Pool Is Open

I can’t float.
I can’t swin.
 
My body is full of water.
 
You dive in
such poise and confidence
and I watch you.
 
You can float.
You can swim.
 
Yet, you step out
from the world I provide
to the world you live in.
 
I know you will be back -
my body, it refreshes you
it reminds you of youth
of freedom and
what you can be.
 
Another day, you return
deep [...]

Simple Serendipity

It is the little things
that define greatness.
Monumental
Memorable
Time to find happiness
in what I have
not sorrow
in what I don’t.
For me, the lessons I’ve learned
the hurt so deep
simply, cannot compare
to the love I feel.
The future I now hold
and life I have to live -
Serendipity.

Happiness Reborn

I’ve been at a crossroads
in my life.
I’ve been double-crossed.
Today, as I write this
And as I have always believed, inside
The directions to where
I go from here
Will lead me to a happy place.
A life I want-
A man I need.
A future filled with light
Where darkness once lived.
All that I see -
Is clear
Is brighter.
And, I am glowing again.
I have found [...]

Restive Conflict

Tossing and turning
Not settled, not still
 
Just round and round, churning          
Emotions unfulfilled
 
My head and my heart
Together and yet, apart
 
What I feel and how I think -
Turning to wine, the conciliation I drink
 
I have learned that numbing is temporary
Ordinary solution to a problem contemporary
 
I pass on the wine
I sit and ponder time
 
Getting here is reflective
Going somewhere else, subjective
 
A solitary confinement, [...]

A Smaller Helping, Please

A plate
Way too big
 
I want a plate
Tea cup size
 
I have too much
It’s spilling over
 
Is it because I can
Manage the entire overflow?
 
Just when I have it in control
WHAM
 
Another helping
I did not ask for
 
I don’t want it.
 
Do you know what I mean?
 
Some have an empty plate
Even if their plate were full
 
They could empty it [...]

Investing In Change

Change is made from money
Can you make change
without money?
 
Money changes people
changes their lives.
 
You don’t know what you have
how much you spend
until it’s gone.
 
The more you have
the more you have to lose.
 
And when it’s gone
you are back to spending
time on change.
 
Irreversible damage –
 
Having spent more time on what can be bought
Then on what could have been [...]

Once Upon A Time

Blame was my refuge
Pride my hostage.
Using others to fulfill
an emptiness.
A salvation for most
with a big heart.
I recognize the void,
now I yield.
I look both ways
before crossing.
With a purpose,
not a project
I persevere
this is my conquest.
Only this time
I know the definition.

Photo Moment

Face’s captured
a moment in time.
Happy or sad, their expressions
a story untold.
Staring into a past,
seeing what we want to see.
This picture you look at
will never tell the truth.

A Move In The Right Direction

Moving out.
Moving in.
Moving on.
A path to somewhere
deep inside of me.
Taking a chance
not with someone or
for anyone.
This time
it’s all about me.
This is my life and
for the first time,
the sacrifices I’ll make
are selfish, calculated
with my end result.