Walls:
Keep you in
Keep others out
Walls:
Oppress
Suppress
Depress
Compress
Walls:
Climb them
Scale them
Jump them
Batter them
Blow them up
Walls:
Divide
Enclose
Smother
Walls:
Build them around your heart and you’ll end up imprisoned
Build them around your mind and you’ll end up ignorant
Build them around people and you’ll end up alone
Build them and they’ll cave in on you…
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I still call you friend
Said I’d be there ’til the end
You still hold your axe
You’ve never bothered burying it
You hack away at me
Yet I remain unharmed
You hack away at me
Always coming at me fully armed
I offer you a hug
When you need it most
And in exchange
You hurl at me all your ugly words
I no longer dodge your swords
Because no one in their right mind fights back a ghost…
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Breathe deeply
This is a new day
Awaken from your sleep
Don’t back down
From all that you have to say
Don’t be stuck
Don’t glory in one place
Your spirit must soar
Your soul must aspire
Don’t stay stuck
In places where demons conspire
And they do conspire and plot against you
What is hell in this life but a place where you’re stuck
What is your own private hell?
A place of no growth
A place of no life
A place of dark shadows
Where the demons conspire
To make you quit and not soar
To make you give in, retire and expire from all you truly desire
You were born into light
You were born to take flight
And the demons they hate
And they will distract to make you miss your divine appointments
To make you late
Keep you out of sync
With your divinely appointed date
All that is human
Was born on this planet
All that is divine
Was born from the spirit
Don’t waste one more hour
Thinking what you see is all there is
You are so much more than flesh and bones
Aim for the heavens
For that is your true home
It’s heaven or bust!
Aim for the heavens
Leave your skin and bones behind
Open your eyes
Don’t you settle for staying blind
Don’t you swallow any more lies
Breathe deeply
Deeply breathe
A new day has dawned!!!
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What do you tell yourself
When you look in the mirror
When no one’s looking
When no one’s there
When no one’s listening
What do you tell yourself
In the dark
In the rain
In the mist
In the abyss
What do you tell yourself when you’re staring into the heavens
At the constellations
At the Big Dipper
At the Milky Way
What do you tell yourself
When your petty crimes far exceed your self-righteous ways?
What do you tell yourself when you’re in the company of a stranger?
What do you tell yourself when yesterday’s lies no longer bring you comfort?
What do you tell yourself when all you feel is great discomfort and disdain?
What do you tell yourself when you don’t even deem yourself worthy of being your own best friend?
What do you tell yourself when all you have is your own shadow to call your best friend?
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My mind is free to go places without limits
My heart is free to feel what it wants to
My heart is free to love whom it wants to
To choose how long I’m going to love you
When I decide ,you’ll know
I won’t stop loving you
Because my hearts is free to change how I’ll continue loving you…
My feet are free to walk where they choose
My hands are free to grab a pen, put it to paper to unleash my wildest of imaginations
My body is free to feel the music and dance til day break or not
My eyes are free to roam where ever they want to and see things beyond the horizon
My ears are free to listen to nature’s song
To tune into an unseen realm-a realm more real than the tangible one
My will is free to choose right from wrong
I am free to learn the lesson or not…
How free are you?
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There is a smell and feel of dawn long before the light
Dawn smells like:
Lavender
An untraveled path
A rose about to bloom
A hot cup of steaming green tea
There is a smell and feel of dawn long before light
Dawn feels like:
A newborn’s breath on my cheek
My lover’s kiss on my eager lips
A hug from some one you have not embraced in a while
An unexpected smile…
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Winter of want
Several seasons of this …
I am weary
I wake up daily
Put my nice smile back on
Yeah, gotta make sure everyone knows I’m ok
But inside
I am not
I am not ok with the needs
I am not ok with this winter of want
I am not ok with standing
I am a person of action
Lately my actions don’t seem to amount to much
I am not ok with laying down and taking it
FUCK!!!!!!
When does this winter of want end??
I close my eyes and I see myself running in fields of plenty
I see seeds I sowed long ago
Finally bringing forth their fruit
This is my only hope
In this long, weary winter of want
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The sea owns the tide
Just like the moon owns the night
Just like the sun owns the day
Just like the stars own the sapphire hued heavens
Just like the light owns the dark
Just like the darkness owns nothing
Just like nothing owns the abyss
The sea owns the tide
Just like the grave owns life
Just like life owns all that is everlasting
Because death is not final
The sea owns the tide
Just like hatred owns what’s bitter
Just like the honey comb owns sweet nectar
Just like life owns breath
Just like blood owns life-
For the life of a thing is in its blood
The sea owns the tide
Just like summer owns growth
Just like fall owns decay
Just like winter owns stillness
Just like spring owns new life
The sea owns the tide
There’s never a way of knowing
Which way it’s gonna turn
The tide is high
It’s time to move on
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You lit a flame like no one else could
Clara, flicker of my heart
The light beams clearly in your eyes
Is this what dreams are made of?
To see the light beams in your eyes?
Is this what dreams are made of?
I’ll always make sure you receive an abundance of my love
Is this what dreams are made of?
To see your smile
Melt an icicle covered heart
Is this what dreams are made of?
To see you bridge the gap
In a war-torn heart
Is this what dreams are made of?
You’ve been here just a short while
Clara, light of my heart
Already you’ve made me laugh
You’ve made my heart explode
You’ve made me feel like everything’s gonna be fine
You’ve restored joy lost
You’ve healed hurts I wasn’t even aware of
You’ve brought order to the chaos…
Indeed, this is what dreams are made of!
Eva Santiago copyright 2014
What does it mean to bring a new life into this world?
It means:
To love more
To hate less
To care more
To put an and to carelessness
To say more with fewer words
To put your love into action
And talk less trash
To feel more and stop numbing yourself
To leave your comfort zone
Only to find your trusted comfort zone, was actually more uncomfortable than you thought
You were just too afraid to admit it
To see more and stop turning a blind eye to life
To listen more and stop tuning life out with the noise you choose to filter the world through
To hear with your heart’s ear drum and follow that beat no matter where it takes you
To put away all those things that keep you blind, numb, deaf and dumb….
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Eva Santiago 