Chasing Shadows
Soul – Lutions
CHASING SHADOWS
Don’t allow your insecurities
As many as there are
To lower your standard
And not raise the bar
Imagine coming face to face
With someone just like you
Would you get mired down
And look for the good
Or just believe it can’t be true
Can you believe it yourself
Can you hold onto trust
Find strengths
Virtues
And talents there
Or listen to the voice
In your head that
Echoes from your past
And tells you to walk away
Give up
Because you think you must
Or will you hold on
And watch
Your time tick by
It is the hardest thing
Required of us when
We are alone and cry
Don’t allow insecurities
As many as there are
To lower your standard and
Not raise the bar
We run from the past
As if it’s the only race
To stand steadfast
Or shadows we chase
Look forward to the future
It is so hard to face
We get caught up in the
I can’t
I shouldn’t
I won’t
Stuck in your mind
And so you just don’t
Raise the bar
Look out toward there
It’s where the journey will lead
If you listen to
The negative
The white noise
You will never go far
Don’t allow your insecurities
To lower your standard
And not raise the bar
Your past is your past
It certainly isn’t home
You don’t live there anymore
You should learn from it and grow
Most of us try
A lot of us half smile
Stay in the present
And linger awhile
The journey winds around
And we stop along the way
The truth is told
If you live for today
Raise the bar
Hold your head high
We will live and we will die
It’s the way it should be
It’s what is in between
What we do while we are here
That is the important part
Don’t get caught up in fear
If you do for a sec
Or longer than this
Exciting parts you will
Surely miss
This is easier said than done
I know it is true
But the peace and the positive
Begins with you
Keep the circle positive, peaceful and loving. ©
Written with love.
#iamprayingforyou #youareachampion
© Joy M. Mills