Shining Thru

Floating on the horizon

Not sure how to hit solid ground

Not sure if you want to

You float

Skimming the surface with tip toes

You look down amazed

The golden colors that shoot from around the sun

The brightness fills you with happiness

The clouds are forgotten and turned into trim

Accent on the beauty of the evening

As the daylight closes in,

You are drawn towards the meeting at the horizon

The meeting of the lights just before the dark

The worlds of sun and earth collide.

So much to take in and breathe.

Bridges you cross

Bridges you burn

Nobody knows where they lead

Can’t see the other side through the fog

The sunset is beautiful and distracting

The beautiful back drop of nature

Makes you forget the fall

The Unsuccessful crossing

The bridge in suspension

Above the sparkling waters

In front of the horizon

You stare at the silhouette

Wondering if you can use it

Wondering if you can cross

What if it falls behind you

Then you can only go forward

What if you find a hole and can’t get across

Trapped in the middle of indecision

Rising up above the rail and looking down

Wondering if it’s the only way out

Looking at the beauty of the sunset

And the calmness of the water

Not able to enter either side

Summer nights die down as the stars still shine bright

Bright and cold they look down as the nights cool off

No more celebration bomb fires of carefree summers

The cool autumn nights alerting us to the changing winds of winter

The natural stages of change that come with being alive

Every being must experience the different seasons of life

Time comes and goes, people love, and experience new things

All things pass through the seasons of life.

Whispering wind spill your secrets

Tell us what you know

Across the land the wind blows clean

Picking up a little something from everywhere

Everyone contributes as it passes through

The secrets that are gathered are breathed in the exhale

Listening out in the windstorm you hear the roaring of the powerful wind

Listening for a touch of the unknown

A breath of what lies beyond where you’ve gone

The wind free to travel and experience flows through the trees

Rustling breath moves the leaves and sharing the magic

The colors glisten in the sunshine

No sound in the stillness

No happy chimes of the gentle breeze

Still sitting beautiful

Outside as seasons change

The beauty stays but changes with the leaves

Gently falling in the autumn breeze

Musical chimes arise as the winds of change increase

Waiting for the perfect moment to make the change

A change that we all go through in life, one that defines us.

Fairy wings flutter by your head

You gasp at the beauty of the flowers all around

Green and peaceful

The bubbling of the stream flows by

Sanctuary…

The perfumes fill the nostrils

Colorful petals hidden in the vines

Green and alive, hidden away

Safe and Secure.

Feeling safe and at peace

Calmness fills the air as you escape

Hiding for a time from reality.

The soft colors of the leaves

Against the contrasting bright sky

The cold chill of fall removes the warmth of morning

Change becomes a part of every day life

The scenery so common around you

Is different every day.

The sky sometimes so bright, yet cold

Sometimes soft and padded with clouds

Clouds that role up with the tears of the sky.

Fall is the time of change,

Change of growth even as everything fades

We move forward and witness the passing of time

We must look at our surroundings and take heed

As we must grab opportunity before the change passes us by.

See the change quickly approaching

Seize the beauty of the change, before the bleakness of winter.

Overwhelming it comes in waves

Unforeseen and unsuspecting

Comes crashing into the strong cliff side

The rock that has held strong for centuries

Slowly being eroded away, crashing wave by crashing wave

One tide change at a time

Even the predictability of the tide

Cannot control the force of the crash

The Underlying damage being done…the wear and tear

Soothing sounds that turn deadly as the undercurrent pulls

Down into the depths that appear so blue and clear from the top

The water edge grows closer as the strong stone slowly crumbles

And yet I enjoy the view from the cliff’s edge,

Staring down as the wind blows.

The green of the trees shine on the cool water

The small peaceful noises of the lake surround you

Enjoying nature as you look out on the view

The sun is setting in the distance behind the trees

The mountains are outlined by the sun’s brilliant rainbow

The cool breeze calms your soul, almost like magic

Walking by the water hands clasped

The paired reflections clear on the water

Wondering how you managed this

The beauty of the place matched with the feeling of your heart

Your soul reflecting the calm of the water, as you know all is finally right.

What does it take to accept yourself for who you are?  Does it include your feelings, even if you know they aren’t always logical…does it mean not making excuses or apologies for what comes natural…even if others see it as wrong?  Does it include the situation that you find yourself in?  Can you have confidence without complete acceptance of who you are?  What if there is something that is very natural in you, but something that you want to go away, should you try and change it, or accept it and just learn how to live with it? 

Strangely enough, I think that some of the cockiest people have the lowest self confidence and have not accepted who they are; they may not even know who they are.  Self discovery is a strange feeling and a long process.  I am willing to bet that some people die, having never figured out who they really were, having always lived in someone’s shadow or the ideals others’ set for them as a child. 

If you hate the situation that you find yourself in, I can see why it would be easy to focus that in as self hatred and blaming yourself for getting yourself in the situation…and although you are responsible for your own choices in life, I don’t think that it’s any reason to hate yourself for those choices…what’s done is done, the question is how will you grow from the experience and move forward into the future with your new understand of yourself and the life that you want to lead. 

I don’t think that we can change our nature…what comes natural to us, has been their since birth…but I do think that we can decide how to use what was given to us to live the type of life that we want to live.  I think that we can accept even our worse qualities and simply learn from them and turn it into something positive that will help you go forward in life. 

I do think that in order to be truly happy, which is something beyond simple contentment, you need to accept yourself…I’m just not sure as to what all that entails.