In the trenches

I think of you
in the trenches
wondering how it may differ to now
we may not be in a foxhole
though we are still the same
fighting for freedoms
sacrificing our lives for those back at home
some may not return
but certainly not forgotten
in silence we sit
honoring and remembering
those who did not return to us

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Mysterious and mystical
mean with a gentle soul
to see on their land
running free
in the desert
leaving us in the dust
get too close
you may get spit at
one hump or two...

Update

Been awhile since I posted anything in here. Just an update, I've been writing my poetry as usual; however, I have increased my short story writing as well. I would like to get a collection of stories together and publish it. 

life happens, 

there will be pain and suffering,

there will be loss,

but with all that, we will come out on top,

without all that we cannot grow nor move forward.

Transformation

The transformation begins with us,
the transformation is what I am becoming, not what I do or did,
it is a process, metamorphosis; the caterpillar and the butterfly.

The unexpected is where it's at,
we don't ask the right questions, mainly because we don't know what to ask, and scared of the pain and hurt that may or may not follow;
Without the pain we will not grow, we can't move forward,
we cannot truly live.

Less or More

Taking a job for less money and be happy, or take a job for more money and be miserable?
That is the question of the day in America. The sad fact is that the majority of people would pick the more money job to be miserable, just because they think they will have more money. What good is having more money if you are miserable? Usually with a job you hate, usually means you will not be happy with anything to enjoy life. Though on the other hand if you have a job you love, but make less money, you will enjoy life more and others will want to be around you. Yeah, you make less, and most of your paycheck goes to your bills, but oh well, life is too short not to do what you love and not to be happy.
I always though making more would make me happy cause I'd be out of debt, but thats not the case, I want to have a job that makes me feel good inside, even if I am making less. As it may, I took a pay cut recently, I loved what I did, just not the environment I was in; therefore, I changed environments and learned something else for awhile, taking a pay cut. Guess what, I'm happier. I will always have bills, and always have debt; therefore, no worries anymore, enjoying life and doing things I want to do. Having faith, and trust in God to have my back and handle things.

Pain Exists, always will

Pain,
we have pain,
no way around it,
pain happens,
we don't think of the positive, only the negative,
whats on the other side of the pain?

time to think positive,
time to live, not just survive,
healing is a process,
there is no healed,
sorry to burst your bubble,
it's just reality;
therefore, we have a choice,
to take each day that is given to us,
make the best of it,
survive each day,
though make it a goal to Live,
not just Survive.

Pain exists,
always will,
get over it,
deal with it,
survive it,
live it!

Finished product

"Surviving Grief"

Finally finished next book (chapbook). Next step print and sell. Self publishing it this time.

will keep y'all posted when its ready for sale.