This is my journey

  When I started this journey, my journey, I was lost The paths I walked were often dark with small glimpses of light from the sun My sons Anger and anxiety were a way of life A way to draw my attention away from the pain Pain I caused myself I bought into the anger…

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My Life

My life is a hodgepodge of broken dreams and broken promises A tight lipped memorial to lost love and broken hearts I walk in circles just to make myself feel on many days Falling in love with that same blonde lady daily between fits of melancholy and exuberance Morose and silent as everyone pretends not…

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Emptiness

I am lightyears from your heart Even though I touch your soul Your lips  My words Two hearts reaching  Looking Everywhere  For everything  Except each other  I’ve looked deep into the abyss  I’ve seen the brokenness in your heart and I fill it with my own Emptiness 

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Gratitude

I spend my day looking for things to be grateful for. I try never to look for things or reasons to be angry or feel hate. I look for the good in everyone, even the people who try to hurt me or the people I love. When I see something in someone I don’t like…

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Live in it

I stand before you My life naked to the world The king of squandered potential The leper you created to frighten yourself Stories you tell to frighten small children The same children you beat and rape Hiding in the shadows of your mind I live rent free  Leaping out to the sounds of silence  …but…

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So Little 

The snow fell in silence over the lake Morose and frigid  As I stood waiting for your touch  My lips chapped My thoughts scattered  Waiting  It seems like I’m always waiting for something  You I spend too much time alone  Too much for my heart to like it Too much for my weary soul  I’m…

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Anyway 

I wish I could cry At least I might feel better Feel something  Someone  Does anyone feel for me? No I didn’t think so I can look away Sometimes I want to walk away  but where would I go? Where would I rest my head Weary and lost Alone in a crowd of strangers Who…

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Multnomah Falls Oregon

Multnomah Falls, Oregon in the winter.   Multnomah Falls is the most visited recreation site in the Pacific Northwest with 2 million stopping each year to take in the views! It features the 2nd highest waterfall in the United States. Fed by underground springs from Larch Mountain, the flow over the falls varies, usually it’s…

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