Wisdom Is Earned

“Wisdom Is Earned”

Choices.
Some good, some bad.
Some right, some wrong.
One way because you’re weak.
One way because you’re strong.

Wisdom is earned through experience,
It simply can’t be given.
Wisdom is earned.
Gleaned by living.

Some lessons can’t be taught.
Unless the teachers name is life.
Some lessons lead to bliss.
Some lead to strife.

There are mistakes once made,
That can’t be undone.
And many of life’s lessons,
Well, they're not very fun.

I could try and warn you,
And if you’d listen I would.
Wisdom is earned through experience.
If we only understood.

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03-14-09

A Difficult Reality

"A Difficult Reality"

I’m not going to see,
My Mom again.
That’s a difficult reality,
To let settle in.

I won’t hear her laugh,
Or hear her call my name.
There are so many things,
That won’t be the same.

What’s going to happen at Christmas,
Or at Thanksgiving,
Or what will happen in the rest of the days,
Without her we are living.

I don’t know how to assimilate,
These days with this vacancy.
I’m not sure what to say,
When someone asks of me.

How are you doing?
How are you today?
I’m honestly not sure,
What to say.

I’m not going to see,
My Mom again.
That’s a difficult reality,
To let settle in.

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03-17-09

Too Much, Too Soon, Too Fast

"Too Much, Too Soon, Too Fast"

Too much,
Too soon,
Too fast.
There really is nothing,
That lasts.

Bombarded,
Corroded.
Violently,
Collided.

Knowing there are no answers,
Before you form the questions.
Knowing there is no godly voice,
To answer your objections.

Only the darkness,
Secluded in light.
Realizing how pointless,
It is to fight.

Too much,
Too soon,
Too fast.
There really is nothing,
That lasts.

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03-19-09

Heartless

"Heartless"

I’ve got to get up,
And go to work tomorrow.
Regardless of this hurt,
Regardless of this sorrow.

Regardless of the heartless one,
The one who ripped me apart.
I’ve got to get up and keep going,
Regardless the beatlessness of my heart.

I’ve got to get up,
I’ve got too keep going.
I’ve got to get up,
Even knowing.

Heartless is the norm,
And empty is the way.
That’s really not much to keep you going,
Passed today.

d
03-22-09

This Ruin

“This Ruin”

Maybe some explorer,
Will stumble upon this ruin.
Find some joy left from what happened,
Way back then.

Perhaps they will explore,
Wander and wonder.
Maybe they will set back and stare,
Simply silently ponder.

Maybe wonder where,
The road might have gone.
Or what the structure looked like,
Back when it was strong.

What happiness was witnessed?
How much was understood?
How much sadness was there?
How much pain endured?

Perhaps someone will stumble upon,
And wonder of this ruins history.
Ponder at the depths,
Simply wander the mystery.

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03-24-09

There’s A Place

“There’s A Place”

There’s a place,
Where hearts no longer intertwine.
There is a place past the lonely,
Where you are fine.

People can smugly smile,
Act as if they know better.
Presume you are acting this way,
Because you are bitter.

At some point you will realize,
We all end up alone.
In spite of the caring,
Of the loving you have shown.

You could love with all you are,
Only to be left out in the cold.
And then find you self alone,
With no one to hold.

Or you could love with all you are,
And find someone who loves you just as much.
Endless sunrises ever longing,
Each others touch.

Been there done that,
I understand the hurt it can bring.
So I find myself in winter.
Ever anticipating spring.

But there’s a place,
Where hearts no longer intertwine.
There is a place past the lonely,
Where you are fine.

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03-31-09

Above

“Above”

Run from me,

I am devastation.

I am the end,

I am the realization,

That there is no hope,

There is no day break,

There is nothing left,

To take.

There are no loving sunsets,

Left for anyone to claim.

No beautiful sun rises,

That will ever be the same.

No there is nothing left here,

For anyone to love.

No there is nothing left here,

That will ever,

Ever rise above.

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04-05-09