Love is

I love your joy
I love, seeing you smile
I love your joy
I love, your happy style
I love the times we laugh
When our cheeks hurt for a while
And yet I know those times
Circle round a turnstile

Life, is a cycle, beautiful and kind
Life, is a cycle, hard and maligned
You might believe
That change is the only
Constant while living, but no
I guarantee, 
There is one more,
Constant while living, to know
And that’s love, that’s love
My love, my love, my love

We’re all broken ‘til we’re not
We all struggle ‘til we stop
Then swap from the top
And drop with a flop
We wipe the snot from our nose,
Rise from the throes
Become our own hero
Until we fall to zero

Life, is a cycle, beautiful and kind
Life, is a cycle, hard and maligned
When change is the only constant you find along the way 
Here’s a reminder of another to get you through the day
And that’s love, that’s love
My love, my love, my love

With every up, there is a down,
With every smile, there is a frown,
Every moment we can choose,
Focus on, good or bad news.

Life, is a cycle, beautiful and kind
Life, is a cycle, hard and maligned
When change is the only constant you find along the way 
Here’s a reminder of another to get you through the day
And that’s love, that’s love
My love, my love, my love

Enough

One day, I woke up, and life was hard
life’s needs had gone just a bit too far
And when I reached and reached to meet those needs
I often seemed lose the forest through the trees
Like the seeds that sow my passion
Seemed to vanish as I lost attachment

Your enough is enough
Your enough is enough
Your enough is enough

Then came the moment when I couldn’t reach further
So instead, I reached for the life-preserver
Threw up my hands and said, “Enough is enough”
A recognition that I let things get too tough
I never want to say “enough is enough,”
I only want to say your enough is enough
It’s more than enough

Your enough is enough
Your enough is enough
Your enough is enough
It’s more than enough

I needed to show myself some love
I needed to grow and get above
The expectations that made me huff and puff
And to know that my enough was enough
Not a bluff that handcuffs my reality
But the stuff that reconstructs my mentality

Your enough is enough
Your enough is enough
Your enough is enough
It’s more than enough

Your enough is enough
Your enough is enough
Your enough is enough
It’s more than enough

Somewhere over the Rainbow

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby

Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby

Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true

I used to dream of that far away place,
Way up high, that I chased and chased,
When would I find it, and where would it be,
And when I was there, would I actually see

The place that I envisioned and dared to dream,
Since over the rainbow is so hard to glean.
Beautifully flawed with ambiguity,
Which allows so many people to continue to dream,

For me? It took all of my thirty-one years, 
To move past a dream and see it all clear,
But it wasn’t high above or a far away place,
It was right next to me, despite my chase,

It was silly to be chasing a physical place,
As it turned out to be an emotional state
It was laughing, crying, it everything between,
It was every moment with you, mom and me,

Skys are not always blue, but we always get through
It’s warmth, it’s love, it was honestly you
It wasn’t somewhere, it was a someone
You were the reason that my dream did come

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby

Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true

Goldilocks

You’re gonna be, you’re gonna be,
You’re gonna be what you want to be,
I want to see you live your dream,
I want to see you live your dream,

You’re gonna be, you’re gonna be,
You’re gonna be what you want to be,
I’ll be there if you ever need me,
I’ll be there if you ever need me,
You’re gonna be, you’re gonna be,
You’re gonna be what you want to be,

It’s like Goldilocks, but with ten thousand bowls,
All seem a little too hot or a little too cold,
Pushing too hard or not pushing enough,
Decisions every day with no sense of what

Is working or failing, or even getting through,
Am I helping too early or a bit overdue?
How do I teach when you’re teaching me?
Or show you a path when I’m still wandering?

You’re gonna be, you’re gonna be,
You’re gonna be what you want to be

More questions than answers on how I can help,
Stop. Do you even really need my help?
You’re more than I am and better than I’ll be
…. (you’re gonna be)...

So here is my creed, here is my promise
I’ll tear down my walls and just be honest
I’ll share my mistakes, my fears, and my joy
The stories of my past that I thought would destroy

Everything, but it made me stronger
Extend perspective so you dream longer,
Farther and further, past where I could,
And above all else, happy in adulthood

You’re gonna be, you’re gonna be,
You’re gonna be what you want to be,
I want to see you live your dream,
I want to see you live your dream….

You’re gonna be, you’re gonna be,
You’re gonna be what you want to be,
I’ll be there if you ever need me,
I’ll be there if you ever need me,

Moments Passing

Moments pass both fast and slow but love makes time stand still
Stories fill each rent in time with your ink upon the quill

Heavy-handed with reflection in pursuit of perfection,
Thoughts and actions parsed into sections
Avoiding imprecision constructing my questions
Suppressing imperfection, claiming progression

Intention to envision every possible direction,
Focused on prospection, leading to correction,
I sought out the truth but it all felt fiction,
Against my thoughts but not a proper depiction

Despite the thought, it was never holistic,
Never all-encompassing and not realistic,
And then you came, you proved that I missed it,
It’s not about perfection, it's more humanistic

And it goes beyond that because it’s not about me,
We’re in this together, we’re one family,
Reality struck to flip me right side up,
From checkers to chess like a punch to the gut

I wanted to teach, but you provided the lessons
I wanted to inspire, but you gave me inspiration
I want to make you happy, but your laughter’s my salvation
You're the light to the world's obfuscations

Moments pass both fast and slow but love makes time stand still
Stories fill each rent in time with your ink upon the quill

What was previously essential became unneeded,
Meaningful moments but they feel complete, and
They are a part of who I am but no longer my reason,
My new life’s purpose simply exceeded

Every expectation, every emotion, and feeling,
I’m happy. Beyond my previous ceiling,
And oh how I long for when you break through too,
When your views change and become anew,

At that moment, I dream that this melody plays,
When your soul sways, like a rare ballet,
And your essence is as bright as a new day’s ray,  
Please let the gravity of my next words hang,

I love you every minute, hour, and day,
I love you. Completely. In every way.
A love stitched deep within my DNA,
That never frays no matter what you do or say

Moments pass both fast and slow but love makes time stand still
Stories fill each rent in time with your ink upon the quill

I hope one day you will be amazed
and feel the love that I do
Flood gates open to swell your soul, 
Completing the story of you

Moments passing
Moments passing
Moments passing