Waves

Courage is not -

the absence of fear
the ability to be foolish,
in the grasp of death...

Courage is looking -

in the mirror
acknowledging the human,
aspect in the unknown...

Courage is seeing -

the truth
setting a goal and knowing
that somehow, someway

triumph shines through.

Even if failure wins....

Life and death -

Courage
is the roaring rapid
through it all.

My Song

A thousand voices
can not reach you -
your lips can't part
for anyone...

a thousand poems
can not save you -
your heart has saved
what you've become...

in your eyes
a sea errupts -
with crazy little bitty lies...

that over take
your heart and headache -
buried beneath your silent cries...

for none
can hear you
you stand alone -

for none
can see you
you can't belong -

yet still the wind
blows your hair -
and you can see vivid clear

it's inside of me
I've felt it before
and apparently...

I'm back for more.

Goodbye

I hold a bunch of balloons
that I will now release -
because the helium inside of them
I really can't appease...

Red, blue and green
to heavy a load for me -
Solitude is the price I pay
to actually be free...

of the anger and frustration
that constantly weigh me down -
to soar to where I need to be
I don't need them around.

Boxes

Life's crazy
twists, turns, bumps and bruises
have let me know...

if it's meant to happen it will...
if it doesn't -
I will always have my memories...

no one can take those away from me.

My life experiences
that I savor -
now out of my grasp

faded photos...
wrinkled notes...
and long lost smiles...

do exist
if only
in my past.

Petals in the Wind

Your face is now
a stranger -
I don't know you at all
anymore...

yet the pain
you must be facing -
is unbearable
I am sure...

may faith somehow
greet you -
may hope give you
a way...

to deal with this
unhealable heartbreak -
for you and yours
I'll pray.