How do you face the truth,
When you've been living a lie for so long?

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?

Be free,
And sing the song of your Soul.

It is best to do it right the first time,
Even if done slowly;
Than to do it improperly a dozen times out of haste.

My friends were there.
My family was there.
How long will it be until yours is there too?
Caught in the crossfire of an angry man unchained.
Lying on the pavement, with life having left their body.

But we'll say prayers,
And hope it won't happen to us.
We'll send out a Tweet,
And forget it ever happened in a week.

Prayers are not enough,
We need change, and we need it fast.
Otherwise,
This mass shooting won't be the last.

When our loved ones die,
They're not really gone.
They turn into the trees,
Slide into the breeze,
And morph into the air that you breathe.
Think of these things,
When they're gone.

All my life I've been running,
From goal to goal.
Challenge to challenge.
Craving the rise,
And fearing the fall.

But now,
In your arms I feel a peace I've never felt.
A nurturing love that I always feared,
Is in the end what has given me a calm I never thought I would have.

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.

Your star shines bight from where I'm watching.

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?

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.

I'm crackling with energy,
Shining with power,
It's my hour,
To be extraordinary.

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.

I feel the energy flowing in me,
The breath returning to my lungs,
I am Alive again.

Turn away from what slows you down,
Let go of what scares you.
Move towards new life.
And embrace all that comes with it.

You are where you should be,
So you can become who you could be.

Do what you have to do,
So you can do what you want to do.

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

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

The tide is turning,
My fears are burning.
Going up in smoke,
As the rest of my doubts drown.
Slipping under the surf,
And disappearing into the sky.

Raise your head,
Release your dread,
Your best days are ahead.

Health is not the absence of illness,
Health is the presence of joy.

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.

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.

These are the growing pains of Life,
Breathe,
Treat yourself with Kindness,
And they will subside,
Just as the storm disappears into the horizon.

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

Colors are brighter,
Sounds are richer,
The world is lighter,

I'm in love.

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.

We are not constituted of bones,
Nor muscles,
Nor arteries.
We are made of stars.
And we burn on as the Divine Fire for all eternity.

Something happens when I look in her eyes,
I can't help but get mesmerized,
She steps into my soul, with one that's old,
To take a quick peek.
But when I do the same, she plays hide and seek,
Always evading and pulling me on,
Until my inhibitions are long gone.
My fears melt away, one at a time
And before I know it, I feel sublime.

'Cause when I look in her eyes, I see two stars,
burning bright all day and night.
I see two pools with infinity bouncing around inside.
I see only truth, moving through the lies,
When I look into her eyes.

That's what this place has to offer me.
I do things better here than I ever thought I could.

When you do things that remind you of lost loved ones,
They never die.

The secrets of Life,
Lie in the stillness of the mind.

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

Allow,
Don't concentrate,
And soon,
You'll levitate.

Charge fiercely at fear.
With teeth bared
And nostrils flared.
For the fight is on,
And there's no turning back.

Who am I, but a reflection of what I see?
And is what I see really me?

Science is the art of the Divine.

I feel free;
To live without the burdens of the past.
To exist now in the present moment.
To move through life without worries about the future.

You have such a narrow view of you should be,
That you lose sight of who you are.

When I walk alone in a crowded place,
I often catch the wandering eye of a stranger.
Whose gaze shows a longing for a life,
That has passed them by.

The only curses are the ones we put on ourselves.

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

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.

To move through life as a fighter,
But to have a heart and mind that are quieter.

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

The vastness and majesty of the universe is but a reflection of the wonder that is you.

Take one step,
And another,
And another,
And eventually,
You'll go higher than you ever thought you could.

I'm afraid.
Afraid to be happy.
Afraid to be at peace.
Afraid to be calm.

But when I see you, I see a life without that fear.
I walk towards it, my whole being shaking.
Knowing that the future I've always dreamt of is here.
But it's that same future that I've always feared.

To know what I want, yet to be afraid to take it,
Is the cruelest form of suffering there is.
It is like having a hungry, empty stomach,
and a throat as wide as a tooth pick.

Yet, I march on, trepidatious as I might be.
For I see a beautiful life, just you and me.