poem ~ what made you?

What made you decide
to write poems each day,
And share the deep things
riding your heart beat waves?

What made you feel
that the gift you seek,
Comes from the words
you intentionally bleed?

What made you live
so vulnerably,
And share your heart
abundantly?

What made you cry
in desperate straights,
To create the life
you desired to make?

What made you brave
in spite of it all,
To live this life
when you've been abused so raw?

What made you think
the way you do,
Committed to live
fully in freedom anew?

What made you be
an amazing Friend,
One who will fight
through the journeys end?

What made you touch
my soul so deep,
With the words you write
to expand my reach?

What made you see
the poem in you,
And share it for
the world to view?


© Misty W Gilbert
#Poems #AuthorLife #MistyWGilbert #TheSassyVoice #ShareYourHeart #BeYOU #BeAnOriginal #CreateTheLifeYouWant #LiveIntentionally #HeartPioneers #HeartWideOpen

poem ~ Friends

As a child I wasn't
allowed to have any Friends,
My mom believed
I could survive without them.

She believed to have
someone really close,
Meant I was being discriminating
and being cliches to pair up with those.

She believed that I should be
loving to everyone,
But not to the point
that I had favorite ones.

She had me write letters
to several each week,
Asking me to encourage them
and be the Friend I wanted to me.

If I wanted to call them
and talk on the phone,
I had to spend my own $2.50 monthly allowance
for a connection to be known.

Return letters to me
were quite very rare,
And return phone calls
happened never at all.

I've always wanted
to have lots of Friends,
But when the relationship isn't returned
it's been really hard to see them as a Friend.

I've never wanted
to be partial at all,
So I've accepted every Friend request
that I've received on my wall.

I don't hang with the same friends
each and every week,
I continue to rotate
spending time with each.

I've come to see this
as a blessing in my life,
Because of the number of Friends
I have by my side.

Yet I've also come to see
this as a weakness to me,
Because what I really want
hasn't come true in creating these.

So in this new Chapter I walk
I realize again,
Some things from the past
have to be abolished and end.

It's been scary and hard
to look at the truth,
That not every one wants
a real connection with you.

Some want to pretend
to care down deep,
Yet others just want
to be an enemy on the sneak.

Cutting out people
who don't want to be there,
Shouldn't hurt me so bad
but it honestly makes me very sad.

I will continue to pursue
the relationships that begin,
With a connection and authenticity
on every level of Friends.

I have been working on me
and fighting the conflict again,
To keep every connection regardless of the status
or how close we have or haven't been.

I've been reflecting on what
a real Friend looks like,
And how to create thriving ones
that want to be real with me.

For a new beginning to come
some things have to end,
So with love and and hug
I wish you well my Friend.

© Misty W Gilbert
#Poems #AuthorLife #MistyWGilbert #TheSassyVoice #CreateTheLifeYouWant #LiveIntentionally #RealLifeExamples #RelationshipsMatter #FakeFriends #RealFriends #BeReal #RemoveTheMask

poem ~ thank YOU

I want to say Thank YOU
to each of My Tribe,
For letting me be vulnerable 
with everything going on inside.

I want to say Thank YOU
to my fabulous Coach,
For inspiring me to be
the authentic genius that is deep inside of me.

I want to say Thank YOU
to all my Yogi Peeps,
For giving me hugs
and little plants to cheer me.

I want to say Thank YOU
to my adopted bro,
For calling and praying with me
when I was really down low.

I want to say Thank YOU 
to my special Girlfriends,
Who call just to talk
and listen to my experiences. 

I want to say Thank YOU
to my Cohort Group,
For giving me the chance
to share with you my deep hurts.

I want to say Thank YOU 
to each of my Clients 
The challenges that you bring me
help me to develop to be who I want to be.

I want to say Thank YOU 
to God today,
For letting me see once again
this Chapter needs to come to an end.

I want to say Thank YOU 
for the courage that it takes,
To be an entrepreneur 
when everything is at stake.

I want to say Thank YOU 
for getting another day,
To try and do it better 
than the previous one I played.

I want to say Thank YOU 
because I feel in this life,
That the benefit of our pain 
helps us to live a purpose driven life.

