Linda Engwall

Most days I feel
Like I am
Losing so much time
Sitting
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Slowly we can become one with the universe
To understand our place, our purpose here
Not constrict or tightening the muscle of resistance
At the very moment we feel it pull us in
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We both know that we didn’t sign on for all of this
Life wasn’t suppose to hand us such a mess

We were going to defy the odds
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Some days pieces of me feel like they are floating above
I close my eyes in hopes to gather them all in
Breathing in and out
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If it where only you and me
We would be different
Then how we have become
So many years later
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Why is it that we feel the need
To rewrite the story when it ends

Everyone we meet along the way
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When you have all these thoughts
just running around in your head
how do you make sense of any one of them
Switching from analyzing this
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It moves us to question our every thought
Leaves us weak
When we should be strong
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What does it mean
To go through my life
With all of you by my side
Even when you are not physical nearby
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Somewhere along the way
I came to the conclusion that my silence
My non confronting ways
Was a sign of weakness on my part
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Feed your soul
Put in the necessary time
To expand
Puff it up
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Why am I so surprised
By kindness

You know that kind that doesn’t ask for anything from you
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Some days I struggle
How this is all suppose to play out
Longing to be heard
To find my words
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No one could ever have told you
How
Painful it is
To watch,
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Life is simple
When we pay attention to what is important
Often we don’t
Until we are caught in that moment
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You didn’t come into my life
Not in the ordinary way at least
No biology here
My brother
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My heart feels as if it is breaking apart
With the stark realities of my life now
Not ever wanting to look this closely
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Breathing in this day
In and out it seems so clear
The possibilities endless at this time of the morning
As the sun peaks it head inside my window
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We are draw to each other in ways we don’t usually understand at the time
Whether it is to be only for a moment, a season or a life time
We are here to help each other journey through our lives and
Heal our soul
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Forgiveness can be a funny business
It has arms that reach beyond
Who we are meant to forgive
Or who we plead forgiveness from
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