i know pain because i know love.
pain & love can be the most powerful or disastrous recipe known by man.
between the two, i sometimes contemplate which carries heaviest within the heart.
some place armor to protect themselves.
others allow the knife to slowly seep underneath their skin.
“always sleep with one eye open.
never take anything for granted.”
this can be torturous within itself —
how can we ever get any real sleep?
are my eyes not for me?
are your eyes for you?
for what we see, are we really seeing for what it is?
pain deludes within the soul.
love delights within the truth.
may our eyes rest peacefully through the most somber of nights.
where darkness resides there is light to be found.
i choose to sleep with my eyes closed.
there is beatitude in trusting the madness.
for i choose to love on and appreciate for what i do have, rather than what i do not.
may this spirit i have be the lighthouse for those that cannot make direction.
for i know being aimless very well.
may those who find me, hold me as i will do for them.
may our hearts be stoned no more.
may the love be enough even for when it may seem very little.
i know pain & i know love,
for in those i choose to be grateful for it all.