In how many ways
can I be broken
rejected and forgotten
misplaced and lost
before I come in arms
of your presence?

Holding me
as if you were the one
incomplete without me!

You stitch me back together
fearfully knitted
wonderfully made
in the mightiest of ways
my weakness perfected
in your grace.

The connective tissue
between our humanity
is what sustains my hope in it

It is the instincts we act upon
to protect the ones we love
the humility we show
when we cry into someone’s arms
remind us of how fragile we are
because sometimes
all I’m really looking for is someone
who can hold my fragility
and still love me for it
even when I break

After all
our life is fleeting away
with each palpitation
bouncing against the brittle
walls of our hearts
is a spectacle of God’s love
desperately longing to be acted upon

I watched as the world around me
shivered beneath the snow
until finally the blessed sun brought its favor

The earth
welcomed its face
shining upon it and all the life it held
was bearing fruit of its long awaited spring

The riverbanks
found their voice again
as the water applauded against its currents

The birds
sang from their thawed lungs
a song that reminded me of
how far I had come
to finally see the world around me
become alive again

I whistled along with nature’s tune
delighting in how
this season will pass too

Don’t let life get too busy
that you don’t pause and appreciate
the tiny moments
that made you feel the most alive

We can get so detached with all of our fears
and worries this world empties into us
with our big jobs and big goals
just these empty sacks of nothingness
and ******* to feed our egos

How little we know!
about the quiet moments
we share with loved ones
mean for our soul
they fill our cups up with a joy
that always overflows

They make the weight of the world you feel
on your shoulders light enough
that you can carry on your own
they’re the subtle moments that you feel
the most in tune with your soul

Cherish those moments
worship them if you can
they’re what’s keeping you alive

I’ve never made you laugh
but I wish that I knew how to
I’m just too clumsy to be a comedian

I always fumble with my words
at the beginning of the joke
tripping over the fear
that you might not laugh
leaving me alone
in an overcrowded room of regret

Yet you’ve given me a stage and a mic
so I can prove myself wrong
with you sitting there
in the front row of empty seats
I can see you wearing a smile
that sends a tsunami wave through my chest
as I’m left standing there drenched
with my heart lost at sea
telling jokes about love... is not easy

You make my soul blush
You make my heart sing
Your spirit is incomparable

You are an intoxicating human being
in the best and worst of ways
just the way you talk
makes me want to listen to everything you have to say
watching each word drip from your lips like untainted honey

You can make the mundane beautiful
I remember when I made you laugh for the first time
I don't even remember what I said
but I'll never forget how it made me feel
for a moment I felt like the most important person in the world
it was then when I knew you were special

You possess a extraordinary spirit
filled with an undefeated joy
for life and all that lives
and a heart made of gold
that radiates for the world to see
never stop trusting it