🎵Now Playing: Big Sky Above Me

bringing light to the darkness 

developing understanding and awareness  

is something i will wrestle with 

and i know it 

and i’ll fight for it

because at the end of each battle 

i know that being kind is what i want to be 

that loving everyone is who i am 

and speaking from the heart is what i do 

even when it hurts me to 

even when it hurts 

the rabbit in the moon

the rabbit in the moon 

means the world to you 

and the man that filled you with love 

leaves grief in his wake ;

and you are beautiful 

so very beautiful 

the way you share his qualities 

in your every day

🎵 Now Playing: Texas Sunsets

Came upon these 

open flat plains 

and they took

me back to better days 

of easy love 

and simple things

that sun went down

my eyes looked up

and i could recall all

the good things in my life 

fire and fight

standing at the edge of the sea

the water is lapping at my feet

the foam is grasping at the sand

and there is hope held in my hand

the colors are changing in the skies

and the tears are rising in my eyes

and the friend that saw me through each day

is the one that I ask to pray

walk with me

walk with me for a bit 

let’s speak of things that matter

how each day we keep one foot

in front of the other 

Texas

Wide open skies 

remind me 

that Texas sunsets 

bring me home 

attached

there is a love so sweet 

well within me 

the sun is shining 

while sadness recedes

my hand is held 

by my God of peace 

and he cares for me exactly  

the way I need

enough

you tried everything 

it was enough 

sit and rest a moment 

if it feels like too much  

you were wonderful  

despite how difficult it must have been 

and now you can lay your heart down 

it is enough 

remedy

birds in the morning 
and frogs at night 
my pup lies in the grass 
and a gentle breeze at noon 

the sea is down the road 
it’s where i go to think 
and the sun is good for my soul 
when my heart starts to sink 

my center

i am

grounded 

i am

supported 

and at peace

the fear 

i am leaving 

behind

it is not what 

follows me

bless-ed ways

some things come by 

sweeping you up like a wave 

so big 

you just have to dive under 

and there you find the calm 

away from the crash 

you won’t sink 

you’ll swim 

and you know 

you’ll come back up 

for air, again 

for the weary

ah yes, honey,

i recognize heartache 

bring your pain right in here 

if it’s getting too much to take 

i can put my hands over my eyes

and pretend not to see you cry 

one step

one step 

deep breath

all i have in me

this time

is one step 

open my eyes 

won’t always be a pretty sunrise

but if i could just stand up 

take one step

it can be alright 

blessings

may the person you want 

be the person you need 

may they respond in a way

that quiets your insecurity

sincerity

you are all of what

it takes to build

the gentle soul

of a kind heart

and where many 

will claim to hold

the title of many skills

it is this that shines

sweet parts

oh it’s the joy in that sunshine

hits you right along your smiling face 

it’s the sweet warm breeze 

hugging you with abandon 

it’s the happy in the birdsong

and the hops of baby goats 

it’s the sleepy yawn of puppies

and the leaping bodies of whales 

Dear Sunshine

Dear Sunshine 

follow me to the southeast 

where water is flowing 

in abundance 

where the laughter of children

can be heard upon the beach 

and my feet will be firmly planted 

in the sand 

intention

so you’ve had a hard week

and the sentiments are at your feet 

hoping you’ll keep picking them up

and keep feeding them a treat 

but you will try so hard, instead 

to leave them to play dead

while you turn to the things the day calls for 

while you bite into fresh bread …

tender and strong

being both tender and strong 

seems a rarity 

but how to incorporate them

in the core of me

so that i’m gentle and kind 

loving and sweet 

but full of courage and strength

for all the challenges i must meet 

you are not a mistake

i’m sorry, little one 

that it happened the way it did 

that you did not see love in a pair of eyes

or see comfort as it should have been

somewhere down the line

you were convinced you were only in the way 

and no one held you tight 

and told you “I love you. Stay.”