Tell me your stories
Tell them to me with words you've never said out loud.
Paint a picture of your history on a canvas of which to be proud.
Speak with a vibrancy that you picked up as you walked through life alone.
Rip the floor from beneath my feet, shake me and drop me like a stone.
Wrap me around your finger and break the silence open wide.
Pull me through the hills and valleys, keeping up to you with stride.
I might have hit a wall and found myself lost for words.
But it's not a fault to be dumbstruck
So give me breath and fill me up, my dear.
Lift me up and give me wings to rise above this funk.
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Monday, November 25, 2013
Thankfulness
It's about counting the steps from where you are to where you started.
It's reviewing the path of life that you have been on and what it has taken to get there.
It's knowing the Rocks that have remained underfoot, those that have remained steady for you.
It's the acknowledgment that their presence have made all the difference for you.
It's also recounting the treacheries and catchments that have come your way.
It's knowing the power they held against you, and yet knowing that without them you would not know what it means to overcome.
It's remembering that the hardship they brought you has refined you and made you stronger.
It's reminiscing about the past, being satisfied with the present, and celebrating what it to come.
It takes thought, effort and a touch of humility.
It's makes all the difference
What are you thankful for?
It's reviewing the path of life that you have been on and what it has taken to get there.
It's knowing the Rocks that have remained underfoot, those that have remained steady for you.
It's the acknowledgment that their presence have made all the difference for you.
It's also recounting the treacheries and catchments that have come your way.
It's knowing the power they held against you, and yet knowing that without them you would not know what it means to overcome.
It's remembering that the hardship they brought you has refined you and made you stronger.
It's reminiscing about the past, being satisfied with the present, and celebrating what it to come.
It takes thought, effort and a touch of humility.
It's makes all the difference
What are you thankful for?
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Worth It.
I've seen more than you can even relate to and come to find
That fighting for morality for morality's sake will get us nowhere.
I don't wanna show my face here anymore.
In these streets, to be the topic of awkward, hometown conversation.
This is who I am and who I'l be.
I've fought for it harder than most.
I won't be told what's supposed to be right,
I'll find it out for myself, through discovery and struggle.
It takes getting everything you've ever dreamed of and loosing it
To truly know what Freedom is.
There's no use in talking with people that have never left home,
They don't understand what it's like to seek safety in other people.
To have everyone love you and care about you, but to never quite belong to anyone.
Having a chameleon soul, I'd spent years trying to adapt to what came.
Always trying to stay out of trouble, but never getting to feel what life is.
I will have it this way no longer, no longer will I have a war in my mind.
I have nothing to loose anymore and nothing to gain.
Except the desire to make my life into a canvas, a work of art.
I believe in the kindness of strangers, and the beauty of the broken
Finding solace even in the darkest of places.
Will this make you run away or will you stay, even though it hurts?
I've spent most of my life turning my cheek for cheeks sake
But now, this is my life, and I've fought for the Truth harder than most
I've broken through webs of lies, this is what I've come to.
And it was worth it.
That fighting for morality for morality's sake will get us nowhere.
I don't wanna show my face here anymore.
In these streets, to be the topic of awkward, hometown conversation.
This is who I am and who I'l be.
I've fought for it harder than most.
I won't be told what's supposed to be right,
I'll find it out for myself, through discovery and struggle.
It takes getting everything you've ever dreamed of and loosing it
To truly know what Freedom is.
There's no use in talking with people that have never left home,
They don't understand what it's like to seek safety in other people.
To have everyone love you and care about you, but to never quite belong to anyone.
Having a chameleon soul, I'd spent years trying to adapt to what came.
Always trying to stay out of trouble, but never getting to feel what life is.
I will have it this way no longer, no longer will I have a war in my mind.
I have nothing to loose anymore and nothing to gain.
Except the desire to make my life into a canvas, a work of art.
I believe in the kindness of strangers, and the beauty of the broken
Finding solace even in the darkest of places.
Will this make you run away or will you stay, even though it hurts?
