Today's Sojourn

Time passes, a forever spinning wheel
It's pages of history surely repeat themselves
Like the vastness of textured horizon line
My eyes embrace its uniqueness;
The rumblings and muted throngs
Of voices and cluttered feet soothe me
As I am still in the warmth of my discoveries;
Where chain link fences breach a pointed place
I recall beauty instead of sorrow
And walk life's detour with purpose and poise;
Sometimes time requires more from me than I can give
Calling on strength I give anyway
Choosing my course where I can
Its mercies are friendly, I walk toward grace;
Wrapping close the things deemed precious
Focusing on these, like sparkling rain drops
The blades of life don't pierce as deep
As Today passes more gracefully;
Learning the art of love in each moment
I embrace what comes for yesterday is gone
And smile as a new Today is welcomed in tomorrow.

Butterfly Conversation

Tethered

 

As I break, I see the mistake I've made

Toward you

Bound if not by verbal declaration

By visceral vow

Churning, knotted, realisation unfolds

Unblinding my eyes to the promises I've told

Inside myself

 

As I break, I see the mistake at hand

Holding me back

Keeping us locked together

If only by a tethered strand

Wavering yet sure

A false cure as it were

Chosen by us

 

And so         I break

For what has been lost

An immeasurable cost

Of love paused before us

Begging a choice

We couldn't make

Until now

 

As we break

I sever this tethered pull

Toward you

And wake away from

I stand alone

Wiser than I've ever been

On my own two feet

 

And as I wake

Inside my own skin

I see a love stronger than I

Truer than I've ever been

To myself

Open to the purest possibility

Of what Love really is

 

 



Love's Light

There is a small light inside of us, vulnerable, yet stronger than a flicker.
It takes time to unfurl from within each one of us.
It takes courage to let it shine beyond our wounds which turn into stones, building walls.
It seems the deep nature of oneself is to hide our imperfections, yet seek 'more'.
More than the shadows inside us depict as worthy of our energy or emotion.
The truth is one can't find that thing we call 'more' without being willing to open up.
All the time and courage in the world can't fill our void.
But the process of opening up lets the shadows out, no longer puppet masters playing into our own facade, letting go of the need to try and save face.
All the things we call 'more' cant even light a match in the caverns deep below the surface of our souls.
But, I do know this, the one thing that can shine brighter than a flicker is Love.
The challenge with Love is that it demands more from us than we can at times begin to dream.
Evoking a resounding tug, calling into the depths, breaking the walls of our heart down.
Like water finds a way in, within even the most structurally sound place.
Love can break the barriers of our fortresses where we ourselves are found bound within.
Where none other has ever been let in, yet.
The storms we face can't even snuff out Love's light.
The echoes of pain and pride repeat themselves until we proclaim they have no place.
When we can clean the home within and give permission for Love to take primary residence.
I resolve to let this light pierce me to my core, where 'more' is found lacking and love becomes all that I need. All that I am.
Shaking the darkness and awakening new avenues to wholeness.
Not giving rise to fear the very thing my life-breath finds essential for genuine character.
More than the worlds definition of life.
Letting love be the source of my everything demands from me the willingness to expose everything...
Tearing down each wall I have resurrected to shelter the very things that mute the joy love gives life to.
Transparent like the wind, yet sturdy as an oak, I dare let love win the war over me.
Untangling me from the weighted emotions and torn dreams I stopped hoping for.
Birthing in me a bigger light, blended brightly with the wisdom love gifts, with steadfast truth.
Captivating my heart from the inside out.
Beyond the sorrows and the broken promises I held within my skin.
I learn to live with love as my lens.
Light and airy with every step, I learn to walk forward rather than behind.
It is here I learn to really dream, and my heart begins to fly.