© Misty W Gilbert
#Poems #AuthorLife #MistyWGilbert #TheSassyVoice  #ThankYou #Thankfulness #ThankfulHeart #Gratitude #HeartOfLove #HeartPioneers

poem ~ Girls Weekend

I've got the room ready
for you to come and stay,
I'm glad you feel comfortable 
to come hang with me for a few days.

It seems forever 
since it was just you and me,
As most of the time
you've got all the kiddos with thee.

We're gonna have a blast
as we spend time catching up,
Eating and laughing
and crying through the tough stuff.

I promise I won't hog you
each and every day,
As I know you've got a wedding
and other Friends to see on your stay.

But I'm anxious to see you
and catch up again,
Because it's been a week from hell 
and I'd like it to end.

I love all my Friends 
and don't get enough time with them,
So thanks for making me a stop
on this trip back to Texas Girlfriend. 

© Misty W Gilbert
#Poems #AuthorLife #MistyWGilbert #TheSassyVoice  #GuestRoomIsReady #GirlsWeekend #CircleOfFriends #MakeLifeFUN

poem ~ life is hard

The ride is volatile 
and sometimes 
you honestly don't know 
how you're gonna make it through. 

The road is long
and sometimes 
you feel like you'll never arrive 
to where you're going to. 

The journey is tough
and sometimes 
you wonder if you have the strength 
to continue to take it all in stride.

The day is long
and sometimes 
you just don't wanna live it
because pain is all it ever gives to you.


© Misty W Gilbert #Poems #AuthorLife #MistyWGilbert #TheSassyVoice #LifeIsHard #RealLifeExamples

poem ~ what if

What if you said
all the words you wanna say?

What if you felt 
all the feelings you keep shoving away?

What if you asked
all the questions you think?

What if you voiced
all the doubts in your head?

What if you admitted
all the hurts that have ripped your heart?

What if you expressed 
all the desires that fill your heart?

What if you listened to
all the dreams calling you?

What if you embraced
all of your life that's happened to you?

What if you told
all the secrets you won't share?

What if you took a risk on
all the risks that you've skipped?

What if you entertained 
all the stirrings you won't trust?

What if you didn't keep hidden
all the parts you won’t reveal to us?

What if you weren't 
all afraid to be you?

What if you didn't deny
all the power in you?

What if you believed 
all the truth fully about you?

What if you loved yourself 
all the way others do you?

What if you could see 
all the beauty you are internally? 


© Misty W Gilbert
[inspired by a blog post by Jim Palmer, Author]
#Poems #AuthorLife #MistyWGilbert #TheSassyVoice #WhatIf #ThePowerOfChoice #AskQuestions #BeYOU #BeAnOriginal #RemoveTheMask

poem ~ single with a purpose

You ask if I'm single,
what's it to you?
Please won't you just get to know me
for who I am,
Without trying to make
some ulterior plan?

I get I'm attractive
with absolutely beautiful blue eyes too,
But life consists more of
what's on the inside
Then what your viewing
from me on the outside.

If you spent more time
asking questions from your soul
Maybe you'd know more
about life
And how all these things
make a relationship come alive.

Perhaps if you spent
more time seeking and not trying to get
But to appreciate
the opportunity next to you
Then maybe you'd see
why I am single and what's made me become me.

If you considered it fully
then maybe you would see
That life isn't achieved
by your marital status instantly
And perhaps you'd live each day
much more intentionally.


© Misty W Gilbert
#Poems #AuthorLife #MistyWGilbert #TheSassyVoice #TheLifeOfMisty #SingleWithAPurpose #TheMeaningOfLife #EmbraceTheJourney

poem ~ today

Today
I don't wanna be a grown up
and do what everyone says I must do
to live a life that is successful
and work from 9 to 5 too.

Today
I am openly admitting
I just don't wanna work
I'd rather just write poems
and do Yoga to workout my body's twerks.

Today
I'd like to just sit
and stare at the pool
for the water is calming
when every thing's swirling in my view.

Today 
I embrace this new chapter
even if its just a short phase
and accept sleeping in
when I normally would get out of bed most days.

Today
as I internally wrestle
with these thought in my soul
I can honestly tell you
it's a lot harder then it is cool.

Today 
I again decided
that I don't want to live someone else's dream
even if it has an allure
or an expectation of fulfillment it seems.

