Mostly Poetry

Love is like a blowing wind
That sweeps the heart away
And takes it to a far off land
Where it can never stay

It locks us up in turmoil
Then throws away the key
Where after all the maddened heart
Is dying to be free

Locked away in unkept words
The soul is left to dream
And once again be conquered
By the waters of the stream

Where love is like a current
That pulls you underneath
Where you don’t know which way is up
And you cannot breathe

There is no point in struggling
Or trying to save yourself
You’re destined to be ever caught
In this wet and raging hell

Where love is like a lifeguard
Who drops a life preserver in
And pulls you to the edge and laughs
Then throws you in again

~wbv

Unapologize to yourself
For those things you’ve said and done
The things you beat yourself up over
The things that are still part of “you”

Unapologize to yourself
For the things you cannot change
For the personality traits that you hate
For those secret parts that you keep hidden
in fear that they will be crushed

Unapologize to yourself
For the regrets you hide in your heart
For the anger and rage and pain and sadness
And the painful process you went through
to become who you are

Unapologize to yourself
Because there is no reason to be sorry
For your place in life, your heart, your mind
For the person you have become
Or for the process that has shaped you

Rules and religions, leaders and life
Cults and clubs, books and billboards
Whoever has told you
That you’re not good enough
That you should be sorry
For your basic inner goodness and
that “stuff’ that makes you “you”

Unapologize now
Because sorry is for sin
Not for screwing up your self image
So quit being sorry
For who you are
And for how you got here
And just live
As you begin the slow process
Of thoroughly unapologizing
For your life

~wbv

Breathe in
Breathe out
Let this peace
Take you to
A quiet place

Between breaths
In a brief moment
Feel that sense
Of satisfaction

Breathe in
Breathe out
Let this habit
Bring you to
This very moment

Here, now
This day
This life
Because

Whether happy
Or sad
“Bad”
Good
Confusing
Frustrating
Or perfectly clear

Breathe in
Breathe out
And take the time
To see that
It is always
Worthwhile

Here and now
Breathe in
Breathe out

~wbv