INTO THE CHOICE

Were you thinking,

you broke my heart?

I bet you didn't know,

it was already in pieces.

The trick was going to be,

making it whole.

At the fork of my path,

I will not follow the herd.

In the footsteps of the few,

I'll take the grand leap.

My heart in pieces has opened its eyes.

Now my faith is not blind.

You've sat in class,

heard the lessons.

Will you take life's test,

and succeed?

It wouldn't be a bigger life,

if you didn't risk everything.

INTO THE SILENCE

Colors and numbers.

Colors and numbers.

Enough with words.

Enough with names.

And their powers.

I want to bathe in the silence.

Dive into the water.

Wash away,

faces in my mind.

Colors are all I need.

They wash over me.

Teal.

Blue.

Aquamarine.

My salvation.

White.

Black.

Light swirling.

My real life partner.

Colors wash my world.

I love numbers.

The beautiful order.

The comfort.

I can trust.

I can understand.

Numbers fill the world with laughter.

Colors and numbers.

Numbers.

Music inside my mind.

Colors.

Flashes inside my soul.

I can find peace.

Let my heart sleep.

Deepen the silence.

Colors and numbers.

Colors and numbers.

Colors and numbers.

INTO THE LESSON

Hope is like the sun.
A daily dose,
keeps you healthy.
Warm.
Stay in it too long,
it will burn you.

Stare at it,

it will blind you.

Disappointment,

one of the better outcomes.

Losing hope,

could be a lot worse.

Hope is like the sun.

If I spend the day hoping,

it burns too much.

Drunk on hope,

I soar.

Then, reality strikes.

I'll keep hope only,

for a few hours.

But what do I do,

the rest of the day?

Distraction?

Giving up?

Hope is like the sun.

Take it in,

in moderation.

Surrender,

the rest of the time. 

Will hope keep you 

from moving on?

Hope and acceptance,

wrapped up in one,

a balancing act,

made for the masters.

How am I ever,

going to be one?

One can keep trying.

One day at a time.

INTO THE WAVES

Today, I came prepared.

For days the sea has slammed me with raging waves.

One after one.

Today, the words I read were hard to understand.

A message from a thousand years ago.

A few pages.

Done so fast.

Little did I know, 

My soul was reading a lot more.

Now, I can hear the sea.

Asking, what did I come for?

Alone in the raging waters,

The sea demanded: 

Identify yourself!

It wanted to know.

I didn’t have the answers, I thought.

But my soul spoke.

The words of our long training, from before.

The words of the “Shahada” in my core,

Singing in my mind,

With love and joy, 

Enough to fill the whole world.

The sea gave back,

Love and softness.

The calm waters attracted the crowd in.

Those who came close, made me smile and joke.

I felt so loved by the sea.

I couldn’t step out and go.

For hours the sea spoke,

Wanting to teach me,

Something that it knows.

I will need it, where I will go.

Those who warn that the sea has no friends,

I don’t believe them anymore.