“Lost”

To love
And lose
To be lost
In it all
To strive
For reason
And understanding
To be muddled
In your mind’s eye
To feel
And not know
How
And why
To want resolve
And resolution
To find the blur
Blinding
And wish
To want
Not
Not wanting
The emptiness
The loneliness
Of temptation
To tear yourself
Away
From the one thing
You wish not to
To love
To strain
To forgive
And hold on
To what’s left
To breath
So be it shallow
Life remains
And living
Goes on

“Strength”

My desires to build this body
To be strong
And full of knowledge
Aware
And awake
Alive from the outside in
I want to listen
And learn
And see
All that goes unseen
I wish to live enriched
With my books
And poetry
And the people
I hold near
To let their smiles drive me
And let mine leave them driven
I crave my own company
For I note my own courage
And believe
It’s all within
Me