Walk with me

Come, take a walk with me,
 side by side.

Walk through the woods

checking out blue sky

 Listen to the trees

as they bend with the wind

Watch the birds fly, land, then take off again.

I'll wait for you to feel safe
to share
What's been locked away
deep 
within
Your soul.

I'll be your strength
I'll hold you up
I'll help you see
Just how strong you are~
and Can be.

Let's walk 
with the sand under our feet
Let's feel free
Let fear go
No more holding on to what was
No more hiding away
No more crying for those who 
didn't stay.

Come, let's walk
side by side
let's feel ~
 Freedom 
floating with the wind
 dancing with stars
sleeping on a cloud
Feeling warmth from the sun

Let's walk,
You and I.
Let's fly 
where others won't go.
Let's just be,
You and me.
I'll hold you up,
~if you should stumble.
Though I know you won't
You were meant to be this strong
Take off the blinders and let your soul see.

Feel like taking a walk with me?

I am Lovable

I am Lovable

I live within a darkened room

deep below a well guarded castle. 

Outside my door stands Vulnerable.

Vulnerable carries a long sharp sword

he has named it pain.

Pain is the key~to everything.

No one has yet been able to get close to me

if they try

Pain is who they meet.

Beyond the room where Vulnerable resides 

 a spiral staircase is seen

We call her Love.

Miles and miles in length she is

and at the top

outside her door

~Lies, resides.

Lies covers the floor

ready to grab anyone untrue

Anyone who has managed to get past the gate.

The gate we call Trust.

Trust isn't easy to get past.

Trust is strong, runs deep, and holds true.

Trust stands behind desire.

Knowing Desire needs to be watched.

Desire is our drawbridge

she keeps all of us held tight within these walls

determined to keep us safe.

Trying to keep others out.

Desire has weaknesses she knows about.

Passion is the moat that circles these walls

Passion runs hot and cold and is the only one

able to sway Desire at all.

If passion is able to get Desire to open up.

Trust is always on alert.

Lies will tell tales

Love will twist and turn

Vulnerable will tighten around Pain

and I will remain behind this locked door.

I am lovable~

waiting to see 

when

I will be able to get close 

to Love again.

It's yours to make

"Stay strong"

Easy to say

Difficult to do

When everyone

Would rather you not.

Don't fight to be better than me

Fight to set your dreams free

We are all trying

to believe

Something amazing is waiting to be seen.

Listen to the emotions of your heart

Hear the words it's trying to say.

There's a time and place for logic 

to get in the way.

~Don't allow it everyday.

Bask in the beauty

You create.

Smile

Laugh

Listen

Love

Let go of hate.

Life is what you make.

Make it worth writing about!

Make it a life~

The history books will envy.

Taken too soon

Park bench built for two

How odd

I sit and wait for you.

I know you won't come

You never do

But, I'll sit and wait

and hope

today is the day, you do.

Sounds silly when I say it out loud

"Just once,

 I'd like to not look for your face in a crowd."

I can envision you anywhere

I can envision you with anyone.

It's seeing you with me ~

That's the key!

I hear laughter and I have to look

Sadly, it's no longer you.

I smell your cologne and follow the scent

It leads me to someone, but not to you.

I read a sign that reminds me of you

Crazy, everything brings me to you ~

but, You.

Did you have to go?

I've wished you back a million times

Then I read the note that

I've held onto for so long ~

"Taken too soon but never forgotten"

That's still as far as I've gotten.

Fighting depression

Everyday, 

I live with depression.

In every way

I fend it off.

Some days it creeps up on me

Other days~

It hits me full force in my face

It's an all consuming darkness

It brings with it

pain and despair.

It engulfs my lungs

It pokes holes in my heart

Drains my soul.

Tells my brain

"You are worthless!"

It's as if I am fighting to close a door

But, depression is almost as strong as me

Somedays, it's stronger than me.

I'll hide away

So none can see

Just how much pain

Depression can be.

I don't want everyone to see

How really

small and insignificant 

I feel to be.

Dark spaces

Excuses drip from the walls thick as molasses

Lies cover the floor waiting to be believed

Shadows dance around the light 

that has snuck in through

broken windows.

Dust covers the frames that once held smiling faces

An echo of a child's laugh

floats through the air.

If not for the echo

There would be no sound 

anywhere.

The spiders and flies 

took their dance elsewhere

Even this place is too dark 

for them.

No soul left to fill the void

No whisper of any tenant 

at all.

This place they call Misery~

No one should want to be.

It tries to hold on to others 

It tries to belong

Misery loves company

"They say"

But no company would take Misery on!

Lost Lovers

I wanna believe

I wanna see

I wanna know

There is happily

to be.

Where do you look

When you want to find

That next challenge 

for your heart 

to be blind?

You know that feeling...

When they first see you?

Those eyes light up

Those lips part

A slight lick of their lips 

and you find...

This is the moment

This is the time

This is the one 

always on your mind.

Where are they though?

Where is that moment to be?

You finding yourself 

Looking too closely?

"They" say when you aren't looking

you will find the one

who will blow your mind.

"They" say a lot of things!

Some are fun to say too.

Some just make me 

sad.

The one about 

"Letting them go 

and hope they find their way...back"

That one happens too much

Makes me wonder...

Why they just can't stay.