Fractured Reality

Shards of who I am lie scattered in the basin
Slowly drowning in rushing water as it flows
Over imperfections and potential
Hidden in each piece of this glass
Reflects and casts light on every flaw
Turning to a pool of tears and defeat

The water escapes, along with tiny remnants
All splayed out, misshapen and distorted
Shaking my head, I keep turning away
Doubt turns to anger, turning to emptiness
Gives way to the nothing I've transformed into
Nothing to lose, nothing to give, nothing to be


Who will risk themselves for this?
To pick up pieces of broken self
Reach into scalding water, red with blood
Burned and cut up for your cause, and for what?
Denied and ignored, even after all this
Even as I reach out in anger, pushing away
Knocking them from your open hands

But still... outstretched and torn apart
Again, you are picking up pieces of me
Silently, with tears in your eyes
Waiting to offer restoration and hope
As the black rushes over, gripping tightly
Like thorn covered vines, holding on for dear life
Rising up from the drain to claim pieces

Holding nothing back, fury bubbles and boils
For the darker the water, gets harder to see
The pieces sink deeper into the mess
I take my steps away, turning my back
From the war that ensues over scraps
Of identity, truth... of life, death and reality
In my bathroom sink

Finding Truth

Muffled cries of defense penetrate the silence
But you cannot hear

Shaded smiles of forgiveness break the tension
But you cannot see

Open dialogue is welcome in this safe place
But you cannot speak

Tomorrow comes, with or without you
Blessed with ears, eyes, and a voice... but how will you use them?

Come out of your self obsessed shell
Open yourself to a world of respect
For others, from others... For God, from God

Creating a personalized world of safety and comfort
This is not truth, this is not real, this is not life
Easy is a myth, bipartisan a fantasy
"Your truth"... "Your God"
"My truth"... "My God"
No such thing... Truth is Truth

Seek and ye shall find, but what ye find may not be truth

"But I am afraid that, just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough." - 2 Corinthians 11:3-4

Be still

To the daybreak
Dew drops and rainbows collide with grey skies of pain

To the morning
Shake off and start new in pastel, breathe in and out

To the afternoon
Choices of today are embraced or wasted, up to you, up to me

To the evening
Nightfall covers bright colors of sunset, contemplating past and future

To the midnight
Should be wrapped in dreams and rest, eyes wide open to the dark

To tomorrow
Distant uncertainty, yet closer than we can bear

To right now
Seconds passing, turn to minutes, turn to hours

Spent coming, going, doing, thinking, planning, praying, worrying, wondering, breathing, smiling, crying, laughing, fighting, loving, eating, drinking, purging, playing, reading, asking, dancing, hearing, ignoring, seeing, trying, driving, screaming, shopping, staring, sleeping, numbing, holding, grieving, existing, never stopping
Going... going... gone

Be still and know

He is holy

We are flawed

Sin is inevitable

Life goes on

Cannot rewind

The choice is ours

Be still and know

Beauty

Despite the fact that, supposedly Dove is affiliated with Axe (whose commercials objectify and degrade women and humanity)... I do respect what they're trying to do here with the campaign for real beauty and exposing real women, wrinkles, fat rolls, age spots, freckles, imperfect teeth and all. That beauty comes from the inside out, through self esteem, compassion, honesty, and maturity.

Beauty is in the eye of the Creator...
If we all saw one another (as well as ourselves) through His eyes...
Beauty would take on a whole new meaning

Please click on the links below to watch these videos and share them with your daughters, your granddaughters, and your son & grandsons as well. Then discuss and affirm others, so we can all accept our true beauty and never try to be someone we're not.

Evolution

Onslaught

Empty Arms

So easy, so simple

Just hold and let go

Wait 3 and check

Vertical or horizontal

Then into the basket

So easy, so simple

So easy, so simple

Cliche commercials

Just a few seconds

Everything changes...

Or nothing does...

So easy, so simple

Let down disappointment

Useless, hopeless,empty

Rock-a-bye silence

Reminders everywhere

Anything but easy

Scared and alone

Terror in a $10 box

Don't judge me, don't leave me

Take on or give away

Anything but simple

So easy, so simple

Little manufactured play house

Just like Mommy

Wound up doll cries and laughs

Plastic childhood dreams

So easy, so simple

A single, quiet tear

Slides down her cheek

A single, quiet tear

Torn from his heart

Slowly breaking down

Confidence and hope

Leaves bitterness and pain

And one lingering question

Why them, not me?

Sole Souls

Sugary crystals falling head over heels
Quickly gather and fuse together
A blanket of shimmering frozen stars

Beautiful when undisturbed
Obliterated with just one step
So fragile, so precious
Wonders of God's hand

Look closer to see the truth
Each one perfect and unique
But stand back and take in
A sea of ivory diamonds
Becomes a monochrome blur

Keep in remembrance
The singular elegant gem
Camouflaged in numbers

But magnificent and worthy
With or without them

Flames of Change

Spark and falter
Burn and smolder
Dangerous light in the dark
Brightly crackles and warms
Only to become hidden searing pain
Quickly growing, changing pattern

Out of control and licking the clouds
Taking over in the dead of night
Sparkling, crackling, peace in silence
Now becoming the death of millions
Overtaking old lives with destruction
Skeletons of the past left standing

What now? A new beginning?
Starting over from nothing, a silent reward
Fire destroying all that we once held
Comfortable, dear to our hearts
But secretly holding us back
Keeping us from new growth
Moving forward to leave the past behind

Ashes of yesterday slowly disappear
Soaked in tomorrow's promise of rain
Tiptoeing away in the night with the breeze
Even as we hide and weep in sorrow
Mourning memories and complacency
Tomorrow comes, a grim reminder

Somewhere the sun still rises and sets
With each day, a strength we do not know
Keeps us going, keeps us breathing
Meant for something more, we look up
But if only for a fleeting moment
Something so simple, yet so difficult
Focus and hold tight, choose healing

As the clouds pass in the sky above
Behind them is a light so bright and renewing
Next day may bring darkness again
More thunderstorms and pain
But without the rain, we will fade away
Perfection unattainable here
What does light mean without a darkness?