Like a key, opens a door

Excitement is a clue, sending

Shivers down the spine

Passions awaken, as our

Heartbeats quicken, racing

With a sense of adventure

The thrill that fills the moment

Builds and stirs into action

Arousing our senses, increasing

Our state of awareness, we

Follow its’ lead, and venture

Through the doors of possibility

Where excitement leads…

Limitless, living right beside

Nights and days, spent

Dreaming about our purpose

And our passion, always

Available, to you and I

The realization, requires

Perception and belief

It is in the leaning forward

Learning the only failure

Exists in what we regret

Without our dreams, there

Is no reason to move ahead

Success is an achievement of

Persistence, following through

Forging on, for your big dreams

Await, upon you, only

With the simplest gestures

The torch is passed, powerfully

Silently, from person to person

Witness it in a passing smile

Eyes gently sparkling, saying

Hello, yet no words are spoken

The chain remains unbroken

Unending, circling around

And around, hands reaching

Out, forge bonds with strangers

Build bridges, connect people

A universal language, understood

Wordless expressions, exchange

Igniting fires, growing friendships

In these brief moments, we are

United by the circle of kindness

I write

Upon a blank canvas of white

I see

An endless sea of possibility

I sing

When no one is listening

I dance

Every time I get the chance

I hope

Clinging to the end of the rope

I pray

In my own private kind of way

I look

Beyond the cover of every book

I find

Excitement in every different kind

I fly

Higher, the more that I try

I leap

Into moments that, forever, I will keep

I live

Understanding how to receive and to give

I learn

With great hunger, I do yearn

We keep our power under lock and key

In the struggle between fate and destiny

Explorers may make great discoveries

The big thinkers tend to make history

Inventors create new things for you and me

Philosophers always have their theories

All the saviors of the world, they would say

If I could find my voice, this could be my day

That all our dreams, they just may be…

Just one feeling away

Just one feeling

One feeling away

All our dreams

Just one feeling away

Away, away

I look into a fountain

What do I see

The reflection of a mountain

Staring back at me

I gaze into the mirror

What do I see

The image is getting clearer

Staring back at me

I look out the window

What do I see

The colors of a  rainbow

Staring back at me

I gaze up at the moon

What do I see

A beaming yellow balloon

Staring back at me

I look at myself

What do I see

A book upon the shelf

Staring back at me

I gaze up at the sun

What do I see

My one, my only one

Staring back at me

Unfolding…

The way a play explodes into drama on the stage before our eyes

Unwinding…

The ways rivers run like braids across the land, emptying into the sea

Unloading…

The way volcanoes erupt from deep within the earth, spuming high into the sky

Unknowing…

The way people remain prisoners within themselves, never knowing freedom

Unraveling…

The way words can be used to describe the truth, revealing hidden secrets

Uncovering…

The way a mask is removed, exposing the identity of the person behind it

Unveiling…

The way a beautifully sculpted statue is presented to the world for the first time

Everybody hurts…

Everybody aches….

Every one’s foundation is rocked

When the ground beneath them quakes

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We all suffer loss…

We all feel pain…

Everyone is in need of recovery

To restore our lives, making us whole once again

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For all life’s woes…

For all life’s downs…

Everyone is looking for an escape

A place where smiles replace the sadness of our frowns

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It happens to me…

It happens to you…

Everyone gets hung up sometimes

Holding hope inside our hearts is the best that we can do

Reflections of you, reflections of me

Dancing the way stanzas, play out in poetry

Two lives twined together in relative harmony

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Reflections of dark, reflections of light

Creates beautiful images, like a candle burning bright

From the darkest shade of black to a blank canvas of white

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Reflections of now, reflections of then

Remembering things from the past, remembering when

How so many moments, we long to visit again

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Reflections of hopes, reflections of dreams

Flow throughout our lives, like rivers and streams

Carrying out our promise, the way the full moon beams

For far too long, I stood still

Always had the heart, but somehow I lost the will

What are we to do, when we lose our way?

How do we begin to change our lives and make a difference in our day?

There comes a time, for us to change the recipe

Because spinning our wheels, is what challenges you and me

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Now I realize

Its not the living of each day that makes us wise

And if it takes a thousand tries

I am going to climb this mountain, for on the ascent my spirits sure to rise

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Too many times, we forget to live

With all the passion in our hearts, we have so much to give

Where do we turn, when it seems that we are lost?

When will we learn that the price is far different than the cost?

There comes a time, for us to tap into our power

For the living is in the moments and the minutes of every hour

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I look into the skies

I know that a bird has to spread its wings before it flies

And if I fall a thousand times

I am going to learn how to elevate above the horizon, and like a Phoenix I will rise