"Light up in the spaces between, as if you have a choice...

In the spaces between the epic tale of naked truths and a heard voice of light, I find myself here...stripped and bare. A long good-bye behind me...years of letdowns painted with the hope tearing at my insides wanting to be free.

Where is the dream? Where is the answer to my question of where and when and why? A thousand pieces to this puzzle...a thousand colors and corners and pictures of this noise made silent. Desperate to run the race...reaching for the finish line...only to find a longing to stand still. Stand still. Still. In the Light and the Love and the salt from these tears...the breath from these lungs...the beat of this heart for the hope, the fight, the constant, and the blood that flows through these veins, the callused images kept secret with dust of choices of others and mine.

Light up, dearest. Even if you cannot hear my cry...even if you cannot feel my calling. Take the grace alive in me and make it your own. Take this story and bury it to the bone...I am right beside you, dear. Light up and unfold...find what you must say, and say what you must. We don't have time enough to play....time enough this day. Choices...choices. This choice is yours. This day is yours. This day...light up. Light up."