Validation

Validation

It seems like a dictionary only term
one for the books
something done to get your name
on a plastic card
strapped to a chewed-up rope lanyard.

I choose

I choose

When you wake up
you have a choice
to love yourself
to be grateful for life
to find beauty in the unknown
and I choose peace.

Let us forget the past

Let us forget the past

Let us forget the past
for what it was
let us forget the past
for all of its woes
let us forget the past
to let us be present.

Finish line

Finish line

You're there
but not there

you see the finish line

someone jumps ahead of you

you fall
over an obstacle...

pick your self up and speed ahead

or stay in the dust.

The worst feeling

The worst feeling

the worst feeling
is being there
but not being there
present
but crystalized.

The next level

The next level

you can't get to the next level
without some sort of stepping stone

so I guess I'll just wait for that
stone
as I throw rocks in the water
rippling and rippling away.

My heroes

My heroes

My heroes
may not walk with us today
but they linger in the sounds of our steps
the curve of our speech
the echo of each sunrise