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The Light Through The Darkness

This is a blog about hope, inspiration, and traveling on the path to self discovery.

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A DREAM LOST

The dream God had put in my heart has disintegrated into dust.
It turned into a bust
my heart is crushed
before all is lost
I must move forward and find a new dream. 

What do I do now?
where do I go?
My life is moving in slow mo.
So many questions left unanswered.
I hope this doesn't leave me plastered.

Can I still be the faithful servant and
continue to follow my master?
I can no longer do what I loved.
my soul has died, and
I am left here crying in agony.
I thought this was your will?

I put in the sacrifice and hard work like you said to, yet,
my pertinence has not paid off.
I'm in turmoil sputtering and utterly lost.
My mind is in need of repair
I yell out in my deepest darkest despair
"God! Why have you forsaken me?"
I close my eyes and pray.

I awaken from my silent depths
and I am transformed.
A new sense of purpose has entered my soul.
A new vision is in my sights
I will surrender to you.
God's will be done.

You see, a lost dream is like death.
It never dies but becomes reborn into something new,
something better than it was before.
I had nothing, now I have everything
like the lotus flower blooming in the mud
my mind has become transcended.
Have faith
have hope
believe.

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THEN YOU CAME ALONG

I was searching
looking outward
looking inward
traveling to the highest mountains
and hottest deserts
journeying to sacred lands
in search of meaning, in search of love.
I prayed day and night
to find you
I was about to give up hope...

Then you came along and stole my heart
without judgment, without hate
this is our fate
your blinding light from above
penetrated deep within my soul and saved me.

Darkness had surrounded me like a blind man searching for sight
my heart breaking, being shattered in two
I was lost and could not be found
I didn't know what to do.
Even though the church discouraged the sin that was in me
Temptation beckoned me
and I fell to the addictions of life...

Then you came along and stole my heart
without judgment, without hate
this is our fate
your blinding light from above
penetrated deep within my soul and saved me.

I was teetering on the edge
trembling with fear
caught in between shadow and light
I was weary and heavy laden
the thick smoke gaged me
like a zombie, I needed to get rest
but did not know who to give it to
I had no one to trust
my faith was low
I cried out in pain
"Please help me! I need your love! Where are you?"... 

Then you came along and stole my heart
without judgment, without hate
this is our fate
your blinding light from above
penetrated deep within my soul and saved me.


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A LIFE WORTH LIVING

God is the truth, the light, and the way.
Follow him, and you will see
who you are supposed to be.
You sense the eyes of the world are watching you.
judge no one
love all. 

Stuck in the mire
can't lift yourself out
you have met fear.

You feel your life is going down the drain and you can't escape
you are trying in vain to go higher.
You feel it's no use so you just let go
love you do not know,
your heart has been cut too many times now
for life to go on.

Self-doubt, self-pity
a martyr you are
you have given up hope.

Hold on, don't let go, let hope arise.
Now is the time to let God's grace
pull you away from your
self made funeral pyre.

If you listen really hard you can hear
the angels sing.
it's beautiful and strong, for 
God has come to rescue you from
a life that's worth living.

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VISION QUEST

Dream it 
say it
do it.

I'm drowning and I can't swim
like a fish outta water I can't get air, I can't get to the brim
I can't breathe
I only bleed for my dream
I'm breaking apart at the seams
cause I can't reach it
I fight for it every day
every day's a losing battle
one step forward two steps back
I'm shackled in this shack
I can't face the truth if I'm a hack 
this will kill me if I don't get it
a slow torture of death
I have to keep fighting I'm not gonna quit
I'm gonna get out of this pit
this is what my soul is yearning for, it's calling out
I'm not giving you a sermon
but I am.
I have a vision planted in my brain
I'm not insane 
this is my quest.

dream it
say it
do it
is the anthem that I preach
this is the journey that I seek
it may look bleak but I don't care
I'm going after it anyway and I won't be scared.
This is my life 
I see it in front of me
no turning back
cut me some slack
I've got all the facts
I know what I'm doing
I'm not fooling
I'm not losing
my life's not gonna be in ruins
my dream I am pursuing
however long it takes
until the end.

I know it's hard
I know it's tough
but what's the alternative?

dream it
say it
do it. 

This poem was written about someone who really wants to go after their dream and attain it but they are struggling with it.  They finally let go and decide enough is enough and go after it with all their heart and soul because that's what their passion is.

 

 

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OUR LAST GOODBYE

Silent tears flow from my eyes
thinking back when it was time for us to fly
we knew the day would come, long before that
Our feelings for each other went flat,
dead on arrival.
The pain hurt in our hearts
but we both had to make a new start,
we couldn't keep going on like the walking dead,
the zombie apocalypse in our bed.
We had to break the ties
for it was time for our last goodbye.

What went wrong how did things change
was what the tape recorder kept playing in my head
and my nervous breakdown would have spread
so the stop button I had to find
and hit it one last time
or I would have gone insane and
had damage to my brain.
We changed over the years, this is true,  
and as time went on, we both were blue.
We got stuck in a rut and couldn't move forward
we went backwards in time, and our feelings were lowered.
The end was near but it was hard to let go
The darkness and drenching rains came,
the dam stopped the flooding flow,
devastation all around but nothing for shame
there was nobody really to blame
but ourselves.
There was beauty in the ashes
as a ray of light flashes
I saw the future offered a tiny bit of hope
separately for me and you, and knew we could cope but
we had to break the ties
for it was time for our last goodbye.

