All is fair in love and war

Patience is your secret weapon

The waiting game is not for all

but it'll only make you stronger

With ups and downs

Learn the ins and outs

Do not run and hide

Stand tall and firm

with your goal in mind

Wait for it

For your chance to shine

So you can obtain it

and say "Victory is mine!"

The waiting game is simple,

it helps to have spare time

It cannot be rushed or earned with a dime

With the struggles it brings

only a few will survive

Your face, your eyes

your laugh and smile

They light up my life,

in ways I don’t know how

The warmth you bring,

the honesty too

The trust we have,

in both me and you

You are kind and caring,

shy but daring

Every step we take,

the walls around me continue to break

You make me yell,

you make me scream

With you in my life,

it feels like a dream

I’ve felt love,

but never like this

Where your heart will beat

And nothing is amiss

The safety you bring,

along with the annoyances too

Your faithfulness to me,

is my loyalty to you

Life seems flawless

Even when its not

Are we perfect?

Certainly not

A picture is worth a thousand words, but one word will show you a million memories. Writing gives us the freedom of expression while allowing us to remain hidden. Personally, I have a insecurieties, but when I write I feel like all that doesn't matter. And that maybe someone who reads what I post will be able to relate and know that they are not alone. Writing gives a voice to those who have been silenced. It's an art, not through images but through our personal choice of words. It is my right, that is why I love to write

To the missing piece,

You came in a dream, during my darkest nights

A light like one I've never seen before

Brown eyes, a warm smile

Trust all around, even before we met

You with your monkey arms

Giving me the safest hugs,

the comfort I found only with you

Fate made plans,

behind our backs

Placing us together...

As strangers? Friends? Lovers?

Only time will tell us what we seek

But curiousity gets the best of us

and we try to peak

Maybe we rushed,

but I have no regrets

Do you?

Fate plays games, so we will meet again

In this life or another

Probably in a new world all together

Looking forward to when "we" repeat

Love,

The Unknown

Life is tough

Survival of the fittest

Live in the moment

Own it

Cause we're thick as thieves

Everybody knows it

Its easy to like but not to love

To be open but to never trust

To talk to but never rely on someone

To stay loyal but not attached

It wasn’t always like this, where I would always question their intentions

At one point I was expressing, naive,

trusting and wore my heart on my sleeve,

but I guess we all were at some point.

Betrayal...

it makes even the kindest of hearts harden,

building walls of steel and ice

Never wanting to be what it once was

Always yearning for someone to give it a fresh start

I was given that fresh start, found someone who accepts me for what I am

Puts up with my bickering, supports me, loyal and trustworthy

I was a shell but he has helped me find my missing pieces

Filling me each day with more joy, love and faith

He isn’t the hottest guy in the room

nor is he some superman

but to me he is the only one I see

He is my lighthouse and my safe haven,

teaching me how to trust completely

even when I was determined to never do so again.

He is my fresh start, my second chance.

“They say that no man is an island

And good things come to those who wait”

but when you wait for as long as I have

You start to wonder when will it be your turn,

when will good things happen to you and not those that hurt you

“I see your true colors shinning through”

If you see them, then you see my fears

You see the struggles I’ve faced, 

and the weakness I try to hide.

’Cause it’s either no one sees or no one cares

“So since I’m not your everything

How about I’ll be nothing, nothing at all to you”

You knew I’d wait for you, when you left me behind

Thought I’d never find the truth behind your lies

When she leaves, you come crawling back saying sorry

“Eyes can’t shine; Unless there’s something burning bright behind

Since you went away, there’s nothing left in mine”

I feel dead on the inside

Yet I smile to hide that weakness

No one but you knows the truth behind it

But “It’s my Life, its now or never

And I ain’t gonna live forever”

So make the best of what life brings you

Don’t act rashly, nor should you over react

Take it day by day, living life to the fullest

Or live your life through songs

’Cause without music, I would have gone mad

Need a savior? But not religion

Use music, I know its saved me

Everyone has their thing,

something good or bad

A thing that changed them

made them who they are today

A wake up call lets say

A good childhood?

A bad break up?

An unaccomplished goal?

A moment in time?

Something changed the way you see the world

But did that change make you?

or break you?

Have you found your real self?

or are you still searching for it?

Has it even changed you at all?

My change alienated me,

caused a void to build in me

Seeing the truth does something to a child

Changes their perspective of things

Makes them less trusting, less wild

But it made me stronger

it made me proud

My head held high

with confidence all around

Like a beast, just prowling about

Yes it changed me, without a doubt

Look at my past,

see how far I've come

For better or for worse?

Guess we'll find out

As we get older, we like to think that we've learned from past mistakes. In reality, we just run from them for as long as we can. We tell ourselves that next time it will be better, that we now know better. Though the truth is, is that we are afraid; that we just want to forget and start over. So we do things to keep ourselves busy, some do narcotics, drink alcohol, perform self harm, stop eating. Others will write journals, create art, take up a sport. Something, ANYTHING, that will help push whatever happened to them to the back of their mind. For me, I trusted someone openly, after shunning people for 6 years, believing the words they told me. That they were honest, that they were loyal especially when they said that they cared for me. I guess that was my deja vu. Truth is, my ex did the same thing, but at least he was honest from the beginning and tried to fix things so we said friends in the end. In all honesty though, it felt nice to trust again but now I remembered why I stopped in the first place. So let us all beware deja vu before it hurts us.

The impact an individual can have,

Isn’t it crazy?

How happy someone can make you feel

One look from them helps to brighten your day

The words they speak,

the games they play,

the look they give,

the love they show

It makes you feel alive

Finally being able to express yourself,

being able to be your true self

Like anything is possible

Like you can live again

Love and Laugh again

Be true to yourself

and trust the other person

No longer travelling alone,

but rather with someone who understands

Someone who can look behind the mask

Someone who sees the real you

Is this a dream?

Hopefully not,

but if it is,

I hope to never wake up