"Best Days"

"Best Days"

"These are the best days of your life,"
said the man with a sad distant look in his eyes,
"enjoy them," was added as more of a command than suggestion.
16 at the time, and believed the lie.

Four years later the same statement made
By a different man, but with that same look
As if he were 'there' and not 'here,'
Internally questioned this time-

How could the best days be both then and now?

Now newly wed and hears this cliche once more,
starts to rebel against this lie
-but discovers a misinterpreted truth.

"These" truly are the best days -no matter when they are.
They were the best days, as much as they are now,
and as much as they will be in the future.

Beyond Emotions

Beyond Emotions

Happy leads to sad and yet;
Sometimes sadness leads to happiness.
Can you decide? Can you control them?
Or do circumstances dictate the way you feel?

There is a better way!
Beyond both of these is a peace
-a peace which passes understanding.
A joy which rules over all.

Open up and embrace it;
Look beyond the temporal.
This transcending of emotions
Leaves us not empty,
but eternally fulfilled.

Painting a new picture

Painting a New Picture

The time for stick figures and finger-painting has ended.
Let go of conscious efforts to depict the world
-they will always fall short.

Erase all preconceptions from the mind;
Put down the brush and dull primary colors.
Put away the crude mental constructs.

Allow the pristine white canvas to be colored
By the vivid reality all around.
See things for what they truly are
And not what we perceive them as.