When I work hard, food tastes so much more delicious, home seems like such a wonderful place, a shower feels so much more refreshing,

If only I could have what I had, to go way back when going back in time, for but a day is all I would take. To be with loved ones that are gone today, to be in a life that was more than just okay. To be a special person with potential, to once … Continue reading Way Back When: Stephen Sigurdson

It flows through your heart and soul like blood flows through your veins. It feeds on the successes of the past. It is tested by struggle. It helps you survive the depths of emotion, and celebrates the heights of being. It gives life meaning. It is essential to living. No matter how hurt, broken, ridiculed … Continue reading It Is The Greatest Gift of All: Stephen Sigurdson

To distract the stimuli flooded his way, to inspire him in different times through the day. To overcome the voices in his head, with something upbeat instead. To help him walk in the crowds of frowns and smiling faces, continue his travels through his anxious paces. To ensure all the different sounds are sometimes at … Continue reading Henry's Helmet: Stephen Sigurdson

Can you see some calm, through the lifelines in my palm? Can you see some serenity, through the leaves in my tea? Can you see some hope, through the stars horoscope? Can you see some good fortune, please I need to know gypsy woman. Generally I do not look ahead, however, today I cannot cope, … Continue reading Terrified To Fall: Stephen Sigurdson

A person comes into your life, everything changes, awkward and new. A person who you could laugh with and talk to, like we were always together, meant to be. A person who you could hold, like two halves of a pounding heart, never missing a beat. A person who you want to be in every … Continue reading My One Good Friend: Stephen Sigurdson

Emotions are there, they affect us in every way, as we become adults, many of us hide them with a mask, deep, submerged, in our soul they stay. I have a productive and friendly mask, to show you I am successful, that I am alright, I need reassurance from others when I accomplish my task, … Continue reading The Mask I Wear: Stephen Sigurdson

Weakness, vulnerable to circumstance, a trap door, mazes of my own mind’s design, puzzles with missing pieces, incomplete, games with no winners, every option seems like defeat, waking up just to repeat. My pain is deep down into my soul’s pit, I am hiding deep within, entrenched, with a masked heart, my storage is overflowing. … Continue reading My Efforts Will Be Rewarded: Stephen Sigurdson