You have no right to judge me.

The same as I have no right to judge you.

Perceptions should not be the basis on which someone should come to a conclusion about another person.

This post isn't about one person in particular, however in this holiday season, I have noticed a dip in the amount of Christmas spirit. (Present company included)

This is supposed to be a time for joy, love, peace, and happiness.

Instead I see bickering, fighting, arguments, self pity, and people being secluded and alone.

But, maybe secluded is how they are happy. As I stated before, I have no right to judge or make decisions based on perceptions.

I really don't know where this post is going, just felt that something needed to be said about the lack of humanity and Holiday cheer this year.

Maybe I'm just growing up and this is how it goes from here on out... God I hope not.

If that is so though, how could so much change over one year?

Past

Trying to live the best life that I can and no one can say that I am not

I am going to hold on to new light, love and happiness

Letting go of all the the darkness, pain and sorrow that had invaded my very being

Moving on to bigger and better things, I can’t erase the past but only because reality won’ let me

Not that blotting it out would be easy so my time and energy would be better spent else where

And giving up would be too easy and I will never let it get that far

I have nothing to prove to anyone, and I have only myself to be true to

I have got a new lease on life, it ain’t perfect and it won’t be easy

But nothing I ever wanted to achieve would ever be handed to me

I had to fight, struggle and better myself to attain my dreams

To this day I fight for what I know is truth, what I find out of reach

I stretch out my arms reaching for new heights and never looking down

Not because I am afraid of the unimaginable heights but because I know

That which is past me is just that: past, done with… over

Give Me

In the Raw (this is new)

Long ago I decided not to let the chains that bind me to the earth win

I won't take no for an answer and and I won't settle for anything less than spectacular

I want to get back the life I used to live, get back to a time when I wasn't blinded by the pain

Break through to the other side of misery, put this world in my rear view mirrors

Bring it all back to me: life, love...happiness give me back my smile, wipe away these tears

Shatter these walls and take back the sky give me back what's mine

I used to want to dream, but now I just want to live

Give me a heart that beats, eyes that see, a voice that speaks, legs that stand and feet that walk

I am coming back to life with each passing moment it comes back to me

I feel it's warmth slowly melt away all the pain of yesterday

I feel it deep inside my bones, and inside my chest it swells as breath suddenly returns

I see the stars, they fade away as I regain my strength

My heart it finally beats, my eyes they finally see, I found my legs to stand on

Picking myself back up again learning how to crawl again, and trying too soon to walk

I might stumble, I might miss a step but I won't give in

I won't give the it a backward glance, the chance that I might lose sight again

Of the truth that I long forgot was true