Those That Come

The things you want

beyond reason

how will they come?

Will it be all at once

Or one by one?

When you arrive

at your heart’s desire

How will you fair?

Will it be as you imagined?

when your dream

is standing there?

There are dreams

that take a lifetime

Others—merely a day

Only those that come

too swiftly

just as quickly

slip away

All Love

It is time to do what you’ve always wanted. It may be the best or worst thing, but it will no doubt be the bravest. You are young enough to build your life from the ground up, old enough to know how to do it. So, close your eyes and listen to the drumming of your heart, the ringing of your soul whispering now is the time, this is now your time. Do what you must, what you must do. For those who act out of love needn’t ever be afraid. I am all love and you have nothing to fear.

We Were Loved

We were loved in ways

We couldn’t know

Loved with gladness

Loved with sorrow

We were taught to meet

the demands of others

In the name of love

they hurt our mothers

They kept us close

and held our hands

Gave us more love

than we could stand

And still we plead

and still we doubt

whether loved within reason

or loved without

To Yourself

Pick yourself up. Get it together. Not because others have it worse than you. Not because you owe it to anyone to put on a smile. But because you have your mother’s blood flowing through your veins. And even if you think otherwise, you matter to so many people. But first of all, you need to matter to yourself.

A Reminder

People want to know you

All you have to be is present

People want to love you

All you need to be is yourself

Written

When you have written all you had to write

there is nothing left to write about but yourself

Among the Stars

A girl from nowhere special. With a fistful of dirt in her hand. And an irrepressible fire in her belly.

Who looks up at the stars and knows them by heart. Who is patiently learning the language of The Universe. And believes in something greater than herself.

That loves her unconditionally.

And will carry her always.

A girl who looks up at the stars knowing one day, she will be among them.

Show of Love

I want to buy us a house

with red roses in the yard

and a skylight above our bed

Raindrops dancing on the glass

A house made of bricks

an address that I can write to

anytime I wish

A fireplace roaring

against the long, cold night

and a blanket big enough

to wrap around us both

I think shelter is the ultimate

show of love

and I want to protect you

from everything that hurts

All the Things

You are made of the all things you have loved. You are made of the all the things you have lost. And both contribute in equal measure to your beauty and your brilliance.