Sun Child

Sun child, with all her sun-kissed speckles.
The pixie dust sprinkled from above, bleached her hair
And gave to her a million little freckles.
She feels like one among the wildflowers and the trees
The earth is her playground, running wild and free
Barefoot she learns the textures of the land
Where the dirt and grass beneath her toes
Lead and support her, wherever she goes
Can't tell her what to be for she knows where she belongs
Among the wildflowers and the trees because reality feels so wrong
The utopia she finds, in nature's company
Takes her from the screaming cries of responsibility
And this is where her soul will rest when her smile begins to fade
The wildflowers and the trees will listen and keep her secrets safe
For nothing here demands her time, or judges what she's worth
For nature accepts her as she is, and will wait patiently for her return.

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”

— KHALIL GIBRAN

"And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt."

— SYLVIA PLAT

"An easy life doesn’t teach us anything. In the end it’s the learning that matters: what we’ve learned and how we’ve grown."

— RICHARD BACH

"As you grow, you learn more. If you stayed as ignorant as you were at twenty-two, you’d always be twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, you know. It’s growth. It’s more than the negative that you’re going to die, it’s the positive that you understand you’re going to die, and that you live a better life because of it."

— MITCH ALBOM

To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower

Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour.

— WILLIAM BLAKE

People can always have judgement about anything you do. So it doesn't bother me. Everything can be strange to someone - Michael Jackson 

You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.

— AUDREY HEPBURN

I’ve always had this deep-down conviction that I’m not like everybody else, and there’s an amazingly exciting new life waiting for me just around the corner.

— SOPHIE KINSELL

It was on my heart.

Lord, it's so hard to see You sometimes, for You're no visibile, tangible thing.

And it's hard to find that reassurance, when on these obstacles I keep stumbling.

They keep me from You and they keep me from Your grace.

So I find it hard to overcome even when I know

There's a reason that You're throwing them in my face

Because You want me to grow and You've called me to this place

These struggles bring me to my knees, still I try hiding it from the world to see

But You're teaching me, and growing me to experience vulnerability

Lord, Your purpose is more than I can understand, and often hard to face

All You want is for me to run back home, back to Your loving arms of grace

You know I'll fail. You know I'll fall.. Yet, all You want is my heart and trust.

Because Your love was already poured out on the cross for all of us

So break me and make me what You want me to be, and allow me to be fully open

For we struggle to wholly surrender to You until we're completely broken

And how arrogant of me to ever scorn Your creation.

I'm hand-stitched with love and Your loving salvation. 

For every fault and flaw I see, should be constant reminders of You in me

See You called me beautiful and it must be true

Because You made me in the image of You

And Lord Your beauty far surpasses understanding
And to know You more is all I'm demanding. 

Give Me Faith

12/27/2010

She's got a quick tongue and a sharp intellect

You battle her logic and fall out of step

Watching her movements now down on the ground

You realize something as her voice comes around

There's an innocence beneath her haughty cold eyes

And when she gets comfortable her voice springs to life

So what is she guarding with this front of a lion?

Searching for the truth you carefully keep trying

Not letting her think she's stronger than you

You fight back when attacked and play her game too

Flustered and weak from such strong competition

You hear a wall fall and you sit down to listen

Reward for the battle is a piece of her heart

She hands it to you all bruised and scarred

You know that your role has just been assigned

To fix it up nice and watch it grow over time

Now knowing the fight that she has within

You challenge her daily and continue to win

And as your stockpile grows she lets you inside

To explore the deepest depths of her mind

And at the center of every single storm

Is a painful memory that's gone unshown

The more you explore the storm clouds disappear

And sunshine reveals something so weird

This girl's mind is filled with a land of things

Created by her that no human has seen

The beauty and awe of her abstract creations

Are not tempted or tried by worldly temptations

Now beginning to grasp the guard on her heart

You realize you've been where no man has before

Then you slowly retreat as she nods off to sleep

Her secret now yours to keep 

Thoughts..

Don't distress over what's been done, and do not plan for what's to come.

The future won't listen, you can't change the past.. right now is all you have

Details - 5/7/2010

Curious minds exploring life,

Trying to see the bigger picture

But its many little details

That put it all together.

It starts with your mistakes

And the struggles that you face

For a lesson learned

Is knowledge earned

When all you see is rain.

Each drop seems like an ocean

That can drown your passing fame

Put down the umbrella that guards your fear

And start dancing in the rain.

With clothes all soaking wet

And no sun to keep you warm

You must patiently wait, embrace your fate, then appreciate

The rainbow after the storm

Little detail number two is this,

And follows personal growth:

Embracing who you are

And the beauty you behold.

Each person made uniquely

Each trait specifically placed

We're ingredients in God's recipe

All made with a different taste.

If you alter how you look

The product won't taste right

For "flaws" are just man's misconception

When the media blinds their sight

So love yourself with all your heart

Be who you are forever

And the sweetest detail number three,

Is not about dependency,

But independently loving another.

Each of us must stand our own

When the winds of life grow fierce.

For if we demand another's hand

We cannot conquer fear.

When peace is found within,

True love will begin to mold

The little details of our life

And a beautiful picture will unfold.

Sunrise - 5/4/2010

A song escapes the robin's throat

Lifting up a morning new

Bringing with it morning dew

A fresh start for a broken soul

Bad yesterdays can be let go

Progress resumed, ambitious minds

Start their daily tasks of life

Chasing dreams of success and love

To invent a cure or save a life

Now the day lights fading into night

And we reminisce on what we've done

And retire to the ones we love

The darkness falls, as we close our eyes

For tomorrow brings another sunrise