I have put aside the darkness of hate from my heart,
But it haunts the shadows of my mind.
I have welcomed love and light into my life,
Yet sadness still overwhelms my thoughts.
I dream of better tomorrows to come,
And still, I long for Death's lasting embrace.
Every day a new battle begins,
While the war inside rages on.

If the essence of
existence is love, exist
to love the essence.

                               Kelly McManus

You have to go through the worst to experience the best
These days are not easy but you are truly blessed
No matter how hard life gets don't let go
You are more loved than you will ever know

and I’ve come to realize that if affection isn’t given freely, it’s not worth having
i’ve grown tired of driving down dead-end roads as if I could pave my own way out
and i’ve learned to know that it may look like love, but it feels a lot more like pain
and loving someone who doesn’t feel the same isn’t really love at all
and you could spend the rest of your life waiting for someone to realize they want you in theirs
and I knew, no matter what you said you were never going to be sure of me
so I’ll move move on with the realization that there are better things to come than what I’ve left behind
embracing the endings in what is not meant to be