"Shadow Of A Doubt"

Some moments now take from me more than I can give

They have grown passed my limit of comprehension

Breaking my understanding...

Thoughts collide

Hands hold out out for hope

I am this...

All consumed

Every second and every emotion

From where I stood

To where I have come to rest up my knees

Waiting...

Almost begging for a resolve

An abandoned smile dares not let the words fall across my lips

Crossing that line to deeper darkness

Memories burn like fire

Just an echo of a heart beat

Because the eyes work best when used for looking...

And words carry more meaning when spoken...

© 2018

"A Different Meaning"

This time around things were suppose to be different

This time around everything was suppose to change

With time and great patience

We grew...

Holding onto one another strong and true

Moments gathered

Memories were made

Sparking a happiness beyond any earthly measure

With a promise

A deep loyalty bound us

Connected by truth and honesty

Our hearts fell...

Passion played out

Until it all ended upon a single second without just cause

Devastation now sweeps through

Making our former truth fray

Loyalty now has failed

And our connection has crumbled

These are the seconds now

Living moment to moment

With the heavy realization made

That even ordinary happy days can change in an instant

Forcing them to take on a completely new meaning.

© 2018

"Book Cover"

The cold breeze of cruelty blows swiftly

A target is painted upon the skin

Tears weep like rain

Gentle whispers of disgrace seep from smiling lips

The light is stolen...

People speak darkness

Actions taken devour words not spoken

Shadows cast tear at your soul

Imagination to flee runs wild no more

Freedom is bottled up in a cage

Locked within all of the rage

Labeled and misplaced

Because the contents of this book

Has been deemed unworthy

After being judged by a simple glance of the cover

Reduced to nothing worth a second look

So how can this be guaranteed with such conviction?

When they don't even know whats kept within...

© 2018

"More Than A Shadow"

Thoughts lead to disconnect

Actions continue to come up empty

Too long I have been standing here

Waiting...

As the realization washes over me

That I am on a path you cannot walk with me

For reasons I do not know

Your words repeatedly fall silent

And I am now tired of guessing

The vision I had fades

Through the last moments of contradiction

This is the end before the beginning

The worth of all this between us has been weighed

And its worth is deemed to be just tiny pieces

Barely strings linking and holding us together

Proving to me that this one sided investment does not add up right

Making your presence now no more than a shadow...

An echo of what use to be...

© 2018

"To Be Free"

Every thought...

Every emotion...

Comes with its own presence, weight, and state of being

But each one is and can only be a tourist

So let them come and let them go

It is something that you cannot just push through

To get to the other side

We must do our best to be better than this

Its the ultimate action you can take on your behalf

For the gift is life itself

Because the truth of the matter is

We are these moments...

The lesson lived and learned

There is growth within and throughout life

Through absorption...

Adjustment...

Acceptance...

It is something to to complete

Its a life long journey

Its not a task to finish

And move on

But an element of yourself

An alteration of your being

A new way of seeing

A new definition of ones self

That allows yourself to truly breath

To be within life

Embraced with existence.

© 2018

"Stranger To Friendship..."

Broken promises...

Leave bread crumbs behind footprints

All taken in the wrong direction

The shattered ruins of a friendship stained

Mistrust has given birth from actions taken

Deep wounds weep tears of blood

Anger leads the way

Passed the years known

To this place where we no longer stand side by side

Alone I am abandoned with the broken

Bitter is the taste left

Because betrayal never comes from a stranger

Even though that is who we are now

Your continued poor choices made are not my consequences to live

Nor the weight trying to drowning me

Freedom of speech is not the same as running your mouth

Denial is the ace up a liars sleeve

And it's the only game you seem to play

I have come to the end of my hand

All pieces have been played

No winner shall be declared

All who have been involved have lost

Making this my final move

I can believe enough for me

But on this day...

I can no longer believe in you to...

© 2018

"If They Are Broken"

Thoughts circle

Around all that which holds you back

Feet are frozen to their place where they stand

Each action taken against this battered soul

Rather than standing within the light...

And be seen for who they are...

Darkness is embraced like a welcomed friend

A fork in the road

The last twist and bend

Something has to give

Because a being cannot kill themselves this much just to live

So when silence falls

And it becomes hard for someone to speak

It is up to us to listen

Time reminds us that its always moving forward

Life reminds us that it happens all the time...

By happening every day...

Every action or emotion

Real or fake...

Truth...

Lie...

Shaded...

Or boldly coloured in

Which moment did you stop caring?

Because with broken clocks...

You can always tell exactly when they stopped ticking

With people, its not so easily seen

Sometimes you can't even tell...

If they are broken.

© 2018