Today I’m posting a poem written by SuziCate at The Water Witch’s Daughter. She is a fantastic writer and a dear friend and she’s got a pretty good view of her world and her place in it. At one time or another we all can benefit from remembering that so much of our life, and especially the bad things in it, are based on our perceptions and have little to do with reality. So feel the sunshine on your face, see the love in someone’s eyes reflected back at you and know that you are going to be okay. Yes, I’d like it to be that simple and I believe it ultimately really is.

The following poem was written when I thought about how much my life changed when I simply chose to look at things in a new way. The only thing that really stood between myself and inner peace all those years was my perception of life. ~ SuziCate

She says
Monsters lurk in the darkness
I say
Peace comes in the night
She sees
Worries and heart aches
I see
Things will be alright

She tastes
bitterness in days gone by
I taste
The sweetness of this day
She waits
For her world to fall apart
I wait
For whatever comes my way

She feels
The pounding of the storm
I feel
The dancing of the falling rain
She learns
Dreams can be crushed
I learn
Experience comes through pain

She smells
The stench of her past
I smell
The roses all year long
She hears
The critic in her head
I hear
The beauty of my song