I run my fingers ever so slowly over
Each groove in
The bark.
Oak tree standing wise,
So strong.
I swear I feel
Sights seen.
Love and loss witnessed.
I hear the limbs
Moan and shake
In the endless embrace of
The wind.
They whisper to me
As I lean in closer,
“Time tells all my love.”
When you say
“Love all”
Do you believe this to be true in
Your bones and soul
Or
Are you merely echoing
Words?
I brought a missing bit of
My heart back to me today.
I went back and found it
Where i had
Left it full of sorrow
And i held it.
I let myself love this bit
And validate the fact that it
Truly loved me.
My heart missed itself.
There is such peace
And freedom
In releasing the need to explain and define
Yourself to others.
If they do not see you
Then they are not ready for your magic,
(Just as you may not see them)
And that is okay.
Just keep standing tall
And love all.
You have so much more life in
You
(and love)
Than you
Allow yourself to live.
(to give)
Stop spending so much time
Thinking about the haters
And more time being
Present
With the lovers
Of you.
Someone told me
The people who did these things to me are not here anymore.
They can no longer hurt me.
Why this did not occur to me before,
I do not know.
Maybe because i still hear their
Voices.
Maybe because every sense and nerve in me reacts to
Certain noises and movements as if those people are still in the same room with me;
I feel the ghost of their touch.
I am ready to let them go now;
To see them, to feel them fade
Away into nothingness.
They can no longer keep
Their
Invisible grip
Because you cannot
Imprison
Peace.
You cannot hold love captive.
I am no longer fear,
I am love
And love is free.
The thing is,
You actually believe
There is such a thing as normal,
Yet
You refuse to believe in
Magic,
Serendipity,
Dreams
And
Love.
Terrified to be overwhelmed
Some days there is nothing left
The fight of the agony
Has left me
Exhausted
Again i float
As numbness claims
Me
Extremities lifeless
To separate
Feelings
From matter
My mind shouts
Get up
Get up
You are alive and well
My mind shouts
You are nothing
You are no one
You are a minute speck
Heart-
Heavy and heated as if standing on the sun
The brightness blinding me to life
Eventually i embrace it and love i become
I always come through
I always come through
Little feet
Pitter patter
Come to greet me
Joyous laughter
Love
Chole Into Diamonds 