Walking in defeat
Eyes fixated on the ground below
Afraid of what is ahead
Convinced that good will never happen
Only remembering the bad
Neck is locked in a downward position
Difficult to change
Wandering with no direction
Hard to see the path
When eyes do not lead the way
Obstacles are never avoided or conquered
Just objects to blindly stumble over
Feeling powerless inside
No control over the present
Raise your head up
See what is in front of you
Walk with authority
Let your confidence radiate into the surroundings
So that others can witness your strength
Attracting people to your presence
Your aura
Whatever you have they want to be around it
Take pride in yourself
Stand proud
Its hard to smile
With a head held down
Awakening
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Eyes wide openSeemingly for the first time
Surroundings seem to have a different look
A certain glow
Like a new born child
Inquisitive
Feeling like life starts anew
An opportunity to finally see
Clearly
Without restraints or filters
Nor obstructions
Everything in my view
Is good
Not because it is
Because I choose to see it that way
Hurt No More
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Many things are done in the name of loveSome beautiful, some dangerous, some illogical
Still each one lovely
Love can tell you to stay
When you know you should leave
Enduring verbal, physical, emotional abuse
To reply
I know ______ still loves me
Staying with someone that cares nothing about your struggles
When their petty issues always come first
All in the name of love
Trapped in a slow dance with love
Loving when love is good
Hard to escape when love turns bad
Circling and circling in the middle of life's dance floor
Love is more than a feeling
It is a mind state
A place where the mind has no control
Almost unconscious
Advice falls on deaf ears
Because others "don't understand our love"
What seems so obvious to others
Cannot be viewed by us
Shielded by love's brilliance
Blinded by the hope that one day
Love will make everything right
That the hurt we have endured will be worth it
The nights of tear soaked pillows
The hurtful words that still remain
Just to maintain love
This can't be love
Not when it affects mood
Infiltrates the mind
Causing self destruction
Love builds not destroys
True love exists
So does tainted love
It is not hard to distinguish
Choose to hurt no more
Headlights
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Lurking in the unknownOperating in the darkness
Hidden from plain view
No concern for peeping eyes
Secretively secure
Doing wrong, no care for right
Nothing seems off limits
Nothing is taboo
Until a sliver of light
Interrupts the plan
The beam of light grows broader
Exposed to the world
Realizing now the brightness of truth
Standing frozen in time
In the center of the rays of light
Caught in the headlights
Purify Me
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Take me to the waterSubmerge my body
Make me clean
Let the water crest from the crown of my head
To the soles of my feet
Make me new
No longer wanting to be unclean
Continuing to live in my filth
Make me pure
Change my footsteps
Lead me on the narrow path
Make me over
Closer to your presence
In your plan
Make me whole
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