Today
it feels really strange for me to just say
that all this feels a bit abnormal
and I hardly know what to do
when I feel this way.

Today
I will listen
to what's going on in my heart
for when you feel a disconnect
this is the place you must start.

Today
I will just acknowledge 
internally how I feel
and let the frustration simmer
so that I don't let my life pass in a glimmer.

Today
I declare
that I want to enjoy the work that I do
and not just because it was something 
that I was trained to do.

Today
I want to do more work
of the things I really want to do
and not just because 
it would be considered grown up like you.


© Misty W Gilbert
#Poems #AuthorLife #MistyWGilbert #TheSassyVoice #Today #LifeIsAGift #CreateTheLifeYouWant #LiveIntentionally #EmbraceTheJourney #WorkThatMatters #YourLifeMatters #WorkWithAPassion

poem ~ what if I showed you

What if I showed you
a bit of my soul,
Would you run from me then
or stay connected as is told?

What if I showed you
the deepest part of me,
Would you be loving
understanding I want you to want me?

What if I showed you
everything I've been through, 
Not as a contest
but so you knew what I knew?

What if I showed you
the real part of me,
Not what everyone says 
for me to show you instead?

What if I showed you
the guts that it takes,
To stand out in the crowd 
when everyone's trying to shoot you back down?

What if I showed you
the courage that's at stake,
That you can just live your life 
without fear of mistakes?

What if I showed you
how to live completely free,
And not stay stuck in
the boxes around you and me?

What if I showed you
that we all have fears,
But it's a choice to expel them
or show them a mirror? 

What if I showed you 
how to breathe into the moment,
And not shut down in tension
that confines you in your aloneness?

What if I showed you
that I love you for you,
And quit acting like
you must change for it to be true?

What if I showed you
there is so much more,
To a life lived in this moment
where nothing else means more? 

What if I showed you
how to love you,
Because this is the greatest thing
you could ever do?

Poem Written By: @mistywgilbert

#Poems #AuthorLife #MistyWGilbert #TheSassyVoice #TheLifeOfMisty #CreateTheLifeYouWant #LiveIntentionally #ThePowerOfChoice

poem ~ the wonder

I wonder what it would take
for me to be free,
From everyone's rules
about who I should be.

I wonder what makes it seem
that I have to stay so stuck,
In the expectations of
what all of this means.

I wonder how I can shift
from staying in this box,
To living more in alignment
of what I am and not what I'm not.

I wonder what it would be
to live connected to me,
Instead of spending so much time
worried about connecting to thee.

I wonder how to face
loving myself with more grace,
Beyond just the words
in activity of everything I face.

I wonder what provokes
me to shut down somehow,
When this is the desire
of all of us right now.

I wonder if everyone
did more of this,
How much we would engage
and be happy in the life that is.

Poem Written By: @mistywgilbert

#Poems #AuthorLife #MistyWGilbert #TheSassyVoice #BeYOU #BeBrave #BeCouragous #CreateTheLifeYouWant #LiveIntentionallyInFreedom

poem ~ God's Plan

What if the plan 
isn't how to get you 
from here to there,
What if the plan
is he'll be with you
until the end?

What if the plan
isn't one way 
or else,
What if the plan
is to see 
His hand?

What if the plan 
isn't to make 
a perfect life,
What if the plan 
is to strengthen you 
through its vice?

What if the plan
isn't to live
every moment in fear,
What if the plan
is to come 
to freedom this year? 

What if the plan
isn't to never
make a mistake,
What if the plan
is to see 
grace to take?

What if the plan
isn't how 
just to cope, 
What if the plan 
is to have
the same power to hope?

What if the plan 
isn't to have no events 
that make me sad,
What if the plan
is to believe 
I'm not bad?

What if the plan
isn't to
not have a challenge, 
What if the plan 
is to give 
you control of it?

What if the plan 
isn't to make 
you to sit and wait,
What if the plan
requires your
action to expand?

What if the plan 
isn't to feel
regrets in the field, 
What if the plan
is the same
for every man?

What if the plan 
isn't rigid in each choice 
that you make,
What if the plan 
is to choose the path 
that's best for you to take? 

