Live Your Truth

When it's hard to face the day
When your loved ones turn away
Though the cost seems steep to pay
Always - live your Truth

When the daytime turns to night
& others say what's wrong is right
Don't abandon - hold it tight
Remember then your Truth

The world may spin far faster yet
It's people in their ways will set
And it may seem good to forget
But don't; you need your Truth

For your Truth will set you free
And allow you just to Be
Heed my words and you will see
It's promised. Live your Truth.
-Journey

Take It Slow

Faster, faster
The world goes round.
Take a minute,
Slow it down.

See the beauty
In the rose.
Life's a poem
You compose.

Falling's fun;
Pretend to fly.
Enjoy the moments.
Don't ask why.

No need to analyze
Everything.
Set your heart free,
Let it sing.

Breathe in deeply,
Let it go.
Live completely -
Take it slow.
-Journey

Where Faith and Dreams Abide

Today I let go of the past
Today I release lack
And trust the Universe so vast;
It always has my back

Indeed, I cling to Freedom dear
And in Plenty abide
For this is where my joy is - here!
Where Faith and Dreams reside
-Journey

The Joy Within

When Winter winds howl through the night
And Summer fades away,
When Autumn sun fades out of sight
And frozen is the day

When ice and flurries touch the land,
When green is dead and gone,
It's then that you will understand
What's been denied too long:

It isn't sun that offers hope,
Nor flowers that paint a grin;
The warmest days won't help you cope
For joy is found within

You must look inside your soul
To find a life worthwhile
Once done you'll be forever whole
With an eternal smile
-Journey

Not a Day Goes By, Lonestar - a slightly-altered cover

A song for my Lost Boys <3

Chosen Perspective

Sometimes I wish my childhood
Held memories of fun
But truthfully, when I look back
It makes me want to run

So much pain and sorrow there
So much fear, repressed
I dreamed of it last night, and now
This morning I’m depressed

Yet I’m ever the optimist;
Those scenes cannot control
My outlook on my life, my joy
My happiness - no, no!

And so I’ll look deeper into
The recess of my mind
And see what gold I can dig up,
What happiness I’ll find

There’s the day mom looked at me
With lips pressed like a fish
And trying not to laugh, pressed on
my cheeks a fishy-kiss

Or the night a bat flew in
My parents both freaked out!
Yet I laughed in peeling chimes
As it flew roundabout

There’s the knowledge that, though with
a lesson I found shame,
My mother held me tenderly
And loved me just the same

I remember digging once
To China, I was sure!
That was great! til dad told us
To go and fill the hole…

Then there was the gardening
Not weeding - what distaste!
But pulling things right from the vine
Their sweet juices to taste

Bike rides, camping, playing sports
Even solo pretend
They made my childhood memorable
The made the “lonely” end

It wouldn’t take much, not at all
To recall all the strife
But I choose to instead let go,
And see a happy life.

I Am, You Are

You Are Good and Perfect
You Are Love and Light
You provide a guiding force
That carries through the night

I Am only part of
Your Infinite Design
Yet even in my weakest days
You love this Soul of mine

This path that's set before me
I know that I can trust
And so I set my feet on it -
I can, I will, I must!

Following Your guidance
I know will bring great joy
And so my intuition I

Will gladly use, employ

You'll teach me through my weakness
You'll help me to stand strong
No need to wait til End to see;
You're with me all along

To My Love

Of all the loves I've known in life,
The joys that take away the strive,
The greatest is being your wife
I pray it never ends

I'll stay with you through thick and thin
Each battle we'll together win
And at the end will look again
As lovers and as friends

At how our path twisted and turned
The rain that froze, the sun that burned
And all the riches we have earned -
Worth more than priceless stone

The memories we'll hold so dear
As we recount each precious year
And nary will we shed a tear,
For twixt us love was known

A Fairy's Advice

Once upon a midnight song
Beneath a willow tree
Where I lay and ponder there
A fairy came to me

"Why wonder?" Said the Fae to I
"Why waste this magic hour?"
"Because I want to know what lies
Beyond the watchman's tower."

"I see," replied my winged friend
"But don't you understand?
"The only way you'll ever know
"Is here and now to stand

"And go - don't even bid farewell!
"Just go beyond that gate.
"It's then you'll realize that YOU
Are Master of your fate."

And so I heed those very words
And scarce a moment pause
Whenever my dreams travel wide
And new direction calls

Tribute to My Boys

Though darkness surrounds me
And grief overtakes
I stir from this torment,
I start to awake

It's only a trifle,
A moment at best
And with my acceptance
Do I find my rest

And drink from deep waters
That with sweetness run
Crowned then by glory,
In arms of Loved Ones