I have heard that our thoughts

                                                                                                have the potential to knock down                                                                    

                                                            as many walls

                as our fists.

that our cruel intentions can destroy beauty

just as easily  as Shiva’s vengeance

that the extent of our physical bodies pales

in comparison to the strength our souls possess at rest

 and, yes,

we’ve been searching the sky for answers

but maybe the teasing darkness

that dashes in and out of our closets and nightmares and “I love you’s’’ far too much

is just there to remind us

to wish on the endless bursts of light

streaming from our chests

& shine

for this lifetime is a lucid dream

prolonged to remind us of our connection to the divine.

There is no such thing as impossibility

when we are ticking time bombs of ethereal epiphany.

Do not worry if the sound of your voice

does not echo loud enough

to hold your insecurity in its palms,

for vulnerability is sacred

and we often have to become deaf

to  realize how dumb these tongues really are

how naïve these spectres of sound

position themselves with respect

to everything out there

and up there

and in us.

We were made to love blindly, but consciously

To walk with strength in the ruin.

We wear ashes proudly,

for the fire

has only made our glass castles

shine that much brighter

reflect that much more beauty

be more gracious or graceful

for we must not forget to be grateful

to be so full of grace

on a daily basis-

impure

in the sense that

we are progress

rough

in the sense that

we are Pangaea

broken

in the sense that

we are mosaic of humanity and homes

built from the stones

they so loved to throw at us.

We are connection personified-

unified in the belief that we share nothing but everything-

and that nothing less than all of us

will ever be enough.

Settle for nothing less than shine

Give nothing less than completely.

Speak light.

    Illumine vision. See brilliance.

Paint life.

 Breathe change. Live love.

                                                                                     Love hope.

Hope always.

Forever be.