When the sun rises
It calls not for attention
But it sure does shine!

Your eyes grab mine

Not willing to let go

A moment it's only

But for eternity I'll know

I'd love you forever

If you'd only say so.

But the clock is ticking

The pressure is mounting

Tis gravity on our side?

Tonight'll decide.

Push past the expectations,

Look over their eyes,

Grab me in your arms,

Just say you're mine.

The steam yields as so
I slurp and gurgle my tea
Oh, jasmine blossom!

Please
Attend
To
Inquiries
Eagerly,
Noticeably,
Creatively,
Effor­tlessly.

I ache.
In this dreaded hospital once more, I ache.
I watch, as my mother lays on the bed for the sick, half alive.
I ache.
Sitting in the Chapel feeling like I have no one left, I fall to my knees and sob.

My damaged soul cries out for mercy and light, for strength and hope that has been leaving me all alone.

I ponder how I will get back on my feet and move forward when everyone is putting things in my head.
They make me feel like an abused rag doll, pulling me left and right.

I don't think I've ever felt so alone, overwhelmed or confused in my life.
But one day, I know that this will teach me a valuable lesson, I know that I will grow.

I must have patience, so I will keep waiting until the time comes when I can finally be at peace, and I finally will know.

Inside a forest of my own making
where the vines are merciless and though dreams may die the evergreen awakens

I must be patient,
and follow the voice at my core

through these arches, roots, through the self-made distrust
that manifests as branches sharp enough to divide me
so I’m on guard like a sentinel

You think you’ve been starved of serenity
well I have a Chimera’s hunger and a sage’s mind

a lethal combination
and I'm killing more than time
I’m after my former self
since I need a rebirth and some revenge
because that man wasted centuries caught in vicious cycles

when the key to escape was right there between two temples.

Today I say "I Do."
Today, I commit to loving someone
that I could only dream of.
Today, I realize that I will have to work,
Work to love her like she deserves.
She deserves forgiveness, kindness, patience.

Today I will create a love that is impenetrable--
No one will be able to erode the strength,
self-confidence,
and resilience.

Silence. Peaceful? No!
Questions. Unanswered. How long?
Patience, not my thing.

Picking apart nests
Does the cactus wren make friends
Some success you have