I've spent most of my life turning my cheek for cheeks sake
But now, this is my life, and I've fought for the Truth harder than most
I've broken through webs of lies, this is what I've come to.
And it was worth it.
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Questions
What is your reason for getting up in the morning?
What gives breath to your lungs? Makes you take that next step?
What gives you hope to face the monsters in your path?
What gives you purpose? A reason to smile?
Is it the tender touch of the sun upon your skin?
Is it fitting into that little red dress? That pound lost?
Is it the feeling of iron in your hands? That next big pay check?
What would you do if you had a little bit of money? A little passion in you heart?
What difference would you try to make? Who's life would you change?
What makes your heart stop up tight?
Who's hand would you hold? Lips would you kiss, if you had 15 last seconds?
What do you know of this life? What things have you seen, places have you been?
Have you seen any of darkness out there? Felt the sting of pain, grief, regret?
Have you seen where the demons hide?
What do you do to forget? What would you do to remember always?
What emotions would you seek to relive again?
What dangers would you face to have it all again?
How do you get yourself back home?
What gives breath to your lungs? Makes you take that next step?
What gives you hope to face the monsters in your path?
What gives you purpose? A reason to smile?
Is it the tender touch of the sun upon your skin?
Is it fitting into that little red dress? That pound lost?
Is it the feeling of iron in your hands? That next big pay check?
What would you do if you had a little bit of money? A little passion in you heart?
What difference would you try to make? Who's life would you change?
What makes your heart stop up tight?
Who's hand would you hold? Lips would you kiss, if you had 15 last seconds?
What do you know of this life? What things have you seen, places have you been?
Have you seen any of darkness out there? Felt the sting of pain, grief, regret?
Have you seen where the demons hide?
What do you do to forget? What would you do to remember always?
What emotions would you seek to relive again?
What dangers would you face to have it all again?
How do you get yourself back home?
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Staring Up at the Sun
I stood up to the Sun
I told him all of the crazy things that he'd done
He shot back with a blazing brilliance
Melting my wings of wax, powerfully expressing his resilience
Stranded on my little island, I stared up to see
The light of my heart started to tremble, everything I knew fading out of me
I thought of all the people, places and things I've loved
I can't loose myself tonight, me being the one you're thinking of
A million feet, I'll keep climbing
Without weight to hold me down, I'll keep on flying
Love and life within my veins
After all, they say, the best love is the kind that keeps on trying
Even if the best of the fields burns down around me
It won't matter, I no longer have to count the stars to be.
"Seek me out, and ye shall find", if I didn't, I would not be that bold.
Me, I'm tired of simply doing as I'm told
Day in and night out, I've been loosing sleep,
Dreaming of the things humanity could be if we weren't sheep.
If doing wrong didn't feel so right
Then every human wouldn't be in such a plight
I'm a little wiser now, from what you've shown me
It's been a long time coming, but my mind is free
I was a lonely soul, but that's the old me
I'm feeling better since you showed me who I can be.
I told him all of the crazy things that he'd done
He shot back with a blazing brilliance
Melting my wings of wax, powerfully expressing his resilience
Stranded on my little island, I stared up to see
The light of my heart started to tremble, everything I knew fading out of me
I thought of all the people, places and things I've loved
I can't loose myself tonight, me being the one you're thinking of
A million feet, I'll keep climbing
Without weight to hold me down, I'll keep on flying
Love and life within my veins
After all, they say, the best love is the kind that keeps on trying
Even if the best of the fields burns down around me
It won't matter, I no longer have to count the stars to be.
"Seek me out, and ye shall find", if I didn't, I would not be that bold.
Me, I'm tired of simply doing as I'm told
Day in and night out, I've been loosing sleep,
Dreaming of the things humanity could be if we weren't sheep.
If doing wrong didn't feel so right
Then every human wouldn't be in such a plight
I'm a little wiser now, from what you've shown me
It's been a long time coming, but my mind is free
I was a lonely soul, but that's the old me
I'm feeling better since you showed me who I can be.
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