chair with seat cushions (trigger)

You have many layers,
some good- others not.
You must not force it,
let them come out naturally.

You can only be yourself,
perhaps showing one layer,
looking desperately for others.
Often coming up empty-handed,
but once in awhile you may discover,
something that lasts forever.

Just Two

I want to feed the poor,
preach the Word,
show the world
what can be done,
to make it a better place.

I want to skydive,
lead a pack of bulls,
climb a mountain,
run a marathon
to benefit cancer research.

I want to do so much
but I only need one thing,
your love.

So come tackle it with me,
and show the world
what can be done,
when two people's passion mold together
and their love combines.

Don't Go

I have yet to be affected by the loss of loved ones. I've lost keys, teddy bears, and golf balls but nothing irreplacable. This is what I most fear. My first experience with true loss. I feel as though there are many people close to me running out of time. So close that everytime you see them you try to be extra careful in what you say and do... because who knows when or if you will see them again.

I don't want Dad to go. I can't imagine coming home not to see him on the couch. I can't imagine knowing where to go without his finger pointing me in the right direction. Don't go Nana. You have been my only grandparent and we have just recently grown so close. I still want to eat your dry turkey and play you in Skip-O. Don't leave me brothers. I will have no competition, i will have no one left to look up to. I need you here, don't go.

Promise me you'll stay Mom.
Please promise me you'll stay.

Celebrate

"Oh, your having a party? What for? Well, no real reason... just for fun." Come on people. Don't you see? Don't you see there is relevance behind celebrating. The things that should be savoured and praised, are such things as life, love, and death. So marry for love, live each day as if it were your last, and do not mourn for death is rebirth. Let us come together and celebrate our being, celebrate the opportunity we have been given to pave our own paths. To make an impact on this world that so many struggle to survive in. Engulf yourself in what is best for others and you will be repaid. And people will celebrate your life, and choose the path you paved for themselves.

Where are you going?

Where did it go? Where did our relationships go? For the last three years I have lived blindly. I have been unable to see everything you both have done for me. But I will be leaving soon and I've gotten my sight back. You are both the most important and influential people in my life. I have hit obstacles head on and they have acted as magnets, continuously pulling me back in. I have grown out of this, and I am ready. Ready to show you I can be the young man you raised me to be. I want you both to act as my magnets. I want rekindle our love. For our candle has much more wax left to burn.

Mysteries

Who doesn't love a good riddle? The ones when thoughts are blowing out of peoples ears. When the room is completely silent minus the sudden outbursts more than likely containing wrong solutions. When the person who tells the riddle feels more and more like a king with each wrong solution. The process is repeated over and over again. This life I'm living feels more and more like a riddle. But I'm not the king... No, not yet. But someday I will. Someday I will figure this world out.