Strain

The pain

The sweat

The tears

I bleed life

I breathe life

I feel the pressure of making a stand

The stand against my shattered self-confidence

The feeling that I need to rise up and restore faith

Seal deals enriched with opportunity

To get mine

To the good that is coming to me

To be overwhelmed with the happiness I've lacked thus far

To assume a whole new responsiblity

Responsibility success brings

I want to afford to have a family

I want them to not just hear my heart beat for them

I want them to know that they will never sleep on the street

They will always have a home

The lost find no peace

The lost feel no happiness

The lost see no success

I don't want to be the lost

I want the freedom to get out of my head

A vacation from angst

The luxury of living physical, mental and spiritual homeostasis

I want to live a comfortable life

I want to live a GOOD LIFE...

Picture Source: http://sarpal.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/understanding-life/

I tell tales of happiness, sadness, anger, and of being content

I don't care what anybody else thinks--it's my time well spent

Purging my thoughts and sharing my feelings in a life that's not easy

I know that if I get stuck in a negative mindset I'll slip away--negativity is greasy

I write as if my life depends on every word

I let the words soar out of my mouth like a beautiful bird...

I'm looking for an extra set of arms to comfort me

I want to be with someone that wants to see what I see

How many times do I have to make an attempt at someones heart?

How many times do I have to make an attempt for a romantic start?

Is it my rough shell that keeps her from  seeing what's in between my chest?

I need a set of extra arms to help me rest...

The Higher Power of my understanding tells me to keep pushing on

My hard work will pay off sometime between the dusk or dawn

I look up and confirm that I trust him 

My spirituality keeps my life's lights from going dim

When I pray rough waters grow still

Warmth and love gives my heart its fill...

Today I'm certain life will bring me "good"

I walk tall and confident opposed to insecure--hiding my face with a hood

Living isn't sitting on my posterior end wondering what could have been

Living is taking action everyday reaching for the win...

(Picture Source: http://socialeyezer.com/2011/05/20/win-an-exhibit-only-pass-to-blogworld-ny-giveaway/)

True to self

True to the pride

No regrets

No mistakes

Instincts and reign

Majestic and gorgeous

Fast and powerful

Living off the land

A lover, a fighter

A king surrounded by queens

Nomad allegiance

Twenty hours of rest

Playing, nuzzling, grooming before the hunt

Confidence

Survival

Drinking side by side with family

Defending my Territory...

I wish I lived this way

So free, so content

Powerful

A landlord

To be gorgeous

To feel the earth being molded by my feet

Comfortable in my own skin

Royalty

No regrets

No resentments

No grudges

Just survival

Just my pride and me

My brothers

My family

This is living

To be a lion...