Rising Up Part II

Photo Salvatore Vuono

Rising Up Part II

Yes, still I rise

Out of the darkness

Out of the ashes

Just like a Phoenix

Wings flaying, flapping

Against the resistance

Up beyond earth

Beyond clouds, beyond sky

A few more laughs

A few more tears

Babies, children, pets

Pain, joy, longing

Death, love, fears

To freedom at last

And whatever waits there

I’m rising up

Rising Up

Rising Up

I’m rising up

The night time is stealing my soul

The day time is making me whole

This life has been knocking me down

Don’t look there cause I won’t be found

I’m rising up

The darkness seems blacker than coal

The light breaks apart all that’s old

This life has been knocking me down

Don’t look there cause I won’t be found

I’m rising up

Up into glorious skies

Remembered inside of my eyes

Leaving my earth bound ties

It’s time for this soul to fly

I’m rising up

Up in to heavens so bright

Up far away from this night

Everyone I love so missed

Yet nothing can stop this bliss

I’m rising up

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Connection

Connection

What is it that connects us all?

Humans and angels

Flowers and trees

Animals and birds

Earth and seas

There is only one thing

It could possibly be

Love is the answer

Love is the key

Candles

Tonight I light candles

Not just for my creations

Both here and to come

But for mankind

Those that suffer

Those that are sick

Those experiencing lack

The innocent

The downtrodden

Those with addiction

Those with broken hearts

I light these candles

To gently burn away our pasts

So as to ready us for our futures

Tonight I light candles for peace

Tonight I light candles for you

All I Am

Tonight a thousand stars shine down upon me

A thousand rivers flow by me

A thousand mountains tower above me

A thousand forests surround me

But only one heart

One thought

One love

One bliss

In all

I AM

Too Much Not Enough Something

They say

you're the round peg

In the square hole

Too smart

for your own good

Too dumb

to know better

Too poor

to rule

Too rich

for assistance

Too high

to focus

Too low

for hope

Too large

to pose

Too small

to be recognized

Too old

Too young

Too much

not enough

something

But Love says

you are perfect

as I made you

your birthright

awaits you

Everything they tell you

is wrong with you

is actually

what is right with you

Everything you tell you

is wrong with you

is actually

what is right with you

You are

perfectly imperfect

love

………

Believe it

Breathe it

Be love now

Love, Unchanging

Love knows itself

as you

as me

as the perception

the ability

to know

myself defines

my love

for you

I change

I grow

Love, unchanging

grows in me

flows through me

extends to you

more pure

more tolerant

more unconditional

I love myself

for all I am

I am love, unchanging

Scattered

Scattered

I am alone

I am cold

I am waiting

I hear the rain

I hear the wind

I am the sea

You are alone

You are cold

You are waiting

You are the rain

You are the wind

You stir the sea

We are together

We are warm

We are not waiting

We are the rain

We are the wind

We are the sea

And the sand on the shore

Is scattered once more

But the number of grains

Stays the same

My Angel

My Angel’s soft and silver wings

appear above my bed

where numberless tears flow.

I feel myself as dead.

“Arise, Dear One”, she speaks to me

“you are not lost – your life will be

better than its ever been”.

She touched my face,

my head begin to spin.

She showed me paths on which I’d walked

from carefree childhood days,

when love and freedom were my play.

Then to my youth and my mistakes,

and times like now

when I feel my heart will surely break.

But,

she showed me how I always healed.

My heart is strong as is my will.

It always turned out better

from the lessons I had learned.

So even though he chose to leave,

my Angel always stays with me,

remaining with me down every road

I ever have or will trod,

reminding me that I belong to God.

Under A Silvery Moon

Please send her someone very soon

She waits, under a silvery moon

For that man sent from a star

One that knows who they both are

Patiently she keeps her watch

Silently keeps him in her thoughts.

If You Couln't Fail

Photo Chaiwat

What would you do

If you knew you ‘d not fail?

Invent something new?

Write a new tale?

Say I love you

To someone at last?

Embrace the future

Get out of the past?

Stop working so hard

Take more time for play?

Go out on a limb

With something to say?

Go on and do it!

You may not succeed,

But not trying at all

Where can that lead?