© Misty W Gilbert
#Poems #AuthorLife #MistyWGilbert #TheSassyVoice #GodsPlan #GodIsWithMe #Faith #Courage #Hope #Love #WhatIf #WhatIsLove

poem ~ fear of letting go

Today I step forward 
and face more of my fears,
That are holding me back
from living my best years. 

Life isn't meant to feel 
you can't make a mistake,
No God never asked me 
to be perfect in each step that I take.

The judgements of others
keep me stuck in these walls,
Desiring to be made free
of what everyone is expecting of me.

In acceptance of this level 
of more letting go,
I cut my hair shorter
to help me release control.

To fight all the statements
that everyone makes,
About what is right or is wrong
in each path that I take.

It's time to look deeper
at what it means to be a Friend,
And only keep those
whose vision aligns with this trend.

It seems weird to say it
and yet it is true,
I'm going to unfriend many
who don't wanna be true.

True to the connection
of what a relationship means,
True to the desire 
to love beyond everything. 

True to the need
to continually be fake,
True to the realization 
of an honest mistake. 

True to the foundation 
and God given plan,
To live from the heart
without fear of man.

True to the belief
that I can control, 
The life that I live
in and out of this mold.

True to the feeling
that I've been made for more,
That I am beautiful 
down deep in my soul.

True to the triggers
that live forever within,
From years of abuse
from religions boxes.

True to the desire 
I've got everything to give,
True to the realization 
I've got nothing to loose.

True to the standards 
that I set for me,
True to the notion
I don't have to please thee.

True to the feeling 
deep in my heart,
That the still small voice
will always leave it's mark.

True to what matters 
most to me now,
True to the fact
I've got to let go somehow. 

© Misty W Gilbert
#Poems #AuthorLife #MistyWGilbert #TheSassyVoice  #TheLifeOfMisty #NewBeginnings #EmbraceTheJourney #NewChapter #Transformation #BeYOU #NoFilterEver #ThisIsMe

poem ~ I wanna be real

I wanna be real
in my image of me,
I don't have room for pretends 
in any agreement with Friends.

I wanna be real
every day of my life,
For this is when connection 
becomes greater then life.

I wanna be real 
as I search for the meaning,
Of having a choice 
in suffering and grieving.

I wanna be real
and accept it all,
Because to pick and choose 
is asking for a fight to loose.

I wanna be real
even when it hurts,
And I loose all my Friends
that promised to never desert. 

I wanna be real
when confusion I face,
As I try to figure out
which path I should take.

I wanna be real
in my quest to just live,
One day at a time
is enough to each of us give.

I wanna be real 
when I say I want more,
Then mediocrity in the battle
with fakeness the given norm.

I wanna be real
and authentic with you,
Not hiding anything 
I've ever been through.

I wanna be real
when good enough I don't feel,
Because of the challenges
childhood abuse brings me still.

I wanna be real
when I struggle to cope,
And lack the courage to find 
a reason to have hope.

I wanna be real
instead of people pleasing to be,
Knowing deep down
that none of that should matter to me.

I wanna be real
and not just in my head,
As I long to be courageous
with the ability to forge straight ahead.

I wanna be real
and loving to the core, 
Believing all things happen
to bring good stuff out even more.

I wanna be real
even if you don't, 
For we all relate to those 
who are authentic the most.

I wanna be real
even when you mock me,
For sharing my message
to encourage and inspire thee.

I wanna be real
no matter how you take me down,
Because I believe
in the courage to wear my crown.


© Misty W Gilbert
#Poems #AuthorLife #MistyWGilbert #TheSassyVoice #IWannaBeReal #BeYOU #BeAnOriginal #Authenticity #RemoveTheMask #CreateTheLifeYouWant

poem ~ some days

Some days I just don't feel
like I get anything done,
When I get interrupted 
before I even begun.

Some days I don't want 
to do it anymore,
When the chores seem to go on and on 
until I'm blue from the bore.

Some days I believe 
I can do this again,
And sometimes I wonder
who I'm trying to convince to win.

Some days I feel the challenge 
to step out of my cave, 
Until someone tries to put me
back in the grave.

Some days I know
the courage it takes to begin,
But sometimes it's harder
then I ever anticipated my Friend.

Some days I want
to be on top of them all,
And other days I wish
I could hide behind the wall.

