Not So Pretty

Pick up
The pieces
Of pretty
Little life.
Know that
Change is
Not so
Quick to
Stick -
And all
Is not
So good.
It's just
Beginning
And life
Is not
So pretty.

Over

Starting over.
Starting
Again.
Save me
From
This risk
Within.
Let him see
The light
Waiting.
Let him
See what
This is
Creating.

Little Princes

Beautiful children
Of Nepal
God, why can't
We save
Them all?
Why can't we
Follow and lead
Pick up speed
Give, indeed,
To these
Little princes?

Prioritize

Such is life.
Such a peace.
Such insecurity.
Such that I can't
Know
What's just around the
Corner.
Such truth, though,
In such a way
Here to say:
Breathe
Think
Then
Do.

Letting Go

Here I am
And I don't understand
Why what is happening
Happened
Again.

Like You

Something like
Today
Will never
Be again
Because
It's lived
And spent
And now
It's just
A memory
Kept.

Night Before a Sunny Day

Light up
My night
With evening
Darkness
So pitch-black
And lit up
With street
Light stars.
And right now
I am
Light years
Away
Reflecting
On what
Came before.
Why it happened.
What it is.
What I'm
Left with.
Just this.

Stop Asking

Come inside.
Stay awhile.
Spend some time,
We'll make you smile.
Just relax
Sit with me.
Sing with us
And watch TV.
We treasure
Each and
Every moment
That we have with you.
Well aware
That soon enough
You will move on, too.

Corazon

Sometimes
Life
Is
Disappointing -
Sometimes
Life
Is
Good.
It's
All
About
Our
Attitudes
And
Doing
What
We
Should.

Maya's Lesson

Help me
Know
What
There is
To show.
Help me
Teach
And
Reach
Fore more
And
Let me
See
Love does
Not bind - or hold
Love
Is
Letting
Go.

There Is Still a Hole to Fill

If I needed
You
All those
Years ago -
I still
Need you
Now.
There is
Something
Missing
In my soul
Just knowing
What I
Know.
So
How do I
Move on without
You?
More
Than a
Decade on
Without
You.
Let
Me
Show you
This.
Let me
Believe that
You exist.

Stepping Up

Stand up
And stop
It from
Occurring.
Stop more
From
Enduring
What they
Should not
Have to
Endure.
Ease
Their fall.
Take it all
Upon yourself.
Put your
Fear up
On a
Shelf.
Don't react,
Respond.
It was
Needed
All
Along.

One Year

Sometimes
We remember
This one thing
And it's something
Good.
And sometimes
We remember
This earth-
Shaking thing -
Misunderstood.
We are not
Forgetting.
We do understand.
We just need
Sometime
To see
Where to land.

Admitting Defeat

Sometimes
Life just
Doesn't make
Sense.
Why stop trying
Before you start?
For these shall be
Your recompense.
Just take a breath
And calm your heart.

Sincerely

I know what I write
And I write what I know
And I don't see the point
In pretending.
I know what I see
And I see what to show
I don't see the point
In never mending.
I see the world
But just from my window
I don't see the point
In asking what's missing.
I see myself
And right now I know
I don't see the point
In pretending.

Take Heart

Who's to say
What really happened
When no one
Really
Knows what happened?
Who's to say
This is the truth
When the whole
Truth
Just is not known?
Who's to say
It's wrong to question
As we all
Have second thoughts?
Who's to say
There's not a lesson
In the truth
That has been lost?

Change of Heart

There are many
Different people
And many
Different ways
To make a
Family
Just for you -
To treasure
All your days.
There are many
Different children
Both here and far
They wait.
They need a home
And love in
Their hearts
So give it all away

Works of Art

We've come this far
All masterpieces
With pieces of us
To work on and with.
So don't forget
That you are art,
Admired and inspiring.
But remember
There is more to do -
The Artist's
Never tiring.

White Noise

Time for thinking
Time for truth
Time for learning
What's the use
If all opinions
Are the same
Not opening
Our minds again?
What are we
To gain from this?
Refrain from this
This boxing in
This limitation
Closing in -
And know
It is okay
To look beyond
Borders -
Looking for change
Outside
Dimes and
Quarters.

Time in a Bottle

Pretty little
Moments to be
Bottled up
And treasured.
Saved and later
Measured.
Remembered for
The pleasure
They gave us
The moment
That they
Happened.

On Baited Breath

Once upon
An evening still
I sit and wonder,
Wait and see
If you will
Make your presence
Known or not -
Run away
Or hit the spot
Right where I
Need you -
Need this -
See this?
This is
Me. So
Stay or leave
If you please,
And know I
Am not
Changing.

Ever-Changing Optimism

So much
Goodness
Around us
In just this
One day.
Can you imagine
The good that could
Happen if we just
Keep at this
And lift
Each other up?
So don't stop.
Keep going.
There is peace
On the other side
And joy that comes
In the morning.