colleen-ranney
Canadian
Colleen Ranney was born in Canada and raised by her Grandparents in a Mennonite home. Colleen's homelife and reality offered her the passion to learn and cultivate an independent view on life. This authentic perspective is reflected in her poetry. Colleen is a very expressive writer with an unihibited spirit and wise soul. Her poetry will capture a smile as well as lead you on a journey to those places within... / / Colleen Ranney is the author of / "Entangled Within the Nature of Things," its sequel, "Ancient Mirrored Dreams," and / "One Prayer". / / Colleen is a certified Reiki Master, and a Writer at Helium.com, as well as the Founder of Need An Angel, an online support group for suicide prevention and self improvement. Her dedication to care and love for mankind is widespread. Focused on the healing of the heart, body, and soul, Colleen's purpose is to help each of us find our own truth.
When I began
I took a leap not a step
I left not only my footprints behind
instead I emptied the entire contents of my soul.
and how many people venture on
marching to the beat of their own drum
to the rhythm of starting over.
Why wait another second
This is the perfect time to
Begin
advocate for people with dreams
give possibilities to the impossible
Live you dream in leaps ♥ Life is too short for baby steps and we do not determine the time remaining ♥
Jun 29, 2010
Jun 29, 2010 at 4:45 AM UTC
You will never age to me
Nor will our love I waste
If loneliness thy walls should be
my soul does yearn to haste
For by thy chest my comfort heaves
My life be air you breathe
And wither shadows of the gone
Let heartache softly leave
To rest my dear , by loving heart
And swim in memories deep
I shall hear your whispering plea
Inside your dreaming sleep
I will arrive by hidden hands
And cradle every hour with grace
Forever share thy empty room
To fill Joy in every space
I’m with you love, dearest of all
Though time may seem too slow
For love can bare canyons divide
Beside forever while ages go
(inspirational quote)
Above all the words I love you most of all
Jun 22, 2010
Jun 22, 2010 at 10:53 AM UTC
When life becomes agonizing
When time is filled with pain and reliving pain
Remember today..this day
Remember to eat peppermints to stop the sirens of trouble and slow your racing heart
Remember the gentle sound of birds singing on a summer afternoon
Remember how much you love milkshakes
And how you were feeling ok when you wrote this
Remember you are really a good person
Remember you are learning life just like everyone else
Remember how great it feels to finish something
Remember
To take a deep breath every now and then
Remember how much you love a cool shower
And how natural your body feels when clean
Remember to take an interest in others and how they are
We all have a cross to bare
Remember good things do happen
and remember no one is perfect
Remember when life becomes agonizing
You cannot force anyone to love you
And you cannot be forced to love yourself
But
remember
You decided that
Being a survivor wasn’t what you SHOULD, or HAVE to do
You decided that
It’s what you WANT to be
Remember you WANT to live
From A Survivor
Jun 22, 2010
Jun 22, 2010 at 10:51 AM UTC
As we inhale into self
We exhale out to mankind
What would the diaries of my heart want for anyone to know
Greater than self perseverance
This would be simply that
One cannot drink from a cup without receiving
And this is the lesson we learn
They are poured within us
Or around us
Each enchanted place within, must breath into its own surprise
What man could live on an island buried under the sea?
There is nothing more powerful than the Experience in finding oneself
No not the mirrored deception of what we wish we were
But who we are
In this I will find great joy when evil surrounds me
For it is true
What lives within me is a great love
this is where I find heaven
and every being of love
Jun 22, 2010
Jun 22, 2010 at 10:49 AM UTC
You understand
You have uncovered inside me a heart that can shout for joy
I can lift my heart to your handed gifts
You are the strong line that fastens me
In commotion you are the million pieces of my relief
I’ve cried so often
On my knees I have screamed
In the crumbling of my life
God have mercy of this broken woman I am
Sensations of sorrow pour over me
I am forever thin-skinned
Fighting my own purpose
I am frightened of the human race
But here I am vulnerable
I have set the hundred masks free from their prison of my needing
No more acting
My eyes, and soul are bared naked before you
I need for nothing more than our embrace
You are more than a wish that happened
You broke free from what others held you by
You help me find answers
to questions that make me so angry sometimes
There has never been a yesterday I have left behind,
where I did not love the idea of the morning sun
It doesn’t matter anymore
Another day with you
Is just right
Even if we did everything the same
all over again
I love you
Jun 22, 2010
Jun 22, 2010 at 10:47 AM UTC
The branch of learning
On this tree we call life is short or long
Arent we all at least once in our lifetime
A soldier of our own personal struggle
Returned home with leaves of green
We display our triumphs
only
To find we are relocated
In this courtroom
Of prompt condemnation
And served copied advice
Like a fish out of water
We seek the sea of our own redemption
But we were hooked
By those who knew better than us about our evolution
Better than us about our mistakes
Better than us about what we misplaced
Better than us about what we could have produced
Or should have produced
Or given
Or receieved.
