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Sunday, October 27, 2024

Identity

I am no longer who I was
After walking away from what I wasn't 
But in surveying the rubble of demolition 
Fear
Illusion
Attachment 
I can't seem to find...
What remains.

Thursday, October 10, 2024

Destiny & Willpower

Destiny is that one gift
With an overzealous tape job

That seems impossible to open.

Willpower is the tenacity
To do whatever it takes

And reach the Destiny inside.

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Friday, September 27, 2024

A World Without Words

In a world without words,
The soul aches to be heard

Divine seeks Divine,
Two eyes at a time. 

In a world without words,
Love remains silent

Pain becomes private 
'Til eyes overflow. 

In a world without words,
Only Joy is still heard

When laughter rings out -
Un-muting the soul.

Saturday, December 24, 2022

Is it any wonder?

Is it any wonder that writers go mad?
Chased by words
Til sleepless nights
Have us crawling the walls
Of our own minds.

Friday, January 22, 2021

There is Nothing like Death

I have run from this pain for three long years
But now it's time to face my fears

There is nothing like death
To demonstrate Love
The kind that's only
Sent from above.

There is nothing like death 
To clarify confusion 
Highlighting Truth
Dispelling illusion

There is nothing like death 
To cause sorrow and pain
Ripping hearts open again and again 

But in this wretched ripping
In the gaping wound
Of void of self

Grows More.

More 
     Love.
More
     Patience.
More 
     Wisdom 
More.......

Heart.

So when it rips again, the muscles are stronger
But the bleeding, goes on ever so much longer.

There is nothing like death 
To make noble each breath
Until silence screams in your ears.

And the silence it thickens
As your own heartbeat quickens

Your soul reaches out
Divine seeking Divine
I'm forever yours
And you're forever mine

There is nothing like death.







Thursday, January 21, 2021

It Wasn't Supposed to Be Like This

 IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS.

Gaping hole

Empty arms

Solo parenting.

IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS

Walking alone

Scared of the dark

Searching for Love.

IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS

Telling our daughter

You don't have a body

Daddy lives in the Spirit World.

IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS

Screaming in anger

Losing my shit

Sobbing and shaking

IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS

Turning on TV

Sitting her down

Walking away to work

IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS

Your love was perfect

My heart was so happy

Our daughter was born

IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS

You suffered in pain

The doctors, they came

Cancer to blame.

IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS

We'll fix you, they said

But our hearts filled with dread

Knowing, deep down, what neither of us said.

IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS

Four months is too young

To understand lungs

Or death.

IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS

I screamed to my sister

And railed at the universe

But still, my world shattered.

IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS

You had the wisdom

I was the idiot

What fool decided to make me sole parent?

IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS

The things people said

Made me scream in my head

"What kind of God would let you be dead????"

IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS

If I lay down in the snow

Eventually I'll go 

But no

IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS

Baby Girl needs her Mama

She's lived enough pain

It's time to stand up

Start walking again

IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS

I walked almost blindly

Acted too kindly

But stubbornly kept going

Tripping and falling

As predators kept calling

IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS

Wolves in sheep clothing

Are never your friends

Take out the trash 

Hold on to your cash

IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS

New friends walk beside

Step in and don't hide

Embrace your truth

IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS

A village springs up

And a burden is shared

Experienced moms

Step in all prepared

IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS

And so they gave respite

Knowing full well

That life up to now was just living hell

IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS

Gently, with love

They taught better ways

IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS

The yelling could cease

Joy could increase

Stress could decrease

IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS

Slowly, with time

I emerged from the grime

And set down this rhyme

IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS