"Still In Love With You"

When we look into the mirror...

We see a reflection of a living being...

One that floods our mind with thoughts and moments...

Where time slips away like its stolen

And memories float though the corridors of the brain like leaves upon water

Somehow we have come to believe that we should fight darkness with darkness

All the while we scream at the image before us...

“I am in pain, and you put me here...”

Paralyzed by fear that we have not taken a stand...

Abandonment is given to unfought battles

While deep within ourselves great debates are waged over what is right and what is easy...

Secrets kept have left scares unhealed

Pushed to the point of drowning within broken

We call this living through the pain...

Instead of growing, learning, and making peace with all that holds us still

We place ourselves last...

It's forgotten but must be remembered

You are someone that everyone else is not

You are the only you...

Find the upside of down...

Sit and listen to yourself

Take the time needed and check in with what you are feeling in the present

Embrace what you need from life, and throw away the rest...

All of our strength begins at our weakest point

Eyes forward, stop looking back to see greater

You are a warrior and a being of worth

Gracefully broken, but beautifully standing strong

Life is transformation...

Be proud and brave...

Dare to be more than what has been suffered

We are human and we are trying

Give yourself that allowance...

By remembering to say to that image staring back...

“I am still in love with you...”

Because loving yourself first...

Is never the wrong thing to do.

© 2020

"As I Be"

Who Am I?

Who is the bearer of these words and thoughts?

Of this language spoken and understood?

Barefoot through the memories I walk

Time passes like water flowing

Who tracks these paths we walk?

Pen to paper chapters are written

Destiny is a grand design not drawn for our eyes to see

For the only days that cannot be changed are yesterday and tomorrow

Am I meant to be great?

Am I meant to be bad?

No matter who we be...

We are the darkness in someones history...

The one who stole all of their sunshine...

And is viewed as the wrong that cannot be right...

I bear my burdens

I carry truth and courage

One foot forward from here and now is surviving

Do we all forget so easily?

That we feed lies to our hearts and souls when they are hungry

An emptiness so easily filled with anger and hate...

But like peace, kindness begins within...

I've sown together my great tapestry in time

I am the maker and dictionary that defines me

A moment is everything...

A reflection upon an emotion...

Or belief and reason...

That leads us through a season in our life

It's a continuation of what was...

What is...

And what will always be...

We live by knowing our mistakes

Always learning and growing

Striving for greatness, despite everything

Existing in all the moments and everything in between

You are you and this is me...

I am who I am...

And that is who I am

Exactly as I be.

© 2020

"Space Between Time"

Sometimes the truth holds us back...

While lies carry us forward...

Fragments of absolutes

Parts of a story untold

Hidden within the experiences of life

A touch lingers...

On the mind filled with memories

Where imagination meets subconsciousness

We are living...

Existing...

In the spaces between time

Moments find their place

Some as gentle as a breath

Others meet you with pain

Brought to waking life

Guided by the world around us

Patience...

Gentle hands reach with warmth

In a sometimes cold world

A goal to achieve

Praise for any success

Unconditional support

Can inspire the most beautiful hope

Because like all things...

Life...

Beauty...

Love...

Perfection...

The good and bad...

Is all vision...

And perspective.

© 2020

"You Are Not Your Own"

The mind and the heart...

Fight for the right of feeling and emotion...

They beg the hands not to let go so easily

Not until every avenue is explored

And resources depleted...

Then maybe...

We will release that thing that weighs upon us

Draining our strength

Staining our moments within our daily lives

The realization hits...

Second chances have that name for a reason

And are not privilege or a guaranteed right

Stop holding onto people that keep letting go of you

No one wants to feel as forgettable as their silence makes you feel

If it be their will and wish

To walk away...

That is their right

But please....

Give colour and light

Truth told in bold lines drawn in black

Don't give shades of gray filled with darkness and lies

We have boundaries and “do not cross” lines for a reason

We should not compromise ourselves otherwise

By crossing them when we are not ready to do so

Because tired...

Angry...

Sad...

Among many others things...

 Are those who are left waiting for what was promised to them...

© 2020

"Why Do We Fall?"

Emotions are held hostage...

Hugged knees are pressed against the chest...

The bitter taste of poor words used now remain upon quivering lips...

The heart listens while the mind is torn...

A being hidden from the world

Cleverly disguised behind the forever smile drawn

Moments stolen and memories forgotten

Consideration for well being is fleeting

Old scars are traced and relived

Concealed beneath the passing of time

Footsteps have faltered

The path of life has become a climb

Short lived glances within the mirror bring a different vision

Recognition of a stranger through an empty stare...

How far has this soul been led astray?

Never would a mind imagine such choices and actions

Taken against the better judgment for the betterment of others

From confined thoughts come options created

Inspiration of survival takes root within the wonderment of broken

Despite it all, the heart does beat again

Yourself is found fighting...

Through the dark hours you managed to push

Battling the heavy weight of what is expected and supposed to be

To seek that fulfillment of a desire to reach out to the light

To rise above all that which tries to hold you still

Human spirit burns with the will and compassion sometimes forgotten

With so much given to others, we must remember to give it back to ourselves

Drown no more in misery...

Look up...

Stop hiding behind closed doors

Sink faucets were never designed to muffle that many tears

Life is a source of natural and spontaneous changes and moments

It's up to us to navigate the flow the best way we can...

Sometimes the past calls us back 
While the future pulls us forward, to something or somewhere new

You are here and now

In every day existed...

Remembering why we do fall

To learn within life...

The realization of the true cost of everything...

© 2020

"A Voice In life"

We all seek it...

A place of solace...

Moments gathered

And found...

To freely breath

Allowing thoughts to play out in their entirety

Yet we wait...

To do...

Or let it pass us by...

A voice inside us is screaming out to be used

One of bravery...

Of might and truth...

And its awaiting to be heard

For all those who are afraid to speak

The ones bruised with pain

By all the wrongs set loose

In times when the silence is deafening

Are our tied tongues merely another form of injustice?

Take the stand against the ticking clock

Ring the bell of words

Let your voice echo through life

It's one of existence...

You never know who may actually be listening

Because standing in the light will push back the darkness

Your voice is a window for others to see through

If one seed can start a forest

And one candle can set a blaze

Just think what your voice can do.

© 2020

"One day Is Gone"

As the morning sun kisses the skin...

All yesterday's are gone...

From where you have been

To this moment standing now

The reminder of...

Letting the light in after darkness...

The lingering scents of memories

Moments passed

Reflected...

Or forgotten...

All painted upon the canvas of life

Days are counted...

It's all about one...

One day things will change

What happened in all those yesterdays will fade

Take your past

And find your path

One day is now?

Or maybe tomorrow?

Our eyes only seem to notice other things

When we take the chance to look deeper

So dig further

Seek your truth

Bypass all that does not serve you well

This is what we have...

Chances and possibilities

Endless...

The only limit is the one we place upon ourselves

Be this now

Bold and brave

Breathe deep

Time given is love

And love is time given

To us...

And to yourself.

© 2020