Clinging onto self control It gloms on tight to become whole Somehow it always finds my soul Because I play a different role Because I’ve danced within its shadows Watching loved ones lose tomorrows Because it’s won so many battles And left me swimming in the shallows Without the love I thought I needed Without protection from the faded Searching for a softer landing Tired of saving and … [Read more...] about Addiction [a prayer]
Poetry
Black Diamonds
Shedding, molting, unbecoming Layers fly off as I’m dreaming Letting be, I’m just allowing Running with the truth of heart Underneath, a creative shadow Pushed into a dark tomorrow But not so heavy in the shallows of a cellular re-start When darkness now comes quickly calling All I feel is my soul beating Into the body of my being that once was so split apart Time was turning, aching, … [Read more...] about Black Diamonds
There’s a Light
There’s a light As I walk slowly down hallways you show it to me As I float above earth you pull it away to draw me back into the fray I see it again when I’m back on my feet I feel it again when the voice in a song reverberates throughout every cell in my body When I’m touched by the living, the embodied There is a light that knows nothing of duality it is a spectrum, it is … [Read more...] about There’s a Light
Afterglow
Do we continue to bask in the afterglow Long after we know it’s over and done Do we need someone to light it up To burn it up again inside Until there’s nothing left to hide No pride, no flickers lingering Of someone come and gone How long do we bask in the memory A glance, a chance, The thought of one more dance For the reason of pure connection Or simply that of quick reflection A … [Read more...] about Afterglow
Sand
Some days the thickness is so severe I can’t move from underneath the weight of its oceans. Some days the sweeping winds blow away the path forward from the dirt at my feet. It feels like sand. Everything feels like sand. It collects in the creases of my hands. It wisps away in swirls of varying shapes, indistinguishable and unrecognizable. It floats and falls through my brain like a snow … [Read more...] about Sand