Secrets

Photo taken by Rebecca Hosking, Mexico

SECRETS

I willingly whispered in your ear

I told you my heart and shared my fears

You paid attention when no one else did

Good or bad I deserve what I get

Sometimes in life there is no end

We repeat mistakes over and over again

A lesson learned completes a vicious cycle

Best friends become reveled rivals

You go your way, while I go mine

We come together when all is fine

Eventually the middle gets bigger and bigger

We’re only human, we’re all sinners

The secret is we all always knew

Nothing is permanent no matter what we do

Here today gone tomorrow

No matter if you beg, steal or borrow

There is one thing always consistently true

No matter what I will always love you

I’m not as unapologetic as you might think

I’m only searching for a flotation device, so I do not sink

By R. Hosking

© 2013

The Power of Words

Photo taken by Rebecca Hosking, Franklin, TN


THE POWER OF WORDS

I remember once someone told me I was stupid

Whether it was a joke or something they meant I believed it

So I lived my life uninformed and made mistakes, why?

Because I believed I was stupid

I remember once on a cold dreary day someone told me it was sunny

I looked out the window and I saw the light

I lived that day with a smile on my face, why?

Because I believed it was sunny

I remember once truth came from a word I wasn’t willing to believe

And faith came from those same words that were given to me

I believe this to be true, why?

Because I heard it and it set me free

I remember once my night was lonely and my arms were empty

But God looked at me last night through your eyes

He said that he loved me and I believed him, why?

Because that is the power of words!

R. Hosking 

© 2007

Hope

Photo taken by Rebecca Hosking, Cheekwood, TN

HOPE

Hope lives where despair has invaded

It lurks in the corners of our trials

Silently basking in all its glory

For only hope knows when you need a smile

No sense in fighting it, time to succumb

Let go of discontentment 

So hope can make a new home

No sense in grieving the loss of wills

Let go of jealousy 

So hope can rebuild

If you fall off the wagon, get back up

Learn from short comings

When they say how high, you'll know when to jump

No sense in shedding another tear

Dry your eyes

So hope can reappear

You may feel lonely, but don't believe the lies

Hope has never left you, 

In order to find it, simply open your eyes

R.Hosking

© 2013

Numb

Photo taken by Rebecca Hosking, Bolivia

Numb

It feels like I can not be trusted

Or decipher these feelings I get

Being pulled in different directions

The hurt has not subsided yet

So I drown my sorrows only to create a bigger mess

Lost sight of all my convictions

Numb at the very best

R. Hosking

© 2013

Unanswered Chainletters

UNANSWERED CHAIN LETTERS

There’s a hope chest full of memories’

Some old photograph’s and rosary beads

A few valentines’ I never sent

All the places I wanted to see but hadn’t been yet

Time sure does fly

Seems like yesterday I was just a child

The lessons I’ve learned over the years

People I’ve lost in the river of tears

The merry trails and old stomping grounds

Come full circle as the hands on the clock go around

Those old chain letters I used to get

Before there was internet

If the chain be broken there’d be ten years of bad luck

I just kept them in my hope chest never sent them to anyone

Me I was a hands on kind of person

Sifting through these years of dreams

I’m happy to say I’ve been busy livin’

Those chain letters never affected me

© R. Hosking

 

Grow Old Gracefully

Photo taken by Rebecca Hosking

GROW OLD GRACEFULLY

Age used to scare me

I think back when I was young

Mom and Dad made life seem so easy

But I saw Mom cry sometimes when the day was done

She laid her head in his hands

It scared me to think

What could be so bad

What crushed their world in this way

The only thing I could think of as a child

Must have been age

Time went by like it always does

Those hard times were never pressed in my thoughts

I never knew the struggles

The sacrifices they made

I never saw the world through their eyes

I wrote it off because of my age

I learned so much over the years

Sometimes I run

And sometimes I face my fears

Age used to scare me

It still can but not like before

Look at all the memories it gave me

All these things that I didn’t have before

I have learned courage

And what we have as a family

Is strength in numbers

We stood together through good or bad

Now I know age doesn’t really matter

Standing together is all I need in my man

Age used to scare me

But think of the gifts and knowledge that age can give

Now I just want to grow old gracefully

And live and let live

Just like my parents did

R. Hosking © 2008

Voices

Artwork by Rebecca Hosking

VOICES

There are voices that live in my head

They spoke to me and I believed every word they said

I once lived in a paradise of truth

Until I took a bite of that fruit

That tall tree reaches to the sky

With branches that hide the sun from my eyes

The knowledge of all that is real where only love exists

Was replaced with an ache that continuously persists

The voices said this is the whole picture of what’s good and bad

The choice was mine, take this or what I had

Yes I bought into it hook line and sinker

That prince of lies fed on my finger

And like a parasite it latched on and spread its disease

Contagiously aware and feeding on me

But the beauty of light is we seek it when its gone

In sincere pursuit for two loving arms

Truth is absent in those dark corners where only lies live

I vaguely remember I once had so much love to give

I’m learning that truth is real, you can see it, feel it, smell its breath

Lies are not real and leave you living a life of regret

There is a voice that lives in my heart

One voice that is always encouraging a new start

It waits patiently for me to find a cure

From everything that is impure

Whenever I fall down

There is always something that picks me up off the ground

I saw it, and felt it, and smelled its breath

It spoke with the purest voice

And said the decision is yours to make the right choice

R. Hosking © 2008