Up From the Depths

A seed is planted beneath
the muck and slim of the swamps.
Yet it grows with very little light,
reaching up and up to sprout above
the surface.

Spreading it's petals wide beneath the sunlight, bathing it's self it's warmth. This flower has done the impossible and yet it's enjoying it's time in the sun.

Think of this lotus, the next time you think something is impossible to do.

Our Deepest Fear By Marianne Williamson

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness
That most frightens us.

We ask ourselves
Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.

Your playing small
Does not serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking
So that other people won't feel insecure around you.

We are all meant to shine,
As children do.
We were born to make manifest
The glory of God that is within us.

It's not just in some of us;
It's in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine,
We unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we're liberated from our own fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others.

April PAD Challenge Day 6

Don't follow the dictations of society;
instead follow the beatings of your own heart.

Don’t follow the dictations of society, as you’ll
find yourself in a dark abyss so deep that all else
seems hopeless.

Don’t follow the dark melody of scarcity, you’ll
find yourself buried deep within your own misery.
Don’t follow ego or you’ll end up an endless maze
with no exit.

When sight is colored only in black and white, listen
to your heart. Color will bled through and you’ll start
to live life to the fullest. You will see joy where there
once despair.

You’ll feel love where hatred resided. Hope will blossom
on a plane that was barren wasteland. Light will chase
away the shadows of doubt to replace it with faith in the
impossible.

Stand strong when other thinks you are crazy. Face fear
with love when others would coward. While others are
doing what is expect of them. You are creating the reality
you want to live.

Live life to the fullest, experience the wonders of miracles,
love unconditional and know that you are not alone in this
world. We are all one on a much deeper lever than we can
understand.

April PAD Challenge Day 5

In a sea of nothingness,
A sense of awareness can be found.

In a void of shadows where no path can be seen,
A path is constructed from love and light.

In a world driven by the ego's dictations,
the voices of the higher self sing to be heard.

April PAD Challenge Day 4

Our friendship blossom over a decades
and over three sets of seasonal changes. We
shared in happy moments and secrets that I
trusted to no other.

Only to see you turn you’re back to me when
faced with truth and reality. Fear gripped you
tightly. I sought only comfort and support but
instead receive cold words of programming.

I walked a fine line that day with friendship
that was so delicate like a frozen lake with
cracks on the surface uncertain when it would
give way beneath my feet.

The trust was delicate enough that it shattered
under the pressure of others and the lack of
reaching out to help your fellow man in need.

The rope broke, I fell into a lake of desolation
only for the ice to break apart and I sunk into the
cold waters. I floated in the murky depths of a
nightmare.

I numbly tried to swim up to the surface but the
grip of betrayal held me tight until one day I
broke away and was greeted by the warmth of
unconditional acceptance.

The waters that once held me down, suffocating me
released me and I broke the surface with a new sense
of life and passion. To never look back on those dark
days and embrace what it is to live, truly live.

April PAD Challenge Day 3

The world would be a quiet place,
with no laughter and outrageous
thoughts. No fresh perspectives
to force others to think outside
of the box. One less individual
and one less voice to touch the
heart of others where it really
matters.

April PAD Challenge Day 2

Beneath a sea of gray clouds,
I find joy in the knowledge of
at being one with everything.

April PAD Challenge Day 1

Clawing and pulling clumps of dirt as
I climbed up the mountain side, the path
unseen, clouded by anger and resentment.

Lies and fears society manipulated me to try
to keep me from the true path. Light shone
brightly at the top of the mountain urging me
forward.

Urging me to reach for the truth despite the
uncertain that brewed with my heart. I let
instinct take over and found that what was
one took effort now became effortless.

I was given a rope, a life line to the top,
but the climb seem never ending and at
times I thought I show the light dim as
doubt stirred beneath my breast.

Persistence keep me going until I reached
the top, I felt warmth and safe enveloped me.
I lay there with the embrace of this essences and
I knew that my journey was not over.

I rose to my feet and look before me at the beauty of
lush forest and amongst the tall ancient trees lay a path
that of twist and turns. I look over the edge of the
mountain to find myself staring into an abyss of
darkness.

A chasm of dark history that beckoned my back into its
embrace and it sang of victimhood and lifelessness.
Behind me was only desolation and death. Before me
stood a world of wonder and miracles, a voice called to me.

Beyond the woods spoke a voice of guidance and unity.
I stepped towards the path with secure footing, the past
howled to me to stop. But its screams fell silent in the
face of divinity true essence of unconditional love.

I now walk the path where I am not alone. A path in which
I meet with great mentors and teachers that help me grow with
each step I take. Friendships help me to learn of the laughter and
love. Experiences that help me evolve into a better person every day,
in hopes to become that closer to my higher purpose.

A Constant Changing World

A Constant Changing World

Years tick by like hands on a clock.
Things began to change over the
years as life itself starts to evolve.

Winter to Spring
Summer to Fall

Endless seasons that witness the
changes of man. As more and more
forests start to disappear and animals
start to loses their homes.

A change that did not benefit Mother
Earth. Earthquake shatter the ground
beneath mankind's feet. Cracking earth
devouring the homes above. Leaving
many people in despair.

Cold to Hot

Dormant volcanes come alive after
years of rest. Endless lava flows
through the villages below, eatting
up whatever it touches.

Surprising tsunamis arise and tearing
placing from beneath the feet of many
people. Leaving behind devastation and
destruction.

Wet to Dry

Floods running wild in the streets where
rivers once flowed. Wild storms hit land as
forest began to catch fire. Tornado rip
throught forests as everything is sucked
up into a vortex.

Where houses once stood, now lay nothing
more than empty plains. Nothing remains
after the devastation hits, but where there
is death it seems that some sort of life follows.

Too Soon

Too Soon

Death has taken with him two souls that will
be mourned and sorely missed. May you find
peace and happiness where ever you are.

We will never see your face or hear your voice.
We will never see your little one grow and
become a woman.

We wll never hear your voice or listen to your
laughter. A gloomy atmosphere has fallen over
the family upon hearing your sudden departure from
this world.

We hope that where you are now; to know
that we will hold you in our hearts forever.

For a mother who made plans, and never be able to
achieve them, and to a daughter who will never know
how it feels to live a complete life.

To two fallen angels may you find peace in death,
that you could not find in life!

Rest in Peace

Author notesDedicated to my cousin and her baby whose lives were abruptly cut short.

The Facade Is Over

The Facade Is Over

You played the victim game very well.
You had me going for a short time, believing
your words to be sincere. I believed in your
words, only for you to contradict yourself.

You disrespect my ways and my beliefs. I
once trusted you to respect them, but you did
not. You wanted something more than just
friendship, but I never had such feelings.

I never said we could be anything more than
just friends. Friends do not lie to each other.
You played me like a puppet on a string, but
now I know your game.

I thank you for this lesson much learned. You
were no more the shining knight than you were
a gentleman. I thank the stars that I caught the
signs in time.

Your controlling, domineering, and possessive
ways aren't for the ones who are wild as the wind
and fierce as a storm.