"Dear Friend"

 

Days and months...

Memories and moments counted...

All seconds of existing...

Of a life now living without you...

So many teardrops have been shed

Whispered pieces of prayer spoken

The struggle of the mind to find its place...

In a world where you no longer walk with me

Ears await to hear the voice call...

“Hey dear friend, up for another adventure?”

We are those who remain in your absence

Working through our understanding

Death always leaves a scar upon the time line of our lives

By turning the heart beat rhythm into a flat line...

Leaving a human shaped hole in our universe...

But I do not reflect upon the stolen or lost

Even still, I am better for it...

To have known and loved

Than to have had nothing at all...

Everything that is you is treasured deep

Carried within the bittersweet

Together we made each other brave and strong

And now...

I have to be brave and strong for the both of us

Because there is still laughter that echoes through

Days and sunsets...

Lead me to the footsteps I take forward

Everything that was found and discovered

Is kept embraced within the soul

A spirit watching over me now

Remembrance rests silently...

Finding peace with the pieces

Is my hope for tomorrow...

Because you now keep our every yesterday.

© 2022

"Options Created"

 

Circles run...

Loops and turns...

Curving around what is done...

And what is yet to be...

Sometimes the senses become so hard to follow

Memories link us to things the mind will not let go of

We weigh out the heaviness

Because digging up things that have been buried...

Is it a waste time?

Or is it the inability to not let go of something that no longer serves us well?

Sorting through the odds we attempt to find the balance between allowance and tolerance

Is there a purpose with meaning?

Or is this just self-inflicted torture?

Because if it continues to lead you to nights that you cannot sleep

And fear becomes the only thing you eat

Then life becomes unlived...

If we do not search for the light...

Moments will reverse, pushing us back to where darkness wins

Why count days ahead, if your only going to keep yourself anchored within one?

What is the worth in truth?

We need to fight to understand...

Even when we are so quick to embrace everything that once went wrong

Passion needs to be matched with effort

We are the progress achieved

Understand the realization...

Embrace the options created

Let your footsteps lead forward

And welcome the light

Because a chance taken...

From choices given...

Can become the change we seek...

© 2022

"Best We Can"

 

Eyes open wide...

We search the horizon...

Waiting for the new dawn...

The light breaks across the darkness

Hope reaches out

Our senses feel it as we breath...

Memories are always played in rewind

Some wash over us with too many tears to count

Others are locked deep within the mind

Its the surge and pull..

Like all things, its one day at a time...

And one wave at a time...

There is this balance within life we ride

Its like the price of admission to existence

Called the cost of the human condition

So way pay it...

We owe it in every ounce

In love, passion and care

And in peace, understanding and worth

Because what is the value in things forgotten?

Is it what came before you or what is left after?

Deep down you already know the truth

We are this day in every moment

Brave is the footstep forward

In remembrance of what has been learned

We acknowledge our path

And we do the best we can with everything we have

As we realize that slow growth is still growth

And the effort is always found in trying

Tomorrow is the unknown...

Today is what we currently have

So breathe...

This is just one chapter

Not your entire story told.

© 2022

"Always and Suddenly"

Curious and strange...

How the mind remembers...

Certain moments from days...

All add together into memory

Faded are some...

While others call out to us in aching clarity

Yet, we seem to forget...

Unaware of what we have held onto

When our eyes begin to cast shadows upon everything

It gives allowance to some things to hollow out our heart

Creating a darkness bred...

The negativity takes root within

Too many things begin to grow unattended

And so many others become buried in the same way

Days...

Weeks...

And years go by

We think there is time...

To say all the words that are being held upon our tongue

Or to hold the hands of another, setting things right

But life reminds us always...

That it happens every day and suddenly

The thread weaved keeping us together can be pulled apart

Its the realization found within the heaviness

How do you count the amount given?

In love or hate...

What was hidden and what was shown...

All determines if our heart becomes a garden blooming with light

Or a graveyard abandoned...

We are what remains after...

Because like regret, there is two stages of grief

Who you were before...

And who you are after.

© 2022

"Choices To Choose"

 

Its the odds of memory...

In the details of how we remember...

Some sorted...

Each an item of their own

Others fade and blend together allowing us to forget

But there is always those that live on

With such clarity...

Etched in forever in the day and time it happened

Because changed is the being ever after

It embraces the senses...

Words play out...

We may not recall exactly what was said

But we still feel the emotions brought forth

Whether it was a simple kindness in a dark moment

Or a dark moment that offered no kindness

We are human...

How strange that it can be so easily be forgotten

That we are to be more than we actually are

To be told that we should rise above, when we have already risen...

Even after the greatest hurt has been inflicted upon us

We are to be better than the damage caused

Its the lesson learned

Closure with no apology or remorse given...

But like all things, the worth is in the trying

To the best of our ability as much as we can

A lifetime lived in a few seconds can be recalled

Do we dwell upon them with the grace of reflection?

Or do we allow them to hold our every tomorrow hostage?

Tarnishing the once treasured

And inflicting the bitterness upon everything we touch

Choices...

How will you choose?

On what and how you remember history.

© 2022

"Not Yesterday"

Let go...

Feel the release...

Give the permission...

Allow the disconnect...

Eyes forward

No looking back

You are not yesterday

You are not those thoughts or situations...

Move beyond, “what could have been...”

Because you are what can be

Surrender yourself to tomorrow

Like the horizon...

There is hope of light after darkness

Because accountability is knowing better

Time should not be wasted on wondering if your doing right

Your heart is doing its best

And that is enough...

The worth is in the trying

Everyday is a step towards survival

Existence in a moment

And experiences for the senses

Healing is always worth the effort

Because pain can travel with you

Along our time line, poisoning our every, “could have been...”

Deny the access and refuse permission to let it follow you

We are the only keeper of our soul

Treat yourself with love

Offer yourself this helping hand...

Be the difference you need...

Let faith believe...

Treat yourself and others with kindness...

Because so many people are hanging on by the thinnest of threads...

And you could be that thread.

© 2022

"Life Is You"

 

Reasons can be held like ransom...

What is the worth?

Can you define the value and true meaning?

How much importance is given to each one?

What weight does it carry within you?

How much allowance is given?

Will this debt held be repaid?

Because with all the decisions and choices left

The edge of limitation can be reached...

Why does it always have to wait?

Until a soul is emotionally bankrupt to understand the damage done

Steps taken or not...

The direction is ours

We just have to realize that it was our right all along

Like so many things in life

We reach that crossroad moment

Do we shade the truth and let the darkness bleed through?

Or do we allow all brightness to shine?

Remind yourself...

We are are only human

Bound within the reality of life

We may soar greatly high within the realm of it

But that does not mean we are completely free of all consequences

Breathe...

Gather some moments to yourself

A fresh perspective is never a bad thing

Because what others think of you

Does not dictate your value

This life is you living...

And today is not yesterday

So stop holding onto who you were

And embrace who you are today.

© 2022