Pink

They battle in pink...
leave behind precious
children, husbands, family,

but they have hope...

they lose their hair -
lose their eyebrows -
lose their lashes -
lose their breasts -

but they have hope...

some don't survive -
just fighting to stay alive -
some alone have cried -
while their loved ones died -

but they have hope...

no more self pity
for nothing of substance,

no more fear
when some are so strong...
this is the lesson
that needs to be taught all along...

COURAGE, STRENGTH, HOPE.

Reality

Changing the way
I think...

I can not change the world
I can not stop the storms -
I can not control if people deceive me
lie to me or mock me...

I can not stop evil
I can not elimate crime -
I can not stop deception
or create motivation...

What I can do
are eliminate the things
that bring me down -

eliminate the people
who bring me pain -
eliminate the ones who lie,
use me or deceive me...

because I am me -
I ask for nothing
from anyone but freedom...

it doesn't matter what they think
as long as they go away -
and leave things as they were...

independence is a virtue
all should hold near
to feel self actualization...

I trust noone
and I believe in noone
because everyone will let you down.

Eventually.

But right now the sun is out
I am home and safe -
I have a hope that I find

within myself.

ONWARD!

These Days

I look around and see
quite clearly...
things aren't as they
used to be...

the eyes are dead
the smiles are gone,
what once were lovers
have now moved on...

there is no joy
in any I see -
and I know there's none
found within me...

seems like time
has stamped a tear -
in every heart
that grows each year...

No friends to share
special news and hope,
they're just living life
and trying to cope...

This rudeness seems
to have taken them all
saying lies and truth
to make others feel small...

No one is true,
and no one is free -
none are alive
and none are happy.

Letting Go

Let it go
the anger and mistakes
to you and from you...

Let go of those
who bring you down
internally or externally...

and who you do the same...

Close the door
and accept serenity -
from your own soul
that doesn't need anymore of this...

so stop...
listen and let go...
start new now...

just let go.