Tell me what you think, tell me how you feel
Tell me in one word what makes emotions real?
What makes a person believe they are right or even wrong?
What makes a person believe they don’t deserve to be happy?
Like they don’t deserve, or some how can’t even observe Love?
What makes me so sorry?
What makes you shy away?
Tell me is there anything I could say to make a mind change?
You say you’re so inspired but they know you’re wired
First you’re hired then you’re fired
Ignoring the truth as it’s transpired
Hey, maybe you’re just too tired,
Maybe you‘re transfixed
You heard the alarm sound don’t try and say you were unwarned
The only cyclone you see tho is the one you’re spinning in your own mind
Still it seems the questions dangle alongside you unanswered
Eyes blood-red, rage blurring vision enough to fake being blind
Isn’t it easier when we work things out as a team
If you could just take the time to lend a hand, even to just think about a few people other than you
When you put others first you may be amazed at the things a friendship can do
If you don’t like my blueprints I should remind you it’s possible that what you see now may be ugly
Really all you need to do is change your point of view
Like that long debated question: half empty or half full?
Tell me; how do you see your cup?
Still bitter, still angry maybe a little confused?
Try not to decide too fast
When considering the future try not to focus too acutely on the past.
Does the rain of yesterday determine tomorrow’s forecast?
You can decide what comes next, it’s not all up to fate
Believe me I’ve been there, yes I can relate
There were many times I wouldn’t even step near the plate
Instead I chose to start over, clean slate
Pushed away the frustration of the loss
Started working to gain ground, stopped worrying so much about the cost
Got back in the game, like a boss!
Not planning on playing for keeps but sure, I’ll give that ball a toss
Negativity is nonsense,
A smile can make a world of difference
Suddenly your cares are a million miles away and you didn’t even notice the distance
Turning around to realize a near perfect existence
All it took was a different angle and a touch of persistence
Make yourself happy tho, that you should always do, keep in mind my words are just for instance
©2015 Shavon Taylor CloversAllOver
Imperfection meets impurity?
Binded or blinded, it’s insecurities to which we are bound
Losing sight or losing grip?
It’s all the same just another slip
A slight misstep or a complete free fall
Does it honestly matter after all?
We should be looking forward expectantly instead we focus on all we lack
Refusing to remember reflectively, must we tear everything apart dissectingly?
Decisively deciding each choice made was not chosen but was inevitability
Can we not see the goodness left, only all that has been destroyed?
Change isn’t always for the best tho sometimes you’d be surprised
Just remember you’re not so different from the rest, nor are you the same
©2015 Shavon Taylor “CloversAllOver”
Isn’t it amazing how one voiced perception can sway so many in a completely different direction?
Some try to make it seem easier to follow offering infinite protection
Assuring you that you shall never again feel or fear that cruel sting of rejection
They won’t ask much, no one expects perfection
“So long as you listen closely, do things exactly the way I say you will find no need for correction”
So easily some are entangled in their webs of deceit
Having you believe you’re winning when in reality you’ve unwittingly accepted defeat
Who could have known all alone you might feel more complete
Sadly I’ve come to realize I can rarely trust smiling faces I meet
Don’t forget each and every one of us is unique
Unfortunately there are so few left who have remained, who did not retreat
The ones you know you can always count on in your time of need
Those amazing few left unconsumed by the greed
There with only a moment’s notice, not a single hesitation nor a second wasted waiting for you beg or plead
The ones who not only mean what they say but say exactly what they mean
I wonder how I’ve stayed in the game so long
So incredibly strong when the effort is made so others will hold on
How can I be so meek and weak when it’s help for me I seek?
How can helping others initiate my self-destruct sequence?
If I were more like them and only cared about myself would it help, would it even make a difference?
Why is it so easy to hide our pain from the rest of the world?
Why is it I’m always confined to the rain, where my hair like this twisting rd is curled?
A complete mess, still I separate myself from the rest
I know without doubt I could pass any test
My will cannot be broken; my soul will never be barred
I’ve had my fill this time, I’m not jokin’
It’s beginning to take its toll
I refuse to let it carry on it’s already gone too far
The end of this game is near,
I know this that’s why I have no fear
I could so easily do this on my own
Aren’t you aware my mere mood sets the tone?
