"Rebirth"

 

Consumed...

Thoughts run...

Fingers reach and sort through the moments...

Time counted continues on

Today is the tomorrow you have been waiting for

Its understanding what you can with the abilities given...

Respect the process and the progress made

By learning to embrace the satisfaction that comes from recognizing personal growth

The mind will navigate the heart

Lessons of wisdom and resilience lead feet forward

Scars should not be collected as proof...

Of battles and wars lost or won

Reality is reason enough

Strength begins from broken

Clarity is the act of a promise kept

Hope is a seed planted...

Because peace needs to be given a chance to take root

Confusion only takes what you allow it

At some point in existence...

Everything needs to be left alone

The past...

And the pain...

Never apologize that you have kept breathing

When doubt told you that you would fail

Change is not your destruction

It is your rebirth...

Remember...

You are a flame burning bright

And the dark parts of the world will try to dim your luminance

But let your inner light shine

Proud and strong...

Because it's one of a kind

With an unforgettable glow.

© 2023

"Like You"

Life...

Is meant for existence...

It can be more...

Even though so many voices will it upon others to be less

Cruelty always attempts to shade us with shadows

Because they tell you to be yourself, then pass judgment

Breathe in today...

Exhale yesterday...

Upon this moment, realize...

Our worth is not deemed by another

Please, understand the value that you hold

We learn...

We build...

Change comes from hope planted

Mend together the pieces of life

Some broken pieces does not mean completely fragile

We are continued works in progress

Effort is a reflection within interest

Keeping our feet moving

The street of life carries us

Some days at a speed we cannot see

Understand intention...

Because the worst lie ever told, is kindness shrouded in good intentions

Closure in the absence of words comes in behavior towards us taken

Honour what your being deserves

Actions defend us more than words ever can

Protect your peace within...

Embrace the soul...

Keep the promise you made to yourself

Eyes forward...

Tomorrow comes again...

There is always darkness in life, but there is also light...

Like you...

Shinning bright.

© 2023

"Life Goes On"

 

Little by little...

Everyday...

Life finds its way...

With or without us...

By eyes starting their search daily

Each dawn breaks...

All moments begin...

Hope contains the questions of wanting more

We do our best at understanding

But the lack of control is the master we seek most

When reality knows better than us

We must grow with the flow of time

Giving up...

Forgiveness...

Or remembering to forget...

All choices we need to deem their worth

Tears shed mean you feel

Doubt shows care...

And actions taken contains the want for something more

Because no matter how many times you have felt lost

Within a list of a thousand things to do

From the all consuming range and roles of responsibilities

At the core of it all, you are still you

Learning everyday...

So when you ask yourself, 'Are you broken?”

No...

You are just rearranging priorities

Because you realized that we all have two lives

These days now...

And the second...

When you recognize we only have this one.

© 2023

"Stronger Tomorrow"

 Change...

Happens...

Always...

Thoughts take over

The heaviness is never easy

Making the struggle within difficulty ever so real

Acknowledge the pain

We are only human...

Senses consume reality

Until decisions have to be made

We create the tomorrow we deserve

Today is a new page within the next chapter written

And no apology should ever have to be given for self-care

Especially when its something you wished to always write

Give the permission to make this a priority

That growth means choosing happiness over history, and never looking back

Because survival comes from the fire inside you

Burning brighter than the one trying to consume you

Just as the moon breaks through the darkness

So do you...

Until the night reveals a new dawn

Making our stronger tomorrow one filled with existence

We are a powerful tool of creation

To live with it, is to learn through it

Healing happens by feeling

Determine the worth

Is this the life you wish to live?

Is this the person you want to be?

Can you be stronger?

Kinder or more compassionate?

Breathe in...

Breathe out...

And decide.

© 2023

'Always and Everyday"

 

In the brightness of the sun...

Thoughts stir...

Thinking of you...

That simple smirk of knowing

Like a gentle whisper of a spring breeze

Memories of moments replay

And suddenly...

I hear your voice

In laughter...

So clear I can almost feel it

And then...

I can see you ever so clearly...

In and through the eyes of those you loved

Time has moved us forward

And some seconds cling together...

Through the months and seasons

The days have all been counted

While others seem too much or too heavy to hold onto

Because my embrace still holds onto you

A heartbeat within existence echoes

Through an absence that can never be replaced

Because the bond within connection remains

The darkness within tears needed to be shed

Allowing the change within our vision in knowledge

Its only within remembrance and honour we keep this light now lit

Carrying this life in every step

Because you contain the past...

And we bear and safe guard the future to come

Knowing that even though we cannot see you

You are here...

Loved...

Treasured...

Remembered...

Always and everyday.

© 2023

"Reason and Purpose"

 

How quickly can we forget...

That the footsteps taken do lead us forward...

Even though the vision is not clear...

We venture out within the world surrounding us

Taking the chance with the seed of hope planted

So much living is done in the moment

That we may not even realize it until after the fact

Our past being is only a reflection of who we use to be

Strange is the feeling felt...

The person that we once were, may no longer align with the being we are now

Its because we have grown...

Evolving from what and who we use to be

Challenging the obstacles placed in our path

Daily, we become the lessons learned and understood

Time given is the gift we receive

Life is only this one

There is no, “Maybe next time...”

We are the meaning given

A light shinning bright, despite others casting shadows of darkness

Honour yourself...

Communicate...

Fix and repair...

Strength comes from choice and belief

Recover...

Forgive...

Maybe forget...

Heed the warning calling for your attention

Let the ghosts of the past be laid to rest

Keep a weather eye upon the horizon

Recognize the bad weather approaching

Let it come...

And then release the embrace as it tries to hold onto you

Because so many beings are destroyed by another

For reasons and purposes known or unknown

Making us understand the unfortunate fact...

That this is why storms are named after people.

© 2023

"Only Human"

 

Life...

And all its moments...

Build our being daily...

Its been a long year, and we are not even half way through

Challenges come in numerous shapes and sizes

Sometimes forcing change upon us...

Bending and molding us into something new

Because life happens every single day

Making this a reminder that all we need is within our being

Existence on a vastly spreading time line

With a beginning...

A lot filled in the middle...

And no definite or determined end...

From day dreams made into reality

We are the effort put forth

To be knocked down...

Is learning the lesson of finding our feet again

Making it all so bittersweet...

There is always something to gain

And something to lose...

Sometimes its a single thought realized

That we are enough...

And we always have been

That we are our own lighthouse

A beacon shinning out from within the storm for us to follow

Sometimes all we have is the thought of, “yes I can...”

And we need to do our absolute best to make it brave

To become this courage found

Because right now there is inspiration to continue

To be more than what has come before all this

Right now there is peace embraced from confidence gained

Feel all the emotions...

And everything in between

Not all thoughts are positive...

But this does not make us a bad person

It makes us human.

© 2023