POEMS

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I've worked all these years Striving Fighting Sacrificing The lie that admiration is eared through accolade But now I know better Time...

Do not waste even one precious moment on this earth hiding from how you feel To be alive is to feel joy and pain joy again Often the both...

When you fall I'll wipe your tears and feel your pain Reminding you how these moments Forge our paths And when I trip I'll fight the urge...

It's a smile that heals me It's a word that takes my breath away It's a promise that I can be more than I ever believed It's a change in...

When the weight of the world is bearing down Know that I will always be here Walking through the tempest with you Holding the light to...

In your life you will be both revered and reviled Given praise for things undone while accomplishments go unseen Life is a spectacle,...

Every time I hear your laugh I'm overwhelmed Surprised by how it takes my breath away Those are the moments that make everything...

Hold fast little ones In this blinding pace Hold fast my sweet loves Days are precious and few Hold fast to your heart To the journey...

Lightning The moments pass so quickly Flashes Framing our laughter Illuminating Our captured joy Horizons Uncovered hope for tomorrow...