LOVE'S SURPRISES

Love can bring out the best in us

The confidence to move on

The courage to tell the truth

The strength to keep hoping

But sometimes

What surprises us most isn’t what love brings out

But who it brings back

GOOD FRIENDS

Good friends are the ones who tell us the truth about ourselves

Even when the truth might be something we’re reluctant to hear

That we still have a great deal to learn

That we sometimes need to ask for help

Or that we may be overlooking a golden opportunity

Hearing the truth can set us on a another path

But we never know where that path might take us

Or who might be watching

THE MECHANISM OF SECRETS

It’s a lonely business keeping secrets

That’s why we search for someone we can confide in

An ally who would understand

An adviser we can trust

A friend who would never judge

We all need help hiding the darkest truths of our lives

Because as soon as we’ve told one secret,

Another is likely to appear

THE HOPE FROM A STORM

Every storm brings with it hope

That somehow how by morning everything will be made clean again

And even the most troubling state would have disappeared

Like the doubt over innocence

Or the consequence of a mistake

Or the scars of a betrayal

Or the memory of a kiss

So we wait for the storm to pass

 Hoping for the best

Even though we know in our hearts

That some stains are so indelible

Nothing can wash them away

NO CHANGES LEFT

It can happen so quickly.

Life as we know it

Can change in the blink of an eye.

Unlikely friendships can blossom,

Important relationships can be tossed aside,

A long lost hope can be rekindled.

Still, we should be grateful

For whatever life throws at us.

Because all too soon,

The day will come when there are no changes left.

THE PERFECT COUPLE

Have you met the perfect couple?

The two soul mates whose love never dies

The two lovers whose  relationship is never threatened

The husband and wife who trust each other completely

If you haven’t met the perfect couple, then let me introduce u

They stand atop a layer of butter cream frosting on wedding cakes

The secret of their success?

They don’t have to look at each other.

GOOD FATHERS

The world is filled with good fathers

How do we recognise them?

They are the ones who are missed so terribly

That everything falls apart in their absence.

They are the ones who love us

Long before we’ve even arrived.

They are the ones who come looking for us

When we can't find our way home.

Yes, the world is filled with good fathers

And the best are the ones who make the women in their lives feel like good mothers

LEARN AND GROW

We’ve all done something in our lives we’re ashamed of

Some of us have fallen for the wrong man

Some have let go of the right woman

There are those who have humiliated their parents

And those who have failed their children

Yes, we’ve all made mistakes

That diminishes us and our loved ones

But there is redemption when we try to learn from those mistakes

...And grow