Be free,
And sing the song of your Soul.

The animal inside me,
Is awake again.

After all of these people,
After all of these friends,
I still feel that no one understands,
Who I am.

A clock hangs in the corner of my vision,
Ever present, like the moon.
Ticking.
Every tick I hear brings me one second closer to death.
Every swing of the hand takes an hour from my life.

However, this in itself does not scare me.
It is natural.
It is the course of life.
What does scare me,
Is time wasted.

Waking up one morning,
Realizing my time is up,
Knowing I could have done more.
That sends shivers down my spine.

Tick.
Tick.
Tick.

I am in complete and utter awe of the world and everything in it.

Don't listen to bitter people,
For all they know how to do is hurt.

Look at how free you are,
Free from pain,
And from past scars.

They hold power over you no longer,
You are free.

The world is now in your hands,
What will you do with it?

It rains today,
For flowers to grow tomorrow.
So do not fret when your shoes are stained with mud,
For that merely means you'll soon be out of your rut,
And in a beautiful field of flowers.

Through peace there is power,
Through stillness there is strength.

A bad gateway keeps me from writing
What's on my heart,
On my mind,
And in my soul.
Could someone please let them know?

It is the end of an era.
Everything has come full circle,
And now, it is time to go.

I know it must end,
But it's easier to pretend,
That it won't.

That my heart won't break,
That my voice won't shake,
That my legs won't quake.

It's so much simpler,
To let the strife slide away,
And push that conflict back to another day.

But when all is said and done,
I know it must end,
This must someday be gone.

Coming back after a long time has passed,
Brings the sweet ambrosia of nostalgia to my lips.
I sip, but do not drink.
For getting drunk on the past,
Can never last.

Your star shines bight from where I'm watching.

What are we but a loose string of stars?
Tied together through luck, fortune and chance.
Dancing through the night,
Our rays shimmering through empty space.

It's beautifully sad to see a friend go,
Even though you love them so.

You know I'm ridin' high,
You know I'm feelin' fly,
You know I'll be alright.

The flat lands,
The rows of corn,
The cool breeze,
I'm coming home.

It won't be long,
Until I see you again,
It won't be long,
My long lost friend.

Trust in me,
And you will see,
The true key,
Is to trust in thee.

Make your words count.
You only have so many.

To fear life,
And everything wonderful in it,
Is tantamount to being dead and buried.

There's one thing to remember,
As we move through life.
We're all one family.

We must hold each other close,
With love in our hearts,
So we can stand together,
Arm in arm.

Life's meant to be a little messy.
If you don't have some mud on your shoes,
Some dirt in your hair,
Or a scratch from an outward reaching tree,
Did you really have any fun?

A life lived well,
Needs no attention.

One lives well,
For his own sake
And for the benefit of those around him.

Though he does it quietly,
With no need of praise.

With a new year coming,
It is important to see,
How far you've come.
And what joys lie ahead of thee.

A few months ago,
I wrote:
Give her love
And watch her grow.

In the time that has passed,
She smiles wider,
And her eyes crinkle when she does.
Her laugh is deeper,
And the sadness in her breath is gone.

To watch her change is a privilege only I have seen.
I feel as lucky as any man can be.
Each day brings new hope on the horizon,
As her tears wash into the sea.

If there's no time,
For slow time,
Then you'll lose your mind.

There was no disease,
It was never here.
I'm good.
I'm at peace,
I'm in the clear.

Peace is ever-present.
Despite what happens in life, one can always choose peace.
Even in the blustering winds of a hurricane,
Peace is always at the center.

Feel the peace that inner strength provides.
Where once you were a small boat,
Struggling to stay afloat on choppy waters.
Now you are unflappable, steady and wise.
The last thing you'll do is capsize.

To solve the Labyrinth,
You must begin with the end in mind.

Be like wine,
Get better with age.
For the moment you stop striving,
Is the moment you start dying.

I jump.
I leap.
I bend.
I mend.

And at the end of all of that,
Are more hoops to jump through.
Such is life.

You must overcome your desire to fail.

Give and the world will give back.

Your Soul won today.
I want you to know that.

This hurts me more than you'll ever know,
But in order for me to grow,
I have to let you go.

I thought we could be lovers,
But that would not be true.
I thought we could be friends,
But that wouldn't do.

So now I've found the best way to hide my pain,
Is to stop thinking about you, and let you leave my brain.

We'll both be better for this in time,
I know that to be true.
But there will always be a part of me,
That will always love you.

Think before you speak,
But when you do,
Speak boldly.

Remember who you are,
Spirit made physically manifest.
A body in the shape of a star.
And when it comes to being you,
There's only one thing you can be,
The best.

Keep choosing more for yourself,
And more will keep coming.

The day when my dreams and my fears collide,
Has come sooner than I thought.

Two men will enter,
And one man will leave.

One the surface I am petrified,
But on the inside, my soul sings.

A night alone is better spent,
Than a night spent with bad company.

When we play basketball,
We are told to watch the hips,
And not the eyes.
So we see what the body does,
And we react to it.

It is much the same way with people,
Watch their actions,
Not their mouths.
For the former speaks louder than the latter.

Everyone can be good some of the time,
But who will be good all of the time?

To give Love,
Is the greatest gift one can give.

I didn't need her,
To be happy.

I got myself happy.
And now, I am free,
To Be Happy. :)

Your choppy waves slam me onto rocky shores.
Your droughts dry even the wettest of forests.
Your wind wipes away the strongest of trees.
Your fury leaves nothing but scorched earth in its wake,
Where nothing can grow back.

It leaves my heart in two.
That's why I just can't be with
You.

You cannot force what is Natural,
Wait for it to come,
And ride the wave.