#BecauseofHim

The moment when you can find inner peace...
Breath and feel that sigh of relief...
Hold your head and heart up high...
Smile and not know the reason why...

That's the moment you realize... you have begun to live in tune,
With The Spirit that has been waiting to show you...

... The moment when the choices fall into place ... 
Becomes the moment It feels more like living,
and less like a race.
Always hold onto the days when you feel....
"Today my Life has begun again"...
For those are days of Eternal Connection.

@s.irfanaleem 4.27.2014

Where does a smile come from?

When its genuine... it simply shows up as though without a trace...  
A smile to satisfy another... is the one that feels out of place...  
To hide the truest feelings inside a smile is the mask of the day. . .  

The smile that comes from the hearts happiness....  ...
Is the smile that won't fade away. 

@s.irfanaleem 4.26.2014

I Am

I am.... in the strength of the wind,
feeling empowered, envisioned and free.

I am.... in the presence of others,
nobody, worthless, destructive, and nothing.

I am.... a survivor of terrors,
of life's challenges, and catastrophes.

I am.... a failure in society,
living below what others expect me to be.

I am.... a person, a dreamer, a believer,
with love, compassion, faith, and talents.

So please.... stop trampling so freely,
harshly, so cruelly, because I can't take back...
Can't relive, anything that passed.
Yet without it, I would never be,
... the ....

I am.... that I was meant to be.

@s.irfanaleem 4.26.2014

The 'It' that was missed...

The 'It' that was missed...

I know I was told many years ago...
Many times in life as well...
That I wouldn't miss it until it was gone...
Yet when I had it I never understood what 'It' was.

It... was one more time down a snowy hill, filled with laughter,
and childhood dreams...
It... was catching just a few more fireflies, before the nights became,
just a dark and lonely place.
It... was the trust given freely, until betrayed... then becoming impossible,
to ever capture again.
It... was the hug and kiss each night, with the so familiar phrase...
"nite nite I love you, I love you too, now go to sleep"
It... was the hot summer days, wading in creeks, the cold winter ones,
secretly hoping for another snow storm.
It... was the family, taken for granted and let go of so easily,
as youth passed into age.
It... has become each moment missed, each second chance gone by,
each hour lost to the end of another day.
It... turned into a life of survival, of staying strong, and searching,
searching for ways to not miss all the 'It's' I had to let go...
It... Is seeing more in the little things, capturing to tiny moments,
Feeling, just Feeling the world... ... Before.
Before 'IT' is forever gone....

@Susan IA April 16 2014