TEARS....

Approximately 7 years ago I remember her in my arms - if only I knew it was also my last - I would of held her tight, if I knew it was the fewer times I would hear hear voice, I would of listen attentively. All is gone, a fly-by opportunity of life - regardless I thank her and family for their love and patience.

Recent happenings got the best of me and my emotions got the better of my hearts content, tears began to freely flow. Wedding thought it showed a weakness and words came to my mind (I don't know if I created this saying or if I heard it from somewhere else), and I am reminded of them everytime tears well up in my eyes: "Tears do not a man belittle - but rather a man they make." Women just seem to naturally know how to cry. Their emotions are stirred reading a book, watching a movie, grieving with a friend, experiencing the pain their children experience.
Men have a long way to go in learning, and I hesitate to use it, about their "soft side". We have been taught by our fathers that tears are a sign of weakness, "Grown men don't cry".

Instead, we should be teaching our children that tears are a sign that we have enough confidence in ourselves to be ourselves. To be able to laugh so hard that tears run down your face is to experience true joy. To be able to look up to a heavens with tears streaming down our face and say "Thank-you for forgiving me" is to understand true forgiveness. To stand at a grave side with uncontrolled tears is to say that you loved someone and you are truly going to miss them. Can a man really be complete if he suppresses the urge to shed tears, to show his soft side? You have to decide that for yourself.

THE SOUL....

It has been awhile since Ive written and shared.... I am born again,born where my soul were given is split apart and half of it is given to someone else. Throughout our lives, we search for the person with the other half of our soul. Very few ever succeed. I am blessed that we have met. In a sudden moment, warm within your loving glare, my soul said, "At last! I can rest. I have found my missing half." When this happens, it is said we have found our soul mate and we are happy and at peace.
When we shared ourselves, we were engulfed in eternity, dancing in a timeless universe. I am truly blessed because that day, my heart recognized you as a part of its own. Thank you for blessing me with you. Thank you for dreaming with me - for seeing the same future as I do. For your beautiful eyes, reminding me of the truest bliss in life, I am forever grateful for you. I will spend an eternity, loving you, caring for you, respecting you, showing you everyday that I hold you as high as the stars. I am sorry that it's taken me this long to find you - I shall make it up to you, for as long as I can breathe for as long as my eyes remained opened willingly.