Better Than Today"

Emotions...

Daily creations within our senses...

Allow us to lead with the heart...

A wish dreamed is now a hope believed...

Serious moments hold us

As we wonder the choice now given

Since actions have been taken against us

We find ourselves in another life experience

Some things do break our hearts

But end up fixing our vision

The truth does hurt...

But it does not end our existence

Lies cover up and only please us briefly

But they never correct that which has been broken...

We are not this darkness looming

Our shoulders do not wish to bare such weight

But there is always a storm cloud in the sky

Attempting to rain upon the sunshine

Because sometimes words fall short...

And “I'm sorry” fails to convey the gravity of what has been stolen

Leaving us a simple hope in understanding

That when we become bigger than the moment

We have the ability to learn passed it...

Even though it was meant to destroy you

It has given you the strength to rise

The soul, when allowed, usually knows what to do

Breathe...

Heal...

And embrace the knowing

That there is so much more always said in the unsaid

Because there is always more...

And it is better than today.

© 2022

"We Live For"

 

We are these moments...

In and through existence...

The senses learn...

The world the classroom and we the forever student

An understanding from knowledge we seek

Until we find ourselves busy with life

Just grains of sand within the universe

Renting out the place we stand until we are no more

Each step is an adventure taken...

A balance is found...

Even when each day becomes a fine line drawn

To be pulled this way by the hands of fate...

Then shoved the other until our feet stumble within reality...

It is through this that the realization is found

Life is beautifully ugly at times

And here we be...

Listening to the reminder given

Don't let the silence tear a hole though your soul

Because we are not our every yesterday...

Embrace the broken

Through the little cracks is how the light finds its way in

Chasing away darkness

Breathe...

Hold yourself true

You are alive for a reason and you are doing the best that you can

Survival is what we live for

Plant the seed of belief

Let the tears rain until you grow

Because hope is always worth fighting for.

© 2022

"How To Hold You"

 

Our breath is caught...

All upon a single moment...

Because its gone...

Change is this swift motion forward

And we are here...

Wondering...

There is this sudden darkness

Storm clouds linger over our heads

Tears rain...

The future seems to be abandoned

Today is a face that we can't dare to look at in the eye

Yesterday is the time we search

Embraced in all the seconds

Where laughter echoes

And a smile shines bright

We find ourselves lost amongst the heaviness

A voice without words...

The uncertainty holds confusion

Because even in pain...

We would rather feel that, than nothing at all

It's life reminding us that it happens all the time

By existing everyday...

With or without us...

And now without you...

Love in honour holds the light

As we keep the legacy of you alive

Because what we have loved was mortal

And that embrace is what we have to let go of...

Comfort begins to be found within the knowing

That you continue to participate in every thought, act, and decision made

As the essence of you dwells within our souls for the rest of our lives

In the threads of our memories woven

Through the years in every heartbeat

Indelible fingerprints mark every place that was touched

Now becomes the deep remembrance that we carry within us...

© 2022

"Life Within Spirit"

 

I find myself lost...

Now consumed by the senses...

The eyes search for a place in time that is now passed...

Questions more than answers...

And a loss that is not fully understood

Memories cling to the embrace of existence...

For some are so sudden and ever so bittersweet...

Moments now frozen in time hold the emotions still

Tears flow...

They are how the heart speaks when the lips cannot explain how we feel

The change is known...

Everything is touched by loss...

The heaviness of an anchor weighs upon the being

Minds race within the fog of confusion

For a simple understanding that cannot be explained

We are this...

We are now this...

Desperate to reach out to a hand that you once held upon the path of life, is now out of grasp....

Feet seem to stumble

Grief wears like a heavy blanket...

Where has this life gone?

Because those that now remain here within the wake...

Keep running the list of "last times" for everything...

As love keeps the candle lit

A single flame that flickers in the darkness that follows at the tip of our heels

I feel you in the laughter echoed

I remember...

And whisper your name...

As I desperately hope to hear your voice once again

Through the rush of life and all its in-betweens

We hold this spirit in honour...

In remembrance...

And everlasting peace.

© 2022

"Attempt To Try"

Stop...

For one moment...

Think...

Wait...

Realize...

Evaluate and understand...

You are not the sum of everything that has been broken

But the only thing gained by your continued actions

Is the guarantee of the loss of those who believe in you unconditionally...

Each step of living can be an adventure

Filled to the brim with life

The twist and turns can be sharp and severe

Paired with the ultimate highs and the deepest of lows

We learn the lessons of experience

There should always be the attempt to try

A balance between it all...

It's the give and take within existence

Choices and decisions...

Will you make it for yourself?

Or wait for it to make you...

How much do you wish to surrender?

Let go of the heaviness, especially when it is not your weight to bare

Release the wrong assumptions made from others

Listen to the voice calling your name from within

Be at peace with the pieces that remain

Because we are not our past...

Nor are we the same being as yesterday

Change is motion forward always

Open your eyes to a new direction

Let your embrace be survival held

A little hope can lead to conviction found

Let the darkness end with the night...

But please...

Remember the light.

© 2022