High on life

She,

was always the dreamer

Dancing through life

Her smile, infectious

Free spirited and wild

Time had robbed her 

Of her inner peace

Yet,

her soul was always on fire

Her passion was fierce

for life, for love,

Craving a forever;

that's real

The Last Goodbye

A feeling of despair grips me
I fight back the tears
Trying to control the spin
You must be strong they say,
For him

I close my eyes, try to remember
I have to let go
His suffering was greater than my pain
If I could stop time
Hold on for just one more day
For me

The memories; they keep flooding in
He was my world, My hero
My life
Strong, even in the face of death
No, nothing will be as it was
Not now, for us


For Dad.

Comfort Zone

Falling in the in between
An unexpected comfort zone
It felt so natural and just right
My tired soul found rest
I feel safe lying in your arms
No promises of tomorrow
Yet, a sense of peace inside
I don't know what the future holds
Or if there will be one
For now, in your eyes I found home

Fallen

Thoughts at the speed of lighting

Speeding past me makes me sick

The walls they seem to squash me

Darkness engulfs my mind

Silence so loud so deafening 

And emptiness creeps up behind me

Steadily closing in around my soul

Patches of memory mixed with reality

Tightens like a noose around my neck

I close my eyes yet I'm wide awake

No escape no place to run

Captivity

Her strength was astounding

Her courage no lesser

Facing her sentence with pride

A lifetime of captivity

Yet in her eyes the hope of life

A better day than yesterday

Two decades of pain

Aged her beyond her years

Broken bones slowing her pace

But she wouldn't give in

She fought to defy the odds

Her strength came from within

There were days she just couldn't cope

And she hid it behind a smile

Cringing in pain she would walk

Trying to steady herself alone

At times her belief so strong

Helped her rise above her circumstances

She asked only for compassion

She knew she was on borrowed time

In her last days she became so helpless

Yet she fought not to give in

And when finally she gave in to reality

Her spirit set her free with no more pain

For Ma - whose strength was amazing right to the end

The empty pages of time

And then, it hits you
You are not meant to be here
A path taken by mistake
And you've gone too far in
Change course! Change course!
Can you do that now?

Go back to a time before
Retrace your steps, move!
Wipe out the memories
Erase! Erase!
The heart has lost its will....
Where did I go wrong?

In the silence of her heart

She lived a carefree life

Nothing ever touched her

Until one day he stood in the doorway

His calm so alluring

His smile so captivating

His love so gentle and true

She knew it was temporary

Nothing in life ever isn't

He crept inside her heart

The walls had crumbled 

Love took residence there

She had been in love before

This time was different

This time it felt real

He watched her with lucid eyes

She could tell he was true

So true it scared her

So she decided to leave

As silently as love had arrived

A love lost in reality