POEMS

I hold the door I hold your hand You hold the keys to my heart May there never be a day that passes Where you ever have to wonder how I...

A run in the park A dance in the dark The lights of the ferris wheel in your eyes To hear you say Laughing through your smile That it's...

Be careful when hope begins to spark A person who's been through hell Can catch fire with dreams to make true

Sometimes I loose the words So I breathe in the moments Hold them tight A gift I suppose To move through the nights Oh, push into dream...

Peace is not to destroy the noise But to find a way to let it go Refuse to accept the voices That confuse ordinary with mundane To live...

Why would I need to be brought down to earth When I've spent a lifetime learning to fly Through what was said and left unsaid Told I was...

We fall Like clockwork The changing breeze Knowing it will happen Still surprised at the break What comes No control in where we land We...

I refuse to believe That with all the evil I've seen in this world With all the pain and disappointment I've faced With the countless...

I was asked what I have to be hopeful about In a world so cold and dark And there was nothing to say But that hope is not mine to possess...

So many lies I want to tell you Let them roll right off my lips Like the sun will always shine Or that everything happens for a reason...

There's a little voice It's whispers tell you're not enough And the more you consider the different The whisper grows into a scream With...

Pain enjoys the chase Wanting nothing more than for you to run So she may follow you across the chapters of your life Leaving her mark On...

Such a beautiful liar She whispers how all will be forgiven once we hold her Knowing all the while How she doesn't exist in a way to be...

All of us play the fool at times We start to believe closing down will shield us from being hurt again And sometimes it's true Sometimes...

And then one morning things were different As if the sunrise brought a whole new world And as I wiped the sleep from my eyes I whispered...

We smile because The world is not harsh enough to steal away our hope The darkness not black enough to take our shine The sky not tall...

Come to me now My precious one Let me quiet your dreams When the night is dark Let me show you the world Is not as it seems I know winds...

Treasures and trinkets Relics of love Memories with every artifact in our collection Walls covered Pictures of you I celebrate the...

Strength is at it's best in moments of mercy Power; more full when we humble ourselves Its not by chance These are choices Hard and...

And one day You look down and realize The little girls you fought so hard to protect Have given you more than you could ever give them...