The truth is not hard to see
It’s only hard to stand for
Love is the answer written inside the hearts of man
But who can look within anyones world and judge it
We each have many worlds inside
We each are unique inside
We can only see our own
Injured, abused, forgotten, betrayed
Ignored, accused, judge without delay
Trying,believing,hoping and strong
Stuck in a world where we’re always wrong
Or never wrong
And going to say it
The branch of learning
On this tree we call life is short or long
I live by my own advice
And care for the fruits of any goodness
Love is not what we chose it to be
Love has its own definition
Hurt is not what we choose it to be
Hurt has its own definition
Perfection is not what we choose it to be
Perfection has its own definition
Friendship is not what we choose it to be
Friendship has its own definition
Inside each of us is an unknown territory to the world outside us
I do not know my way around the world inside you
I only know my own
And in my own world
The tree is LIFE
all that is not life eventually withers away
(inspirational quote)
Life is about living, inside our own smile, above our own limits, around our own obstacles, outside our own prison before our own judgement
Jun 22, 2010
Jun 22, 2010 at 4:44 AM UTC
I Will Believe
I will believe in you
until the time will appear
Where you can see
your courage draw near.
I will kiss you silently
although you cannot feel,
I’ll pour oil upon your wounds
until you can heal.
I’ll hold each broken dream
that’s shattered and destroyed.
I’ll whisper you re so beautiful;
I’ll be overjoyed
I’ll let you rest your head in the shelter of my arm
and protect your splendor; Safely from all harm.
I’ll bend knee in the shadows that you hide from sight.
I’ll believe in you until the shadows turn to light.
(inspirational quote)
Heaven is a place where people FEEL LOVED
You deserve to Feel Loved
If you give LOVE to the world, you have given the BEST!! of the World to another
Jun 22, 2010
Jun 22, 2010 at 4:41 AM UTC
When the hands of your journey reach down to guide
and that still small voice says you failed
Remember your shoes that have come through it all
Their laces have helped you prevail
One store gave you shoes of the rarest kind
Not only to try on but wear
One gave you shoes just like all the rest
To judge if life has been fair
The rarest of shoes are made from truth
And can walk you through any test
Through winds of lies and perceptions of men
This shoe lifts you over the best
I’ve had shoes from my mother and shoes from my dad
Shoes from my lovers and friend
Shoes that planned future and how it would be
Shoes that stood still tied together at ends
Always remember our journeys not measured
By those who stare down at our feet
Who are baffled by color, religion or sect
Or judge who our shoes help us meet
Wherever your journey may take you in time
Wear shoes that best suit you
The rarest of men whoever prevailed
Knew it came in the truth of their shoe
I wonder if heaven is really a place
Where our personal journeys complete,
And the shoes we wore here suddenly become
The truth that shines on our feet
Jun 22, 2010
Jun 22, 2010 at 4:40 AM UTC
Surround me with an Atmosphere of ease
Embrace me to the sensations of tenderness and love
My feelings have known humidity before
As if all would restrict me eventually
What gardener grows a crop of thick skin anyways
I looked-for one
I bargained for one
To cover me
Until I recognized
Feeling
is
The echo following the process of purpose
The atmosphere outside my human vision
And is
never limited to only one view
or choice
just remember to put your heart into it.
Jun 22, 2010
Jun 22, 2010 at 4:34 AM UTC