Personal Matters

this is the result of uneven personal growth her whole life & it mainly doesn’t bother her as long as she doesn’t try to explain it to people who think balance matters more than being happy however you are….

Personal Matters  ©2015 Brian Andreas – posted with permission.

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Stand still

The loss is not yours alone, she said & you will see it in their eyes when they do not think you are watching. How long does it take? I said & she put her hand on my chest & we did not speak.

Stand Still ©2015 Brian Andreas – posted with permission.

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Love matters

Someone once told me that people will do anything for love & I had a hard time believing that because there’s Love everywhere. In the sunlight & air & trees & rocks. In the way words attach themselves to the things we do & see. In the heartbeat (beat beat beat) of the world.

They told me that didn’t count. Love only counts if you get it from other people, they said.

I looked around & all I could see were people wanting love, but not wanting to give it because it might hurt. Or because someone might say Go away. Take your Love & go someplace else where people actually want it (which is silly, because that’s everywhere)

It still makes me wonder if the only reason people will do anything for Love is because they think there’s only a little bit

& not the whole world.

©2015 Brian Andreas – posted with permission.

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Sleeping Child

Someday, I hope you  have a child fall asleep on your chest & in that
moment, with the soft  whisper of their breath  against your skin, I hope
you’ll find the place  you’ve been looking for,  without any effort at all,
right there in your chest  where your child sleeps.

Sleeping Child ©2015 Brian Andreas posted with permission.

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Nothing More

If there is any secret to this life I live, this is it: the sound of what cannot be seen sings within everything that can. & there is nothing more to it than that. . .

Nothing More (remix) ©2015 Brian Andreas – posted with permission.

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Invitation

It is not what you first think. There is no effort of will, no firm resolve in the face of this thing called living. There is only paying attention to the quiet each morning, while you hold your cup in the cool air & then that moment you choose to spread your love like a cloth upon the table & invite the whole day in again.

 Invitation ©2015 Brian Andreas – posted with permission.

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One child

I hope it will be said we taught them to stand tall & proud, even in the face of history & the future was made new & whole for us all, one child at a time.

One Child   ©2015 Brian Andreas posted with permission.

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