All that Matters

1. All that Matters~

There is no time to collect my thoughts

to put down what I’m feeling.

Would it matter anyways?

I am struggling on this path,

on this endless quest of healing

where the only thing that matters

 is you.

When everything else falls away,

     you are all that matters.

2. Getting By, Getting Through~ 

 I look at who I am compared to who I once was

and I see
— courage in the face of adversity

— strength hidden inside the chaos

—the ability to pull myself together

   even when my mind screams to fall apart

The anger that you sense is not personal…

it allows me to put on my “game face”

it strengthens my resolve to get through this.

So do not judge me by what you see

but understand what you don’t see.

This is me, doing whatever it takes

to get through this moment in time.

This is me

3. A Late Night Pondering~

And in the end

when days grow short

when the mountains fall

when the seas disappear

When we’ve done all we can,

will we still have the wherewithal

to remember our story

to remember what it was like

to love and be loved?

4. Friendship~

I don’t have to talk to you

to know you hear me

I don’t have to see you

to know you‘re there.

We are connected, you and I,

and for that I am ever grateful.

5. Repairing Ourselves

When I fell apart and shattered

you swept me up

and pieced me together again.

Sometimes we need to shatter

to expand, to grow

not only to hold on to who we are

but to become who we need to be.

© Ginny Brannan 2019

Image taken by author: Barnstable, Cape Cod Massachusetts