Some days I am ready
to bound out of bed,
But many times I want
to just pull the covers over my head.

Some days I feel 
I've come so very far,
Other days I wonder
if all everyone sees are my scars. 

Some days I connect 
with everything from the heart,
And some days I don't
even know where to start.

Some days I want 
to take risks it's true, 
Other days I believe 
it's scarier than this plain view.

Some days are beautiful 
and you accomplish much on the todo,
Yet other days you forget
that this one will pass too.


© Misty W Gilbert
#Poems #AuthorLife #MistyWGilbert #TheSassyVoice #SomeDays #LifeIsAGift #LifeIsBeautiful #CreateTheLifeYouWant

poem ~ a pile of curls

A pile of curls
there on the floor
Because she was tired
of the length growing out more.

She needed it shorter
like it used to be too,
As she's gotten accustomed to it
not being longer anymore it's true.

So yes she cuts it
all by herself,
It's one of the ways 
she stays in budget these days.

For years she had it
way past her waist,
But she can't take it anymore
and the feeling it creates. 

So back to the chin
she cut it again,
To add some more sass
to her face with a grin.

Don't tell her you like it
the ways it was before, 
Because she doesn't care
what you want my dear. 

She lived 37 Years
doing what everyone said,
And it's time now she lives 
her own happy life instead!

© Misty W Gilbert
#Poems #AuthorLife #MistyWGilbert #TheSassyVoice #TheLifeOfMisty #NewBeginnings #CreateTheLifeYouWant #LiveIntentionally #BeYOU

poem ~ my Dad

Dear Dad
I want you to know,
That I think about you sometimes
when I'm walking this road.

When I see a little girl
alone with her dad,
I wonder what that would have been like
to have a Dad who wanted me bad.

To be able to hear your story
and look into your eyes,
And learn what life was like for you
when you were just my size.

To hear you talk of other things 
not just Bible Stories and such theologies,
Like how you came to be this man
and what made you become who you am.

I'll never be able 
to hold those things dear,
But it doesn't stop me
from wondering about them each year.

When I see pictures 
that everyone posts,
Every Father's Day Holiday 
on Social Media the most.

It's not an option 
for me in my life,
But I'll always consider it
when I look at Father's Day thru my eyes.

Some don't understand
how you can move on with no regret,
But when you realize everyone has a choice
you quit expecting what you can't get.

When you see how someone else
controlled how you live,
It makes you have pity
and becomes easier to forgive.

Because I know
really deep down,
You were were a miserable man
simply trying not to drown.

If only you could have seen
other options to live, 
Then maybe you wouldn't have died
a lonely man deep inside.

I really believe 
you truly wanted more,
But you didn't know how
to live life beyond the wife you adored. 

You let her control you
and tell you what to do,
Like you were a child 
who was still only two. 

I can only imagine
how hard it was for you then,
When everything you wanted
was taken from your decisions.

Maybe this is a reason
why I've become so passionate about mine,
Helping others to create
what they intentionally want for their life. 

I'll always love you 
because you're my Dad,
Even if you weren't 
what other little girls had.


© Misty W Gilbert
#Poems #AuthorLife #MistyWGilbert #TheSassyVoice #FathersDay #Reflections #MyDad

poem ~ keep the vision

Dear Child,
I showed you what life was
for 33 years,
And that even I had
moments in tears.

I walked through the hills
and along the same road
all alone in the dark,
Taking time to pray
for everything on my heart.

I stuck up for truth
and got up each day
and fought my way through the crowds,
Even when they wanted
to take me away.

I kept sharing the message
given to me each day
no matter the outcome,
Even when my circle
denied me somehow.

I kept on my mission
knowing the Father's vision
to have hope in every season,
Yet in the midst of it all
I had to answer the call.

Every day I would spread love
and a reason for hope
healing those that had faith,
And leaving those
that thought it was a joke.

It won't be any different
in life for you
as you travel this road too,
So stay encouraged and press on again
knowing I'll be with you until the end.


© Misty W Gilbert
#Poems #AuthorLife #MistyWGilbert #TheSassyVoice #33Years #FollowThePathOfLife #PressOn #DontQuit #KeepTheVision #YourLifeMatters #LifeIsAGift #LifeMission