Single parenthood:Where you bite every bulletSuck up spells of pouring rain And wake with open woundsStill dripping with the liquid of yesterday's pain The objective being to simply get up, withstand, endure Fight an inch harder, love a little moreAnd draw a smile on your faceTie a ribbon of calm around your racing heartFor the one(s) that you so beautifully adore

Way of the Heart For the heart, there is always a way Maybe not a way that you had expected or hoped forBut there is always a way. What we see with the eyes of our mind Finds a whole new kaleidoscope of colour through the vision of our heart. For the heart,There is always a way. If you cannot go through an obstacle, Span outward, orbit through the sight of your heart And you will find your way around it.

Depth of Desperation Don’t succumb to the sorrow that seeds anxiety into your soulYou are desperate because you feelYou are determined because you allow yourself to feelAnd you refuse to give up on a dream, a wishA hope that is embedded within youAnd that is truly beautiful

Staying Power And the greatest beauty you could clothe your body with Are the gilded gems of staying powerLike traces of molten gold fusing through your cells That which has the capacity to overcome, endure, persevereAnd stay ever faithful to the soul beneath the personTo the spirit that cauterizes the flames No matter whatAnd forever more