(63) Find Home

I don't want to be

packing up boxes & heading out

headed north or headed south

I just want to put down boxes

& pull up my flag

& be able to say

This is home

(62) Be Happy

It's odd when you realize

your similarities are differences

& even though you had to walk--

No run--

away

doesn't mean everyone does

& maybe if you'd just be honest--

you needed the time,

you needed to matter--

this could be different

because there's nothing wrong

with wanting to be happy

You just need to stop forgetting that

(61) Lights

Sometimes long days

turn into long nights

No light ahead,

no end in sight

I will not give up

though the tide

turns against me

because there is still

love & there's light shining somewhere

I hold to my faith

that these dreams 

do come true

because it matters to me

& they'll shine for you too

(60) Sick Day

About a million Kleenex later

some DayQuil & all

Still not feeling better

sneezing, but hopeful

my aim is off, but tissue is soft

& a good nights sleep should help

Here's to hoping anyway

(59) Paths of Progress

My mind keeps reminding me

like a panic button, an alarm,

that the next stage of life

new change

is fast approaching

& I look around this room

& I know I have not a clue

what I'm doing

Is this when I become an adult

or am I just getting points

for progress?

This isn't to say

that this isn't my path

but rather that I'm not sure how to walk it

Do I run?

Or should I amble?

Maybe just change it up as I go

I know I'll over think it, 

but you never know

My hope is just to find

steady hands along the way

& friends that,

even when I stumble,

will always, always stay

So I'll take another deep breath

& start another day

packing up & visiting

those I love along the way

Because though this is all crazy,

it will all work out fine

You'll be fine

It will all be okay

(58) Some Nights

Some nights

there are no words to write

& none of the words rhyme

& all I have is time 

(57) Rainbow

Few things in life

make you feel so alive

as being acknowledged

by your favorite author

anyone who paints

--truly paints--

a picture with words,

who can summon those feelings

in just one short sentence

to awaken the cathartic flood

of my deep & lonely soul

it's a pleasure beyond belief

& makes me strive for new dreams

in hopes that someday

in the not so distant future

someone will be falling in love

with my words too