Shattered.
Lost; ruined...
Broken.
Incomplete.
That was me.

Striking.
Charmed; strong...
Full of life.
That was you.

You came along,
Suddenly life is beautiful.
Slowly, carefully
You picked up
The broken pieces of me
I am whole again…

Unnoticed, I embraced life.
I stand proud and firm,
Strong again…
Because of you.

You make me feel wanted,
Needed...
Desired...
Loved...

But was it really love
That I see through your eyes?
That I felt by the burning passion
You and I shared…?

The ghosts and the guilt
The mistakes and the pains
The misery of the past
Won’t just fall away…
But I have lost control
In the midst
Of beauty and madness...

Scared, still,
But take me along…
Only fate knows
What lies ahead,
But I’ll take the risk
I swear to be strong
Because of you…
Because I love you…

Blessings they speak
In many ways
On any given day.
There is of course
The sun's return
After darkness reigns
There is that first
Breath the infant takes
The last breath
The old man shakes
And takes away the pain.

The each moment
Each ocean wave
Each snowflake
Each lovers look
Each gentle touch
Each sun at noon
Each son and daughter too.
Each child's laugh
Each joyous room
Each innocent mistakes
Which go right anyway.

Each moment of peace
Each moment unique
Each moment of hope
Each moment of you.

The freedom to choose
The freedom to refuse
It's within our attitudes
That's a blessing too.

This life is short
There is no doubt
The birds they sing
And though our lives
They probably don't mean a thing
The many generations
Come and go
Don't I know.

But in this moment so fleeting
It is blessings I am remembering
And in the many shapes
And sounds of suffering
That we can't deny
It is easy to miss
The traveler dressed in white
In the blowing snow
And so it is with the
Blessings
We need to remember
To
Know

The universe is a cavern inside our minds
A piece from our lives
A point that defines our dreams
Lost inside of geologic seams
Jut a late night movie
Or a scifi magazine
It's just you and me
Asteroid blues and a Moon beam