You thought you could keep yourself locked up inside.
Hidden from love.
Hidden from life.
But that was when you were with the others.
Before.
When you were kept from the warmth of the sun
And the caress of the moon.
Now,
You have opened your eyes.
Now,
You have tasted love,
Tasted life.
You ran against the forces
Within yourself
And won.
It has begun
And there is no going back.
On any given day,
I begin to spin out of control.
The gravity of the world becoming too much.
And the blood rushes from
The
Distant
Extremities
Of my body
To the
Core
Of me,
Desperate
To save my
Life.
Let the storm come over me.
Soak my soul
In tears.
Shake my heart to pieces
With
Thunder from the sky.
Let the lightening
Ignite this love that’s
Been slumbering
Inside
Behind these mighty walls.
Fill me up,
It’s been so long since I’ve
Felt whole.
Hold me close
I’ve been so alone.
I don’t know
Where these dreams
Are going to go.
I don’t know how,
But they are coming to life now.
This is where life began.
The day you raised your gaze
From the
Floor
To the sun.
The day you took a step
In a direction you had never been before.
I’ve crawled.
I’ve clawed my way out.
Feel like I’m barely coming up for air.
I’ve screamed so loud in silence.
I’ve begged and pleaded.
Still barely breathing.
And it seems I’m just invisible.
A reflection of nothing there,
A ghost as thin as air.
Wondering if I’ve ever really been or am I just a
Dream.
A figment of my imagination
Or somebody else’s creation.
But I can hear myself breathing.
I
Feel the blood beating through my veins.
Is there any life inside of me?
Does any flicker of light remain?
I am slowly
Learning to have compassion for the girl
That believed she had no voice.
The girl that was afraid to shine
Or make a sound.
Who had been beaten down.
Who had almost disappeared from
Existence.
She will always be a part of me.
She was not weak.
After all
She carried me on her own.
On every twist and turn.
Up
Mountains and through valleys
Alone,
She carried me.
She pulled me up off my knees.
She dug me out of the shadows
And pushed me
Into the light.
Lifted my gaze up to life.
Through sun and storms.
Through my entire life.
She carried me.
Now it’s my turn to
Carry her.
To love her and I realize what I thought
Were her weaknesses,
Led to my strengths.
I can feel your soul
Oh so close
ButI can’t quite touch you.
I can hear you breath
Oh so soft
I want to hold you.
So please tell me how you do it?
See through me like there is nothing to it.
Find my cracks and bring them light.
You are slowly bringing me back to life.
Soft words
Kind love
Like nothing I have
Felt before.
You give and give
And still have more.
I shrink away
But still you stay.
I come a little bit closer
Every day.
Ready to bolt at any
Minute.
You just smile and wait
Patiently
Knowing in time
You will see
All of me.
New Orleans
Shadows
Ghosts do roam
Giving them a life of their own.
Come out and saturate your body in the moonlight.
Rhythm and Blues and Soul.
No sleep tonight.
All that you are,
Has always been.
Now it’s time
For you
To come alive
From within.
You who have
Been dreaming,
Sleeping to survive.
Arise
To greet life.
Chole Into Diamonds 