Happiness seems far away
and out of reach
and sometimes
it's easier to convey
our miseries,
our sadness,
our loneliness.

But how can we convey
our blissful and
unadulterated
joy,
happiness,
radiance?

After the tears comes the triumph.

And it is beautiful.
And though it only
comes along once in a while,
I will sing.
I will dance.
I will rejoice.

I said,
"I will let You take control,
I will have faith in You,
I will trust that You
will lead me to
where I need to be."

We stood together on the hill
We saw where You died for us
You washed away our sins, our guilt.
The pain and agony You went through
for me is indescribable,
and what I go through could never measure
up to it...

Because I have You,
there is no pain.
there is no agony.

This is love.

She looks in the mirror
What does she see?
An image that couldn't be any clearer
But to her there is no "me."

She does her best
to wash the image clean
of this unwanted guest,
to scrub away the wholly unseen.

She wipes away the dirt from her face
and finally she can see
the person she wants to be
the person she no longer has to chase.

My eyes squint as I peer in the distance
why must you leave me every evening?
why must you disappear from my sight?
I wish never to be parted from you.

You do not have to leave me;
You do not have to go.
And your light shining upon me
will forever make my face glow.

Let us become one
and we will dance under the midnight sun.

Remember
the warm summer evenings
when we would stand
in front of the glowing street light
in the cul-de-sac
arms outstretched.
We would take the chalk
and trace the outline of our shadows.

Rain descends on a stormy day,
water droplets trap a sun's ray
like small prisms catching the light
colorful rainbows occur as they might.
raindrops that are rapping
beating, dripping, tapping
as loud as the percussion of a band
tap to the rhythm with a hand.
stronger the tenacious storm grows,
lightning strikes as the dark sky glows.
It will be over very soon,
The night sky will appear with a silver crescent moon.

Going crazy
don't mind though
now and then
it's a bit refreshing
to LET GO
to FEEL FREE
to SHOUT
from the rooftops
I AM OKAY
I WILL BE OKAY
NO MATTER WHAT
I WILL BE SHOUTING
because that is all a person can
do.
To express myself.
I just want to LIVE my LIFE.
I don't want to stand by and just
merely EXIST.
It's time.
Are you ready?
I am.
Together we will live.

Once upon a time in a land far away
Lived a King and his wife with their daughter May.
She had never been outside the castle of stone,
For quote her father, "You must await your throne."
May was curious, adventurous, and a risk-taker too.
So despite what her father said, she knew what she wanted to do.
Early one morning, while the sun hugged the sky, May sprang up and said,
"I must escape from this dreadful castle castle!" so then she fled.
May raced to the enchanted forest, where she could hide,
But while May was walking, she felt she was being eyed.
Suddenly, the wind whispered while the tree's lengthy fingers grasped for May,
She screamed but no one could hear her, for she was alone on this fateful day.