You will see my powers, I know my effect
Yet no one brings me flowers, still I get no respect
Left to simmer on the back burner, a lil disturbed all this time I’ve gone unstirred
Alone awaiting new arrivals
These times are all about survival
Everyone believing they only need to make it out
Don’t have the time nor feel the need to know what it’s all about
You can’t learn it all too fast
Before you know it you’ll have realized your life has passed
Take the time, enjoy the small pleasures
Forget finding a way all can be measured
The answers aren’t always exactly the ones you seek to find,
Sometimes what matters is just the journey thru your own mind
Take every opportunity to share the wealth of your knowledge
You never know, you just might be helping someone climb down from that ledge
We can only take so much before we start to lose touch
If we would all just help one another instead of fight
They say we won’t find world peace, but who knows we just might
Ignorance and arrogance together make for a frightening foe
Persistence combined with your resistance makes for a tiresome show
If only these infuriated children would take the time to grow
There’s so much in this world none of us know
Though it seems futile trying to make some one wake up let alone see
Seems there are just too few people out there like me
The one’s you just know when you need will be right there to care
Then eternally claiming we are the ones you can’t scare
I wear my invisible invincibles each and every day
I must admit I often wish there was another way
Can’t we finally put an end to all the fights, maybe go outside to play?
Can’t we all let go of our insecurities, stop running the other way, even just once find the courage to stay?
To hold it all together is sometimes harder than you might think
So many of us are out on that ledge, too bloody close to the brink
Just one wrong move and you’ll find your self back in a free fall
So rarely we attempt to lend a hand , too afraid we might fall from our own walls
Why must we choose to keep all our feelings inside?
Why is it we feel safest when we choose to hide?
Could it truly be that people just don’t care enough?
Or do we really think secrets or deception make us look tough?
I really doubt it makes you stronger bottling it all up
Going it alone makes it a bit harder to get back up
Life shouldn’t have to be so damned hard
The best way to win is with a team, everything could be just exactly the way we dreamed!
© Shavon Taylor 2013 “Cloversallover”
Where problems seem apparent,
May not mean it’s all relative
If for a second you feel the need to seek help don’t give it a 2nd thought
I’ll take your hand, I’ll pull you back up
If we both stretch and still I cannot reach worry not for I’ll find you a branch
It rarely is as hard as it may seem, especially if we work as a team
Brother, sister, friend you’re of the same worth to me
I’ll do everything in my power to make your wish my will
I’ll catch you falling right out of the sky or just out of this family tree
Whomever, whatever it is you seek you will always find faith in me
I’ll fight fire with water from your “Dark Sea”
Fear will be all that drowns today
I will help you to see it can’t continue on this way
Even if I have to carry you I promise you we will make it thru to a new day
©2014 CloversAllOverShavonTaylor
I just read this article and it literally brought tears to my eyes!
“Why Canadian babies should sleep in cardboard boxes like Finnish babies do”-The Globe and mail
The fact that the government won’t cover maternity leave unless you have paid into E.I. is bad enough, but to look at the children in Canada and the national poverty crisis! How many expectant mothers don’t even bother to see a doctor before they have no choic? The incentive plan the finnish have put in action is quite clearly an effective one! Their message is a comforting and supportive one, a small guesture that says “You matter and so does our baby.” Yes OUR baby, that baby will grow in OUR country, be taught in OUR schools, follow OUR laws, and become an essential part of our community. Don’t we want OUR children to grow up in the same nurturing and healthy environmen? Don’t we want OUR children to proudly say “I am Canadian!”? Please help me tell the Canadian governement it’s time to stop attempting to hide our problems in the boxes they keep in the back on the top shelf and start putting babies in them, with love and care in hopes to help each and every one get the start at life they deserve!
Slowly sliding sideways
Losing hours caught in a gaze
No one recalls why, nor intends to but stay
Towers come undone tho we fought to keep them tall
Instead we just start gliding away
Off to new lands upon which we fall
All feel defenseless, just senseless
Lost for days in a daze
Each way you turn in the maze there’s a wall
Try not to fall, it’s no trick, just a trap
No trust merely the feeling of defeat
Slowly you see your backup deplete
Enemies become of every face you meet
All still trying to remain discreet
Just then, right now, or once again
Like I’m front row center n I still can’t find my seat
Lost and confused still gotta get outta the way
Time to get up and out before we run outta time to play
Seriously gotta get serious before it’s too late
No more tempting fate
Shock, or awe, just change up your state
Stop just sitting there dwelling on all that’s unfair
Or all the people who are never there
Stop depending on or defending everyone else
Time to get it together
Get up, grow up, and go on
Move on, you can still getcha groove on
Just gotta let go
Forget bout all the things people don’t show
Stop hiding and pretending you don’t know
Like you don’t ever have to grow
You can’t stay hiding forever behind innocence, like it makes no difference
You must realize one day it becomes ignorance
Next is arrogance, is any of this beginning to make sense?
Don’t be fooled by fools who couldn’t care less bout you
Deep down you know who you are n there’s no one who can stop you
So just do what you do
Always be true to that 1 person who matters the most
YOU