How much can you handle?
You won't know until you try,
But there's no need to seek it out.
It's already part of life.

The shame,
The praise,
The weight,
The downpour,
Gravity of circumstance —
Little influence over its timing,
Even less over the place it lands.

Strands of order
Through the chaos,
Shooting lifelines
In the dark —
Almost no beginning's
Ever easy,
What counts
Is that you start.

Let's talk —
Nothing is unbridgable,
So long as we
Maintain the dialogue.

Times change,
Vision wavers,
Still, optimism shines
Just as brightly
Behind glass.

Burning daylight
Hours ‘till curtains,
Energetic, never nervous —
Passing time, until it's
Time to shine.

Stolen moments,
Saved up hours.
Not the world's,
No, these are ours.
Our dance,
Our soul connection,
Our escape from all that drains
The light within.

Melancholy circular —
All time flies,
But random days
Seem far darker
Than they have
Any right to be.

Bubble days
Of happy moments
Floating in the sea of time —
Happiness is what you make it,
And these moments here
Are mine.

Gasps of shock,
Sighs of relief,
Life's breath
Entering or leaving —
In and out,
The eb and flow
Of all shades of anticipation.

Happy
Never cares
If it is sloppy.

Pounding,
Beating,
Tremor,
Trembling skin,
Pulse racing fast —
I am rhythm,
I am music.
Feel the cadence of my heart.

Tides of life
In troubling times —
Flash your love.
Make it bright.

Energy levels
Still inked in red —
A far cry from what's needed,
But already so much more
Than what I had.

Truths unfelt,
Ignored, withheld —
Right up to the point
You can no more ignore
You can't.

The cards that I'm dealt
Won't define who I am,
For life gives us all a mixed bag,
With at least a few lemons.

Gratitude, honestly,
Such a beautiful emotion
To receive, to see reflected
In a loved one's
Brightly shining eyes.

Buried in fear
To be soothed
At the cost of freedom —
Follow the leader
Into the pen.

Cutting ties and closing doors,
Once has passed —
Nevermore.

Windfalls
Only find you
Out in the open.