there is more to see and come to know. the darkness cannot exist in your light. so shine. release the fire within. the flickering does not mean an end is near. it signifies a beat. a rhythm. pushing you through. step, step to the beat. breathe, breathe in the cadence

there is no disguise, no camouflage needed eyes can see but they do not perceive. it is a smile, placed on the face of a body so exhausted by pleasing it seems genuine. in plain sight it sparkles, eyes dance from here to there in wonder of what is to

no plans were made. no dates were set. no new conversations were had. no times were set. no preparations were made. nothing was set in stone. yet you came. you are coming. life has been created. life is being created. you are coming. unexpected. unprepared i am. but you are

this rope is breaking i can feel it still i hold on to a rope weathered by worry and doubt by fear and uncertainty for they are the only things that frequent me in their consistency i have found myself hanging swinging to and fro hoping to stick a landing

I AM your rest draw near and I will provide. I AM your trust confide in me and I will answer. I AM your peace make known your cares and I will comfort. I AM your God come to me and I will pour out my love. I AM all

in the inner man a sweeping a draining a purging in the inner man a mist a sprinkle a downpour inside of me // a change // a breaking // a freedom // a newness

I've cried these tears before/ They are nothing new/ But the year on my calendar has changed/ At one point the tears stopped flowing/ But my cries were still heard I've cried these tears before/ They are nothing new/ But the year on my calendar changed/ Mommy, I miss you

center blocks tumble and hit the ground and break dime sized pieces of hope wind decides to blow itself elsewhere and left hope and joy with unclipped wings trees sit still left to call no birds home and no nests and no apples leaves turn brown in summer cement explodes