Verses & Visions
​Welcome to Verses & Visions, a selection of works created by my passion for storytelling and the power of words. Explore my writing and discover the depth behind each word and idea.
The Spirit of a Dreamer:
/Yˈspirət/ noun
The one who is not afraid to wake up
and breathe life into dreams.
Memories fade, but the spirit remains
Just like a dream, the feelings echo, reverberating off the path you have taken and the one still to come
I hope what I do will wander along the paths I've crossed, like a warm breeze comforting you to move forward.
I wonder if I’m doing these words justice
Just this, is not enough
What is done, and what is yet to come, crashes over me with the weight of a thousand words left unsaid
Frustrated and scared, some choose to flee, setting it all ablaze
But I chose to reach into the fire to save what could have been
Burning with desire to create once more
But why?
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​Why would I pursue something so beautifully fleeting like a dream?
It may be a dream but I can hear its heart beating all around us
I can see it
Can you?
It's right in front of you, in front of us
Unnoticed, waiting to be realized
I can see it, frozen, chest tight, eyes wide, terrified
The path it was supposed to take slipped away like it was just a dream
Wrapping my arms around it I whisper…
It's okay
Just breathe
I know the way
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Intangible
It’s funny, the things we see
The things we feel
The things we want to be
Inscrutable, dumbfounding, and yet, we still yearn for a glance
I see it, hidden, peaking through
I see it, winking at me
I wonder…
Is it mocking me?
Yes.
No!
Maybe?
But-
Wait!
It found me
Now we
For us, I trust in this
I see
But not truly, because I was blinded by what I thought you could be for me
I paved this road for us
Smoothed with care, washed with tears
Leading to a future I thought was clear
But now I see
This two-way street is more than me
It’s us
I trusted us
I believed in us
For us
But why is it only me, taking care of us?
What about me?
You leave
Now I see
This road I built is just for me
It is mine and strong because of me
Maybe one day, it will be traveled by more than me
But for now it is just me
And that is ok
Because what I yearned to see...
Was always inside of me
Loss
She is always there
Her appearance different to any who’ve met her gaze
Never welcomed but always there
In the loss she can be found
Forever they promised
Apart they had to be
The women holding the bridge lost her strength
The memories began to fade
The distance became to great
This was a great loss
The mother stumbled and water broke
She brought life into this world
Rushed away there was no cry
The women came in cradling the baby and the mother knew
Her sorrow could be felt throughout the house
This was a great loss
Two people one heart shared, separated
The limestone walls that once were her protector were now her captor
Her heart belonging to another, shall never see its mate
The women so beautiful held her chin and wiped the tears away
This was a great loss
The dozers gone, the destruction unseen
Concrete, metal, and glass now take root
The women stands covered in vines of green
Her tears run
The rain pours watering the cars and lots
She gestured towards her once beautiful land
Her eyes reflected the peaceful nature that was once there
This was a great loss
After the war the earth was still
She called to them
The beast came circling down
She stood there with clothes tattered
The ends dripped with black as dark as the raven's feather
Her eyes sharp as the eagle on her shoulder
And her limbs filled with the tense power of a wolf
Her gaze set on the crismen land
This was a great loss
Her stories she can never tell
But her presence can be felt by all those around
The greatest loss one may never know
Pray to all that they may never have to gaze into her eyes
And accept her inevitable presence
Faces
Everywhere I look there are faces
Masked and unseen they follow me
Always in pursuit
Always I flee
Always they seem to find me
Carry on, follow suit, accept, they say
But not today
I turn
Eye to eye we finally meet
The darkness inside of me
We turn
Everywhere I look I see faces so clear
Illuminated by the light that finally appeared
Ignite Your Vision, Fuel It With YSpirit
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