Framed by darkness Illuminated by light A mixed composition Is the cycle of life; Seasons of change Some welcomed…some not All have a purpose Lest we forgot; Even the rainy days That block out the sun Help ignite the color In the next autumn to come.
Flip a coin Have a wishful thought Release it Into the bouncing drops They’ll spring it Up to the sky To be swept away On a windy ride Of twists and turns As your heart yearns Waiting, for a reply. Is it lost – adrift – Or will your wish be granted?
Celebrate There need not be an occasion On the calendar To enjoy a vacation From the negative noise And non-stop chatter Honestly, I’d rather… Focus on And fully embrace The beauty of A happy place
Scars… Upon our flesh Sting our lips Haunt our minds Invade our veins Reminders of… The times we’ve lived Of lessons learned Dreams forgotten Victories won and problems conquered Scars… Have brought us here Shaped who we are Made us stronger Renamed us …Survivors…
A sunny day To push the blues away And get lost in a field Of sunflower bliss; Where happiness and dreams Show on sun-kissed faces While the balmy breeze Ruffles and chases; The worker bees And our troubles away
Along your journey They’ll be many chances To stop and worry Through obstructed glances From outside the closed gates Where you’ll eventually wait With bated breath To learn where your future’s spent When your journey is done You’ll learn your fate; Did you live right Throughout your life? Through happenstance And circumstance; Did you give… Read More Eternal Gates
Milestones and memories Collected and stacked One on top of the other They continually amass; Chips off the block Separately weak Mortared together The story’s complete; Mishandling conflict Creates crumbling dust: Respecting life lessons Learning to trust; Where you are, The road you’ve taken there, Your steps not yet traveled Are not a path to… Read More Resurrected from Rubble
Rise above The noise below A cache of troubles From today and long ago; Heavy rocks carried In an overcrowded mind Compiled as character builders Remembered but not defined; By their weight and numbers A strong foundation laid A stack of life lessons To climb over and cascade; As roots sink in the… Read More Rise Above
Ingrained On your soul A pattern Only you own. Where you’ve been What you’ve learned Where you’re headed; Make you One of a kind With a unique design Ingrained On your soul.
Beauty is soft And it is strong It doesn’t need labeling To know it belongs Decorating the world With something unique Whether natural or forged Infantile or antique True beauty Elusive perfection we seek Through new eyes Look; refocus, peer deep Retrain your mind A new habit found Search and see That all around True… Read More Beauty Found
Jessica M. Collette 
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