cousins

Branches on a tree

Growing, reaching, nurturing

Staying connected 

ready

It can be disheartening to see

When staying is the wrong play

It can be difficult to see

When leaving is the best way 

It can be freeing to recognize

When a new path might set you free

It can be freeing to organize

When different choices get you ready

Ready to leave or stay and wait

Ready to love or leave it all 

Ready to grow and learn all you can

Ready to try everything and more

hold fast

Hold fast to love, my friends. 

Hold fast to the dreams you dare to muster. 

Hold fast to your tenacity. 

Hold fast to faith and devotion. 

Hold fast to truth and nurturing. 

Hold fast to joy, kindness, and innocent hope.

Hold fast to holding out for what you deserve. 

Hold fast to thoughts of eternity. 

Hold fast to love, my friends. 

write it all down

I forgot to write it all down 

The thing I wanted to remember

That one time I had a lot of fun 

That time I made a lot of friends

That time I learned an important lesson

And I think I recall falling

A little bit in love 

With a memory

That I forgot 

Because I forgot to write

It all down on paper

So time has taken ahold of 

Things and managed to 

Lose it all because

I forgot to write it all down—

And I wish I could remember. 

 

choosing life

blue skies at midnight

running toward the thunderstorm

never turning back