All Love is Beautiful

Let no one silence your truth
Let no one dim your light
There is no greater joy
Than to live an authentic life
Filled to the brim with love
All love is beautiful and
The world never has enough of it

-gws

Healing

The road to healing
Is long and winding 
I must follow it
One step
One breath
At a time

-gws

Delight

Wander down a country road
Flowers in your hair
Dance inside your living room
Without a single care
Wish upon a shooting star
Or say a sacred prayer
Live your life with pure delight
Lay your true self bare

-gws

Unrealized Potential

His thoughts came and went
Before they could fully form
Like threatening storm clouds
Full of unrealized potential 

-gws

Candle of Hope

How many times do I have to snuff out the candle of hope in my chest because my heart refuses to accept that you are incapable of being who I need you to be?

-gws

No Right Time

There is not right time
No one will give you permission
Reach for the dream
Start learning something new
Say the thing you want to say
Grasp the chance
It's better to try and nurse the bruises of defeat
Than befriend the bitterness of regret for life

-gws

War Paint

I have worn my tear stains like war paint
The flush of agony, despair, and rage, too
I have unleashed keening so potent 
The gods stopped to answer
With a path to deliverance 

-gws

Rather

Even in the deepest darkness 
You will not reach for the light 
You would rather drown in your pride
Than consider you may not be right

-gws

Accomplishment

Some days
Getting out of bed
Putting on my adulting pants and
Mechanically doing what needs to be done 
Is an accomplishment 

-gws

Tinsel

Among my dark tresses
Magic is sprouting
So many threads of silver tinsel
Adorning my head like glittering filaments 
Filling my hair with starlight

-gws