Sweet Slumber

The rain kept me awake last night
Pounding against the window
Like the aching sorrow inside
Resounding against my heart

Perhaps it was my thoughts
That may have kept me awake
Like the unceasing rain outside
Thrumming in my brain

Eventually the rain did stop
As did my thoughts
Sweet slumber overtook me
Brought you to me in my dream

Joy of painting

I tried Bob Ross's joy of painting technique
What Bob could do in 30 minutes on PBS
I did in an hour
Maybe if I took a little longer it might have been better
But for a first try, I'd say it's not too bad
My camera kind of washed it out
It looks better on the actual canvas
I still need to practice painting trees

Am I an artist or what?

What do you think of my first real painting?
I thought it was better before I put the darn tree in the way!

Rays of Hope

Sunshine lingers beyond the horizon

Casting rays of hope and promise

In the colors of the clouds

And though night is falling

And it will be dark soon

Still she has the assurance

That a new day will dawn

And though there is the possibility

That the sun won't shine tomorrow

Yet still she knows the sun is out there

And eventually it will shine again

degrees of forgiveness

Every person alive has done evil

at one time or another

But who is to say

that one evil

is greater than the other

when they both leave wounds

and have a need for forgiveness 

Does forgiveness come in degrees

or is it all equal

Is my sin more deserving of 

forgiveness

or is yours

Only God can say

We both need it

Hurting and Alone

My tears keep flowing

And I feel so alone

I think of you and the tears come

And I know you're alone too

Probably thinking of me

And crying inside as well

How do we let go of each other

When I know we're still in love

When the feelings run as deep 

As they ever have and they're real

And we both know it

And we're both hurting and alone

We remember that we keep hurting each other

Time and time again

The pain is real and it hurts 

Each time we play this out

And though we want to be together

We both know it's time we moved apart 

Streaks of Emotion

The tears have dried
Though sorrow remains
Mixed with anger and regret
A feeling of loss so profound
Echoes within my heart
Warring with the doubt
That struggles in my thoughts

Hello World

Here I am again
Starting a new page in life
Looking for a place
to share a piece of myself
in a safe environment
where I might touch
other souls
who might connect
with my thoughts
or my dreams
or my fears