Red tail asked what I need,

I said not much beyond mending this broken wing

Silence made my ears ring,

Been a while since I’ve heard a love that sings

Red tail asked what she brings,

Courage, vision, a lovingly determined being

How weightlessness

Defrosts love like the warmth of spring

its a new day

a new dawn

with a renewed lease of life

bestowed upon

by grace of god

graced inside

with a renewed lease of life

I feel alive

hungry

thirsty

exhausted on the floor

so rich

yet poor

had it all then needed more

striving

reaching

always seeking peaks so high

reflect

inspect

‘cause love comes from inside

Present amongst us is the mason jar of our mind 

Beside our jar are stones, pebbles and sand so fine

If we first set the stones in our mind,

then the pebbles,

and lastly the sand,

room for all materials exists within

as the pebbles glide around the stones and the sand gently embraces the pebbles as they fall

But if we reverse the order, we will never fit them all

Anxiety is anticipation of the future

Depression is fixation on the past

But with feelings both external and within

Nothing is built to last

So breathe

Breathe deeply

Breathe to find our center

Breathe to settle our mind

Breathe to release our tensions

Breathe to know what's kind

Changes may be unsettlingly 

And the unknown may be upsetting

But without letting go our expectations

We may soon find ourselves regretting

So breathe

Breathe deeply

Breathe to find our center 

Breathe to settle our mind

Breathe to release our tensions

Breathe to know what's kind

Dissatisfaction is toxically sinful

Seldom is the future clear as a crystal 

But true as anything in life

Being content is amazingly blissful  

So breathe

Breathe deeply 

Breathe to find our center 

Breathe to settle or mind

Breathe to release our tensions 

Breathe to know what's kind

I know what it’s like to be left as a child

alone at night and afraid for my life

I know what it’s like to be uncomforted

while being scolded for being “broken"

I know what it’s like to be outcast

to feel shamed

and to be ashamed of, by my family

I know what it’s like to be kicked while I’m down

because of indifference

and spite

and willful ignorance,

it doesn’t actually matter why,

it all felt the same 

I know the exhaustion 

the burned out feelings

and endless worries that come at night

I know what it’s like to get up again

round after round

to stand tall and face it all

only to take another one to the chin

I know what it’s like to be told that I’m failing

and feel like a failure

even as I win

It doesn’t really matter, all what's said

cause in the end, dead is dead

and all this grief, is in our head

so we'll keep loving, sweet loving instead

gotta keep fighting, a good ole’ fight

just give it hell, with all our might

hittin' hard inside, may make us fright

but with perspective, extend insight

at times it comes, and times it goes

might make us happy, may give us woes

when the sun is shinning, we know it snows

so wait for a change, in how that wind blows

when life is wrong, we make things right

loose as could be, while keeping it tight

that’s the way to live, when we lose the light

free like a bird, amongst the kites

and if one chooses, then they may use 

this information, when their feeling confused

cause life is lonely, when we’re feeling abused

and it's not in our nature, or what we're used to

so pass along this message, and open our heart

this simplistic notion has no parts, doesn’t take smarts

when we give our love to others, then they may start

to repair what’s old, while caressing their heart

as it doesn’t really matter, all what’s said

and all this grief, is in our head

so just keep loving, sweet loving instead

sweet loving instead

sweet loving instead