Release, Sweet Release

Release, Sweet Release

Drip
Drip
That forever sip

That sip
That holds promise
That holds strong
Onto your mind

Why would you
Want to be held

So tightly?

Drip
Drip
It flows past the lip

Down into the pit
Of a person
One once was

It flows into the nothingness
The nothingness
That your sorrow has hollowed out

It pours in
And you pour out

What isn't taken
Is given

Given to the ink
Taken by the drink

So what could be left

Of one who is taken
And given
So completely?

Nothing.

Nothing is the plain truth
The absolute answer

So order another round
Because you've run out of fight

But before you step up
For another beating

Remember you are loved
By someone
Somewhere

Even if that someone is gone
To somewhere beyond

So the next time you step up
Throw a few punches
Take a few shots
Without going numb

And take

Take from what you give
So that you might live
Live to see your next opportunity
Not only to give

But to change

To Answer My Own Question

To Answer My Own Question

There is an answer
In retrospect
But not the perfect clarity
One may be misled to believe

Time alone
Cannot be held responsible
For such an understanding
For the epiphany
Found in the present

There is an answer
In the moment
But an answer charged
By electrifying, intensifying, clouding emotions

Emotion alone
Cannot be clear
While pure and unfiltered
It must be tempered
For future's trials

There is an answer
Out of reach
But so long as the hand stretches
It might just grasp it

Stretching alone
Will only leave you stretched too thin
Across the unforgiving coals
Of impatient inactivity
So, combine your hope with action

Take a hold
Of the questions
And from them
Search for, find, and learn
From the answers

Why?

Why?

I write
So that I might
Confess
To all that I have felt

To reflect
Upon what
I have already felt
In time passed

To grow
From what
I feel here and now
In time present

To plan
For what
I both dread and hope
In time yet to come

From the Heart

From the Heart

Who could ever truly
Fall in love?

Answer this
And you may discover

The only answer
Worth knowing.

Kaleidoscope Personality

Kaleidoscope Personality

It stabs!

It stabs
Deep into me
Deeper still than any memory

Down it burrows
As if its goal
Could be found

But only within

What!?

What is this...

Dizzying
Perplexing
Consuming

Force

Drowning
In its thunderous command
Begging for its forgiveness

Ah yes,
So clear now

It could only be
The guilt I feel

When sorry is not enough
When sincerity is forsaken, mistaken
As what could only be a mask

But why?

Why must my sincerity
Fall in assumption
To the state
Of a mere mask

I wear masks, yes
As we all do

But they are merely

Masks of propriety
Professionalism
And necessity

However, before I progress
I must request
A moment of your pondering
For the following question:

Are these masks
Or propriety
Professionalism
And necessity
Even masks at all?

Perhaps I am all these things
And I call upon the facets
Of my kaleidoscope personality
When needed

But then one must ask:
At what moment
Do we capture the entirety of the kaleidoscope
In one moment?

Perhaps we don't
And perhaps
It's because of its beauty

Do not capture your beauty
Let it shine
Let it shine in all its ever-growing glory

Be the mask wearing,
Yet--no! AND genuine
Kaleidoscope
You've always been

And could always be

Within Our Light We Find the Starlight Path

Within Our Light We Find the Starlight Path

When you feel the weight
Of the nothing that is space
Remember to look within
To find the starlight path

Because it's within
The starlight path shines

It's within
The starlight path beckons

Within
The starlight path reminds you

The stars have always been watching
From within

They have always been watching

I'm Okay, Just Tired

I'm Okay, Just Tired

My life has been changed
By lies and deceit
That left me feeling broken
Left me feeling weak

Flip the coin and you'll see
My life has also been changed
Made all the better
By love once lost, regained

My life will continue
To be changed
With every lesson learned
Each new step claimed

In the name of my life
My desire to be free
An unending want
To be the best me

That I can be
That I could stand so high
But only because I've been looked at
With an introspective eye

A view built from within
Influenced from without
I have my down moments
I've had my doubt

That shame and humiliation
Creeps inside you
Telling you it's over
But that can't be true

That can't be true!

Some people pray
While others stay away
But that doesn't mean they're not trying
To find their way

In this world
That doesn't feel meant for them
A world built on a shallow meaninglessness
Lost so easy, stretched so thin

It's alright though

Don't worry

I'm fine

Just tired

Responsibility

Responsibility

It is not your place
To choose the chances
It is your place
To make them

It is your place
To make them
First for you
So you can then help
To make them for others

This is our future
A collection of chances
For something better

The only way
Your future can have a chance
Can be a chance
Is if you take
Those chances