Icebergs

We were young.
We took it all for granted
Thought we needed it all
Now finding comfort in the little things
Life has a way of doing that
Steering you towards the light
Yet also giving an extensive tour of the darkness
I have this image in my mind
Thought I’d share
A face covered in lines and worry
Shifts into a long needed smile
My passions shift away from profits
What was once an iceberg now finds the sun it needs to bear life

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A Cheap Tape Job

You tried to hit the rewind button on life too many times
Should've known it doesn't work that way
Now the tape is jammed in the system and requiring careful hands to repair
I know the struggle all too well
When a shred of tape is all I could rely on to keep things going
I know the struggle and will meet you halfway there
I know all too well to just need someone there
No words
Just hands on your shoulders wishing I could take the pain away
And some poems aren't easy to write
Problems not so easy to right
If only words could ease
If only words could soothe you tonight.

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Light of My Mind

I've waded through dark thoughts

Stumbled through the attic of my mind

Catching my feet on unseen obstacles

Face hitting the floor, the taste of blood in my mouth

I picked myself up and brushed off the dust

A new day, tomorrow is a new day

My father would say

Well, if I must go on I will go on

Eventually I come across a window

It's slanted light illuminating a notebook on the floor

I sit down and run my hands along the pages

Hours later I was still there, with that book

Yet a different kind

A different man using the light of my mind

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