The end was there
but nothing to fear
it was becoming all too clear
we couldn't hold on to something that was gone
everything had all gone wrong,
or right depending on how you looked at things.
Fighting and arguing sewed the seed
then ignoring one another caused the soul to bleed.
We tried to make things work but to no avail
the relationship was meant to fail. 
If we stayed together things would have only gotten worse
we would have been going in reverse
and only trouble would have come from it.
The love we once had was not on the mends,
If we still hung out and talked it would not have payed dividends
so that was it, we had to break the ties
for it was time for our last goodbye.


This is about someone looking back on a failed relationship, and even though they tried to work on things some relationships aren't meant to be and it's time to move on.  When a relationship ends it's not the end of everything but a period of growth and rebirth  to a new way of being. Also in all things there is hope.  Even in a failed relationship there's hope for a better future.



							
												

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TOMORROW MAY NEVER COME

 

Tomorrow may never come
we may never see the sun
burn brightly in the sky
tomorrow may never come
the star's twilight gone
see the dark clouds in the distance
tomorrow may never come.

Don't believe what you see
don't believe what you hear
don't believe what you dream
keep your eyes on your own reality
this present moment is the only truth 
faith will get you through.

Tomorrow may never come
we may only live for today
we may have to find a new place to play.
Where will we be if tomorrow never comes?
Live for today, for
tomorrow may never come.

Don't believe what you see
don't believe what you hear
don't believe what you dream
keep your eyes on your own reality
this present moment is the only truth
faith will get you through.

This is about not knowing what tomorrow will bring and that it may never come.  There are no guarantees for tomorrow, and the past is gone.  We only have this moment to truly live.  This one moment contains the truth of life, because this one moment is all we have.  We are here and now in the present.  How will we spend it?

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OUT OF SERVICE

I’m stuck.
I have nowhere to run to and
nowhere to hide.
The pain that’s been with me has me
fit to be tied.
I’m low on energy and
low on fuel
I’m about to have a duel
within myself.
Don’t know how much longer I can go.
I’m out of service.

I’m Lacking in motivation, but strong in temptation.
I’m suffocating with each breath of air.
I’m losing my affiliation with the human race
I’m moving from here to there
I need to be put in my place
But by whom?
I’m out of service.

I can’t sleep
I wake up at night with a recurring dream
I’m losing you ‘cause I can’t find my theme
What does that mean?
What you sow shall you reap
I’m going nowhere fast
I can’t find you even though I search high and low
I need to move away from the status quo
All systems are not go.
I’m out of service.

This is about someone who has given up hope, and can’t go on anymore. Someone who is trying to find God, but can’t, and doesn’t know what to do. God is always here, within us, not outside of us. Look from within, that is where your hope and strength really are.

 

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The Cycle

Life's a strange journey.  We're born, we live our lives the best we can day by day, we die, and the cycle continues until we say enough is enough.

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I DON’T BELIEVE

Life has been hard and full of pain.
It’s been one big giant stain
I feel like I’m going down the drain
it’s time to refrain
but I can’t. I just can’t.

I don’t believe in love. It doesn’t fit like a glove.
In the sky there is no dove.
I lost my faith,
can’t hesitate,
don’t wanna dissipate,
But I may.

I don’t believe in fairy tales. The good guys never win.
I don’t believe people are supportive
They aren’t gentle
I need to be put in a kennel
they’re all mental
which led me to the state I’m in.

I don’t believe in hope
it slips out of my hands like soap
I try to grab it but I get tangled in the rope
this ain’t dope,
I can’t cope.

I’m free fallin'
I’m desperate
my life has become septic
I’m being tested, Am I the culprit?
If so I wanna make an exit.
I should get down on my knees
I don’t believe in prayer
My hearts gonna tare,
I’m gasping for air,
life ain't fair.

I have extreme anxiety.
God’s nowhere to be seen
I have to come clean,
don’t know how much help that’ll be
I’m gonna scream,
I’m not in a dream.

I just don’t believe.


This is a poem about someone who has no belief in anything.  No belief and no hope.  There is hope in any situation you find yourself in.  You just have to believe and not give up.

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BURIDAN’S DONKEY

Stuck in the middle,
unable to move
where do I go,
what do I choose?
This indecision's killing me
my free will is in battle of will's
not knowing what to do 
is driving me insane.
My determinism is getting the better of me.

The devil's on my left God's on my right
both are talking in my ear
which makes it more disturbing.
I'm caught in between heaven and hell
if I don't decide, I'll stay here and die
I need to find a way to be free.
As I stay here and wait, I know judgment day is near
angel or devil
This is my life,
Buridan's donkey.


Buridan's Donkey is an illustration of a paradox in philosophy in the conception of free will. It refers to a hypothetical situation where a donkey that is equally hungry and thirsty is placed precisely midway between a stack of hay and a pail of water. Since the paradox assumes the donkey will always go to whichever is closer it will die od both hunger and thirst since it can't make any rational decision to choose one over the other. It's named after the 14th centruy French philosopher Jean Burdain. My poem has a different take on it. It's about someone who is deciding to choose between doing something good or something evil.

 

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