"Feelings That Understand"

 

Memories...

Like pictures...

Of moments past...

Sweet is the smile recalled...

Carried with the seasons our heart keeps them

Breath by breath there is remembrance

Through the moments time reveals all

Existence brings these footsteps forward

And when darkness attempts to steal the light

Chaos and confusion is given a chance to grow

The cruel resurrection of the past breaks out

Seeking a place amongst the living...

Haunting the decisions already made...

We find ourselves lost at the beginning of what is suppose to be the end...

Moved beyond that which use to hold you

Words of an apology come for a part of life already lived...

Beliefs are hurt, and strength gained is never seen

Because the view and decision of another places you there, instead of here...

Apologies are even given after tears...

Even though there is no growth without some rain

For every seed needs some water to thrive

Achieving inner peace is something that should not be excused

The claim for independence is not selfish

A voice found is allowed to start over

Speaking of the strength learned

Stop apologizing for apologizing...

These have no worth in time to be rescinded

This is not all that we are made of...

We are more than a burden to ourselves and others

We should not have to bear the heaviness that which no longer serves us well

Allowance has been given with experience

The knowledge is learned that today is not yesterday...

And yesterday does not belong in tomorrow

We are the breaking of dawn...

The bright light finding its way through the shadows

Because the thought of understanding is a realization now known...

That our body is meant for more than being a burial ground for pain.

© 2021

"Last Stand Taken"

 

Every tomorrow...

Becomes today...

And passes into yesterday...

Tested is the will of conviction

The truth within what is right shall be believed

It was not this very second that it broke...

Tiny pieces fell daily...

Until all was incomplete...

Vision in choice blur...

Emotions struggle...

Circles draw shapes of confusion

Instead of lines leading in a direction clear

There is no return once you yield

Footsteps linger...

Through each process is a realization

Words and actions are sorted

What is the worth of effort?

How much of an emotional debt do you wish to owe?

Moments lead through time...

To this choice before the mind

That there comes a point reached

When too much understanding given

Begins to overlook the disrespect received...

With the heaviest of hearts

The weight becomes too much to bare

A bittersweet release comes...

As tears sweep through the only thing known

That our state of being is not a forfeit...

And mental health is not worth the abandonment

Offering us this last stand taken

To surrender nothing always...

© 2021

"Daily Whispers"

 

Choice...

Between now and yesterday...

Eyes focus...

The prospective has changed

Ordinary days live through us

Until we notice the extraordinary

The senses feed upon the constant motion

Peace of silence...

And the extremes of chaos

Memories keep promises made

From lessons learned we grow

Each day whispers

This is time...

Sunlight filters through

From broken darkness of night

Tears clear the storm clouds of the mind

Colours keep the view from fading

In remembrance we realize

That direction forward our path must be

Footsteps pledge distance

As emotions and feelings connect us to what we embrace

Hands hold onto hope

Faith keeps us here

Seasons through years are counted

For another tomorrow to be...

From birth to tragedy

And loss to victory

You can live and die...

All in a moment...

So our understanding is this...

You breathe in this whole world everyday

Starting with nothing upon the horizon

A simple break of light shinning bright

Calling for existence.

© 2021

"Silence Remains"

The eyes open...

As if for the first time...

Moments lead to realizations found...

Little by little everything seems to be replaced

Hurt feelings turn into the wound struck

Even though the heart of caring keeps hope

The will to change is dismissed daily

So the silence remains...

Sculpted words and manufactured emotions build bricks

Causing walls to now tower from boundaries drawn

Wordless murmurs of once cherished loves

Now bring an end to the deep embrace

Unheard warnings become the grieving tears

How do you fix something that you would rather forget?

Care must be taken...

For existence after this to be achieved

This is not for cruelty, its self-preservation

A breath taken...

Is consideration for living

The act of survival is a footstep taken beyond this

The soul of being will not surrender...

The light denies darkness the privilege to over come

As hands only continue to offer pain instead of effort

The circles run...

Now come to a dead end...

The path ahead divides...

Reality has reached passed the realm of understanding

The damage has been done...

So who has actually won?

Because in the end, all you did was lose me

And with all the things sacrificed...

I was not going to give you my life...

© 2021

"Either Way"

This path...

A continued journey daily...

We are the motion forward...

Decisions and choices

Existence through seasons of living

We can create...

Or conquer and destroy...

Peace is usually found in the beauty of simplicity

And chaos within the darkness of confusion

Either way...

Don't base any of your decisions on the advice of others

Especially when they are not the ones who have to deal with the results

So where is the fault?

How much do you want to owe?

Is there a debt to be repaid?

How much weight will you carry with you?

Till it squeezes out every ounce of light from your life...

It's one of the hardest lessons learned

To be bigger than the moment before you...

Or behind you...

You can forgive someone or not

Either way...

Move passed it...

Do not grant it permission to hold you hostage

Understand that forgiveness is for past reconciliation

Not for future consideration

Hours and months can be counted

But never avoided...

Time won't heal that which you do not face...

An unhealed person can find offense in pretty much anything another being does

The difference is in the action

An understanding with the meaning

Each day you-and only you-get to decide

Positive or negative...

Which one will you be?

© 2021

"Yourself Again"

Time...

What we have now...

This very moment...

With the next one approaching after this

Know the difference

Learn to rest, not quit...

This realization is known

The more you give...

Is the allowance set

A standard for others to see the limit

A boundary drawn from respect and consideration

Define the meaning...

So less energy is put into falling in love with your hand of giving

And not your heart of being

Understand that a lot of what weighs you down

Is not yours to carry...

Release the heaviness

Make the choice...

Forgive yourself for the past

Set yourself free...

Don't wait for things to get better

Life will always be complicated

Learn the lesson and live passed it

Do the best you can with what you have

Value progress over perfection

Inner peace will bring a happiness radiating from within

When you step beyond that which use to hold you still

The rhythm of existence continues

As the reflection in the mirror meets the beaming beautiful from within

You will see yourself again...

Stronger inside yourself

As you remember the promise made

Never to offer that same healing...

To that which broke you.

© 2021

"Be The Now"

Free yourself...

Defy expectations...

Find the peace...

Beyond invention of image...

Your need for acceptance can sometimes make you invincible in this world

Don't let anything stand in your way of the bright light shinning through your being

Risk being seen in all of your glory

Each day has a new beginning

Reach out beyond the confining thought...

“That I'll never be enough...”

Fear will always be somewhere beside you on the path of life

But there is a difference between knowing

And always searching for ghosts in the darkness

Sort through the information

Be the now...

Make the decision

Let go of the anger

Past lessons learned

Are not meant to be a life sentence

Which is more important

To be right?

Or to prove them wrong?

When one lie from them

Does not compare to the lies you carry yourself...

Be the difference in your world

Go through the process of elimination

By knowing who you are not

Will bring you to who you are...

Let go of the heaviness

Of others wrong assumptions made

Feet forward will always lead you to the future

Pay yourself the respect you are owed

Be the architect of your creation

Feed the soul...

Plant the seed of inspiration

Grow with the seasons

In this universe of existence.

© 2020