Drumfire.

The pulsing beat rocks through your body.
The lights electrify the sound.
The people around you pulse with a pounding
Hands up inviting the vibration down
Its a deep simple beat
Roaring through your ears.
It's something you feel
rather than hear.
The rumbling is constant.
Mimmicking thunder.
A beating drum.
A blasting speaker.
A screeching mic.
Rocking.
Rolling.
Reverberating through you.

Photo by: ceratosaur

No Longer Searching.

Here I am. Sitting right next to you. I can tell you have so many thoughts on your mind. I know you aren't truly happy. I know the problems you face. I have found you and I know how to help. I have the solution to every problem you have ever had. But you never look at me. You never ask for help. You look at everyone around me. But you never find what you are searching for because I have it. I have it right here as I sit next to you. Just turn your focus towards me. Just let your wandering mind rest for a moment. As soon as you take a calming breath, you will finally realize the truth that has been taunting me for so long. And as soon as you finally open up and receive this truth, the happiness you have been waiting for will engulf us with a joyful warmth.

Photo by Kevin Dooley

Your Courageous Moment.

The courageous moment when everything you have been fighting for suddenly becomes worth the fight. When everyone around you tells you what to do but you finally take a stand,
when you finally find the strength that comes in comforting silence.
The courageous moment when you let the offensive propel you away from the game,
when everything you know to be true, humbly slips through your lips.
The courageous moment when you accomplish what was once absolutely impossible,
when honesty really is the best policy.
Are you ready for your courageous moment?

Bursting

A burst of precious words
I pounding of excitement
Happiness pours from her every pore
She wants to talk and you can tell
But you don't dare ask her to speak
What if she says something about you,
What if all this excitement is contagious
and you begin to act like her?

Help.

Stranger than sadness is deceit.
The reason you keep trudging through the push and pull of an argument.
Hoping the end is soon to appear.
Nothing is quite like a day when once a loved one was near.
It's finally too tough to handle.
It's an endless pit of despair.
Nothing left to stop the babble.
No one there to help you care.
Suddenly through the thick tangible darkness he finds you.
A stable foundation, sure and true.
An honest hope and perfect example
Taking away despair you once knew.
A long time ago you took his name upon you.
Giving you a way out of the darkest abyss
 Just ask for his help as you follow his footsteps
To never again be caught in distress.

One Week.

In one week my whole world will change.

In one week my very best friend leaves on her mission.

My best friend Courtney means everything to me.

She is always the one to screw my head on straight

when I start to loose my mind.

She is always the one with a reasonable explanation.

Courtney loves everyone and everyone loves Courtney because of it.

We can always talk to each other no matter what.

No judgement just unconditional love.

She is the only person who will talk with me for hours

and hours about how much we love the gospel,

Which is a whole bunch

Courtney leaves in one week to share this gospel

that we love so much.

When she leaves she can finally let go of everything

that seems so important in this world,

she can finally be free of things

'that seem important but really aren't.

The reason for this, is a change of focus.

She will be looking to our Heavenly Father and Testifying of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

She will teach with the Holy Ghost and bring light to whoever she talks to

there will never be another time in her life

that can so fully surround her with the reality of the truthfulness of this gospel.

I love this church and I love her for being courageous enough to make this decision.

It will be hard.

It will be long.

It will be enlightening.

It will mean all the difference in the end.

Every day will be different, new challenges, new people,

but also new reasons to smile and laugh.

I am so blessed to know Courtney Giles.

I am so lucky to have a friend like her.

I am excited to share her with the people of Nashville.

Go on, Courtney! We will always be cheering for you!

This Should.

This should bore you to tears.
This should eat at your conscience.
This should force a laugh to burst out.
This should make you shudder with sadness.
This should light an angry flame in your heart.
This should make you feel like you can conquer the world.
This should confuse your muddled mind.
This should soften your stubborness.
This should make you pity me.
This should annoy you to no end.
This should be everything you want to know.
This should blow you away with surprise.
This should be pathetic enough to roll your eyes.
This should be more than you think.
This should sway your opinion.
Give me some kind of reaction.