Take A Moment

A beautiful day
Spent just this way
Is the best
I can think to enjoy.
Just relaxing and
Talking and planning
Rejoicing in the
Little things.

Not To Hurt

My enemy lives 

Within me, 

Along with my strength 

To fight it. 

If I can keep 

Perspective 

Everything will 

Be all right. 

If I never think I 

Beat it. 

If I remember 

I have the power, 

All will help 

Me in deciding 

Not to hurt, 

Instead of 

Hurting.

Disrespect

Why can't you listen?
Why won't you hear?
Why don't you pay attention
To what you're bringing me near?
It brings out my issues -
My insecurity and fear -
My vulnerability
Shows a little too clearly.
So erase what you said
Or better yet, I'll
Try to figure out why
I'm having this reaction.

Reduced

So
Irritable
That it irritates
Me.
What I genuinely
Struggle
To find compassion for
In others -
The insecurity -
I am feeling
Myself.
And
I am wishing
I didn't.

Open Wide

I laid my heart out
To be read
And judged today.
I feel vulnerable
And I feel liberated,
Knowing I have said
All that I meant to
And believing that
I took my power back.

Musing

A wonderful day
In a Christmassy way
It doesn't matter
That it's a month late.
Feeling so proud
And just so excited
For people to see
Just where my heart stays.

Month

When Christmas lasts
An extra month
It isn't a bad thing
To spread the love
And the good cheer
Why should it be
Just once a year?
So don't let a day
Limit your giving
Stretch out your arms
And surrender to living

Empowerment

Tell me
What you need
And I will show
You how to get it.
Share with me
Your hopes and
Dreams -
You won't soon regret it.
You are strong
Deep down inside
So reach within
And own it.
Stand in your own
Power now.
Take your future
And control it.

Haiti

Times are
Beautiful and trying
Telling truths
And on with lying.
Haitians trapped,
Starving and dying.
The earth beneath
Their feet is quaking.
Now is the time for action -
For hoping, for giving
And for never forgetting
Them.
Because someday,
It could be
Us.

Everything Changes

Changes
Are necessary
And enjoyable.
Like a new
Perspective on
Life, or
A new
Attitude.
Embrace the
Change around
You. For you
Don't know
Where it might take
You, or who
It might transform
You into.

Forget-Me-Not

How can things
Slip my mind,
When I'm not even
That old?
But at least I can
Enjoy there here
And now that I
Am in.
Staying up and
Helping out.
Just being here
Is unforgettable.

At The End

At the end
When I can
Look back on
What I have done,
I will be proud.
I will be satisfied.
I will have no regrets.
I will be unafraid
Of what is to come.
At the end
I will embrace my years
Be they many or few.
I will love myself
Because loving is always
The right thing
To do.

With A Purpose

When you serve
And when you give
Is it about you
Or the ones you've
Come to help?
Is it about feelings
Or insecurities?
Is it about your own
Talents?
Or is it about something
Deeper?
Something greater
Than yourself?

Relief

What are the lessons
We have learned from
The past
And how will we
Rewrite history
Differently now?
We are donating
And not ignoring
And hoping
And praying
For enough relief
To reach Haiti,
And lift the burden
Of brokenness
That the earthquake
Left behind.

Detour

Change of plans,
A change of heart,
And a change
Of venue.
Change your mind,
Change your outlook,
Take your time.

Fleeting Moments

Looking back
Is sometimes healthy,
When it's done with
Good intentions.
If you look at
Little brothers
And remember
Who they have been.
Instead of looking back
With envy or anger
Or regret,
Look back upon those
Moments being
Grateful that they
Had them.

About Growing Up

You are growing.
Memories shifting.
Things impress you.
You are changing.
You are amazing.
Things distress you.
You are learning.
You are teaching
Us about you.
You are loving.
You are giving.
And I
Am proud of you.

About Time

Beautiful.
Time is beautiful.
When you have it,
Cherish it.
When you see it,
Savor it.
When you have it,
Hold onto it
With both hands.

Pretty And Pink

Life is strange
And getting stranger.
When I feel big
I lift boxes up higher.
Life is great and
Getting greater.
When we get a new couch
And a chair, I'll sit there.
Life is pretty
And getting prettier.
When the sun sets and
The sky turns pink
Thats when I think
Of all the possibilities
Of life.

Ambition

I hope to make it
As far as I can
And to be
The best I can be.
I hope to rise up
To be a woman
And make of life anything
I can see everything.
I hope to keep growing -
Not in stature,
But wisdom -
To believe what I need
To believe.
To be.
To see.
To keep growing.
To make it -
And to rise above it.

Timing

People come
And then they go
And I remain,
But that's okay.
It's all about family
And friends
And the love.
I enjoy it all.

Are You Ready For Take-Off?

Love
Watching
Moments
Lived out
Again,
Now that
Those
Involved in
Those moments
Are familiar.
Love
Seeing
How far
They have come
And dreaming of
How far
They will go.

Save The Old

Confusing time
Says it's new.
But save the old,
For what
I do not know.
So let me show
The truth in this.

Small Hope

I have a small hope
That what I want
Will come to pass
Soon, but never
Soon enough.
And I think that
A small hope
Is better than
No hope
At all.
At least it is
Something.
A small hope
Is still
Hope.

New Year

Lots of stress
And lots of tension
Lots of pain
And not to mention
Lots of friends
And lots of fun
Lots of good tmes
To be done.
Lots of changing
Time at ease.
This is what
The new year means.