My Own Rules

 

 

 

When the world says,
'They hurt me.
I'm angry, let's fight!'

 

I say, 'There's love
to be found,
there's light.'

 

When the world says,
'There's too much pain
and everything's broken',

I say 'all can be healed
with kindness and
words of love spoken'.

 

When they say,
'I'm ugly and
dark to the bone',

 

I say
'I see your beauty.
You're never alone.'

Whole

 

 

 

Hello, my love,
my body, my soul,
what do you need
to remind you you're whole?

 

 Let go and embrace
and fear no more.

Walk through your pain
through love's open door.

 

The darkness within you
no longer scorned,
you're healing yourself,
your beauty adorned.

Choose Wisely

 

 

How fleeting
the life of a flower,
how lasting 
the life of a thought.

 

While beauty
brings healing power,
ill minds
leave you distraught. 

 

Choose wisely
what feeds your soul, 
and what you seek 
to behold.

 

Then watch your 
heart become whole, 
the life of
your dreams unfold.

The Comeback Queen

 

 

And she will have a come back!

And it will be big, bold and beautiful!

She will sing, yell and dance,

hold a room with her grace.

She will ride on wild horses,

she will learn how to fly!

 

Her old life burned in sacred gratitude,

the ashes dispersed on the wind, 

she will know who she is:

Born of the stars,

her radiance lights up the dark,

Her scars she wears proudly,

baptised herself in her own tears,

the strength of the woman

who has flung her wings wide, 

 no judgement she fears,

her own voice she has found

 her own truth she declares!

Kānuka Tree

 

 

Under the Kānuka tree

in the sun, on a grassy hill 

I like to sit and reflect and 

dream as the world goes still.

 

A Fantail and a Robin

bring life to this quiet space.

They watch me as they sing their songs,

then leave without a trace.

 

A world of wonder surrounds me.

Here, life is simple to live,

magic and beauty are shared, 

and love is easy to give.

My Way Home

 

I'll listen to the music,
I'll hear the stories told,
consider the ideas,
reflect on what's been said,
but ultimately...
I will find my own way home.

 

 Through the tangled web 
of self-doubt, guilt and fear,
through the narrow tunnel 
of anxiety and shame,
I'll step into the light
where I can breathe again,

 

 where voices speak that carry truth
beyond our human world
where space is without judgement
and I am free to be,
where light and love and beauty
are all surrounding me.

Beauty to Share

 

 

Kissed by soft breezes,
so subtle, yet strong,
calling me home
to where I belong.

 

The wild forest beckons,
sweet bird song my guide,
I'm free and I'm safe here
with nothing to hide.

 

Breathing in deep
the clean forest air,
a heart overflowing
with beauty to share.