Poems

I have written many poems over the years, however, the past couple of years the poems have gotten deeper and more intense. Over time I will share these starting today with "Life is a Dance" written September 6, 2008.

My life is a dance, continually sweeping from one side of the stage to the next with the music changing drastically from one moment to the next.

All the while, my heart is feeling stretched beyond it’s limit, unable to heal between songs. Pieces have been ripped out and torn and I search for their replacements.

Old wounds that just healed tear open once again, turning into fleshy, bleeding, open wounds with not enough bandages to cover the sores.

Some grab pieces and run away, never looking back or returning. Those are the pieces that are never replaced or filled.

Trust

Abraham Lincoln once said, "If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem." This is also true for those who are close to you and break that trust. When a trust that has been held for 18 years is broken, shattered, obliterated...that is trust that can never be regained. Unfortunately this also usually results in a lack of trust for all other people in one's life.