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...

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...

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...

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...

When she smiles the world comes alive As if her laughter is both the rain and the sun Her power, more than survival, is to thrive In the...

May we walk in a love bigger than ourselves I wish for you nothing less Than to find love of heavenly origins So that we may share When...

Everything about loving you is easy Except for the learning to love myself Nonetheless, I make this promise to you To recognize that...

If being shockingly radical is the goal Then I choose to change the game In a world where it seems forgotten I will commit to compassion...

The world tries to tell us what family means But family is ours to define We stand, a collective, unwavering in commitment To nourish...

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...

There's no story as powerful As unsolicited love in the words of a daughter There is no sun as bright As the pride that can pour from my...

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...

If we must spend some days apart Know that I hold you in my heart With baited breath I count the days till your return My prayer for you...

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 trials of the world are ever mounting A million voices wondering what to do No matter what presents it's challenge to us I will...

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