"Reason for Tomorrow"

A simple glance...

Can never truly tell...

Of the shallow or the depth underneath...

Beautiful moments capture us within the world

Focus on the thought...

Own the choice...

Plant your feet...

You are here...

Understanding the realization made

That the signs you ignore in the beginning...

Become the reasons that haunt you later...

Set yourself free

Match the tension with release

Surrender the broken pieces for peace

Its the lesson learned within allowance

The brightness of light that cannot be dimmed

Recognize the power...

That words lead with intention

And action embraces them with commitment

Because life is reality...

Limited only by the imagination

And captured everyday by memories made

History is written...

And the past is gone...

Today is the reason for tomorrow...

Be better than the negativity given

Gather your breath as you create the safe space needed

Step through this daily living in existence

As you become the intent in healing

An active participant in creation

Because time is non-refundable...

So use it with intention.

© 2022

"Along the Way"

 

The day wakes...

Early morning...

The suns bright light is born...

Emotions lead us through the depths of our heart

Thoughts carry the very existence of memories

Decisions come from understanding

The fast pace of learning within life keeps us

Senses immersed...

We are the power within emotion

Details lead to the picture created

Eyes meet the image embraced

Reflection brings enlightenment

The lost carries its own type of sorrow...

Today is our choice made

And tomorrow is another hope believed...

We base our choices upon the path we travel

Feet to the ground, there is no turning around

A single soul on a one-way street

Experiences give us chances

Connections to other beings we meet

Boundary lines are drawn to protect us

Dividing lines are struck for those we fear

Because we cannot control the unknown...

What we have been through has happened

The good and the bad...

Who we were has led us here

From mistakes and pain we have learned our ability in growth

The past was needed...

It created this being along the way

Because time holds all moments ever-lasting

Until the road of life meets the horizon once again.

© 2022

"Cost of You"

 

There are these thoughts...

In moments when the realization hits...

How much of consideration is actually given?

Do you ever consider the true cost of shame?

Sort through the dividing lines of shades of grey

When cruelty given to another is labeled, “just fun and games...”

Negativity becomes bitterness bred in darkness

Words carry so much weight, even without action...

Whats the true cost in damage to the soul and being?

To undermine the support sought with embarrassment

Or to silence the growth within a voice found...

Have you ever considered the ever-lasting pain?

Maybe this exact moment is another's salvation

What is the actual cost of being right?

When what hangs in the balance is life?

Why does it always have to be darkness?

Because even the moonlight lights the night...

There is always something to learn

Know the cost of time stolen...

Consider the options...

Choice is change...

Knowledge is power...

Realize that existence is reason enough...

Let memory keep the conviction

Because an eye for an eye makes all blind...

So be this revelation seen

Understand the power...

And set free the heart condemned with abandonment

With kindness and compassion...

When a helping hand reached out and given...

Means everything.

© 2022

"Hold These Truths"

 

Every day...

The horizon breaks...

A new beginning with light rushing in...

To escort the darkness away and to put the moon to rest

The sun welcomes this new page in history

Another step to be bravely walked

A time line of memories and experiences made

Breath in this moment and through the next

Its one step at a time...

The effort is to keep moving...

To be more than just surviving...

Because after a fall...

The lesson learned is in the rising

The voice of understanding reaches out to those trembling hands

Actions follow words spoken

From the birth of strength comes conviction

Endurance preserves the soul

A daily reminder in humanity that compassion is the care given

Hope is the safe place held

We are the betterment of this world

In an attempt to outweigh the bitterness bred

Anger is always rooted in the being looking for a fight

But what is right?

See with the eyes...

Embrace with mind...

And realize with the heart...

We hold these truths

So where in history do you wish to stand?

Because the years always remember existence

And when the mind looks back upon your world in reflection

What is it that you wish to see?

© 2022

"Stranger to Me"

 

Its the dare...

Of an assumption made...

A move taken without clarification...

Becomes the turmoil made...

From love a stranger comes to be...

Motion stops...

A crossroad now comes into view

From anger forgiveness is preached

To rise above the depth in attempt to bury the light with shadow

Because when someone takes it upon themselves...

To make all choices for another...

Ownership of all side effects get placed upon them

The good, the bad, and the disappointment...

Hands are meant for holding onto the embrace made

Not for crafting the manipulation done

Breadcrumbs of lies told...

Lead to the story lines recited

And the heart is always an eager reader, wishing to believe...

A realization is found...

Like all dreams, the truest ones are always based in reality

Which forever changes this image seen

The spotlight is drawn...

There is no justification within the venom

Actions always speak louder...

Especially when they try to trespass across boundaries laid

From this darkness footsteps lead

A being now learned from change

Is the hard lesson within life learned

Because when the only thing offered now is silence...

The reminder makes itself known

The best form of an apology...

Only comes when that act is bigger than the disrespect ever was.

© 2022

"Louder Than Words"

Reality...

Living in every second...

Daily choices...

Feelings and decisions...

Seasons of change weave the balance of humanity

Some shadows are cast beyond the realm of understanding

Making the conviction in light so pure we just seem to believe

Tears rain...

Not all storms can be calmed until they run their course

The effort is in the trying

Breathe...

Do your best to calm yourself...

Because every storm does pass

We are the evidence of this adaptation

Broken pieces of prayer...

Words of hope whispered...

The brave step in any direction is survival

To move passed anything that once held you still...

You can live in this moment

But remember, some are always carried with you...

And last a lifetime...

Your impact on other beings around you is bigger than you think

Laughter still echoes in the absence of your presence

A smile still glows from the held hand you gave

That look that lingers is silent admiration

Because the time you give, becomes the difference

The support of love has offered a chance...

It meant understanding with out judgment or opinion

Because who you really are is a result of so many things

How you deal with fear...

Who you surround yourself with...

And how you show up, when it really matters...

You are not insignificant or forgotten

Your existence makes the positive distinction

Because these are the truths that speak louder than words.

© 2022

"In the Lost"

 

There is a difference...

Between you and I...

Moments are many...

Gathered and collected...

Sorted and remembered...

A point of view not willing to be seen

Should not immediately be taken as wrong

Pain is not a competition...

But here you are, always attempting to take advantage of another crisis...

Puzzle pieces fit together, like life connections made

Truth never makes complete sense when you always omit key details

So how does a new beginning start with a loss?

When each step forward always seems to be laid upon what was broken

Prides point of view blinds the eye

Words lead thoughts astray...

Lets be known for who we are, rather than for what we are not

But if the balance is always weighed...

And what is owed is debt...

Will the memory of this ever let the future forget?

What is it that you fear?

From my survival happiness was found

And that light angered the bitterness within your darkness

Misunderstanding leaves a void, a distance now growing...

In the lost there comes a thought

To find peace in the apology that is never coming

And even if it came...

It does not hold the key to healing

You don't get to take all of me...

The compassion and goodness...

And by breathing in and through the heart of understanding

This realization within reality sets the mind free

That every goodbye still teaches a lesson to be learned.

© 2022