U.N.P.A.C.K.

Life is fueled by choices

The choices we make should be valued in the weight that they carry

A choice can determine if we progress or settle into mediocrity

A choice can propel us into love that we have always desired, or seemingly unending frustration

A choice has the ability to pepper our lives with poverty, or overwhelm us with wealth

A choice can change what was viewed as a tragedy into triumph

A choice will determine our success, or facilitate our failure

Homes, relationships, cars, and money have the ability to fill a certain void

But the choices we make have the mandate of consequence

Value your privilege of choice, and guard it with all that you have

Because without it you have no other option

Kevin L. Carter

7/3/12

 Genuine forgiveness is a beautiful institution, and we should all strive in that direction on a daily basis. We have often heard it said that forgiveness is more for you than for the other person, because often, either they are not aware that, or don’t care that you have an issue with them. 

So, to keep from causing yourself undue emotional issues, health complications, and the inability to move forward, do forgive!

Forgiveness does not mean that you open yourself up to the same person to be damaged again, that borders on the edge of the definition of “insanity”. 

Good judgment, common sense, and discernment are always in order when making decisions, and choices. The old adage concludes: If you walk down the same street, and get bit by the same dog a second time, it is not the dog’s fault. Much love!

Kevin L. Carter

6/13/12

Backwards, I refuse to go

Not because I do not know

But I have done it before

And the answer is now, NO!

Cycles, life is full of them
And I choose if, or if not to ride

And know that there is an available seat

Must I really ponder, no I'll decide

Pain, tears, dignity I've lost

Battles, wars, fights I've fought

Regret, esteem, time I've spent

Dare I give the past another cent

Many things I have learned from what 

I've been through

This for sure I know to be true

If I've been there, done that, and already been used

Backwards, as the option? Backwards, I REFUSE!

Kevin L. Carter

7/14/10

I am balancing, balancing on if
And no this ain't easy
Only one foot can connect at a time
Arms flailing every which a way, but I am balancing

Barely feeling confident in left or right
Endeavoring to be motionless, but unsuccessful
Why, what, who, when, where are my present suiters
As I, switch feet and continue to balance

If this happened then...
Things would be different if...
What if I did...
If, if, if, if

Afraid to fall off, and determined to know
I try to dodge each new "if causing" scenario

But try as I may, they  continue to draw inward
Who, what , where, when, if

Kevin L. Carter
7/18/07 

Exposed to criticism and discretion

Picked apart and investigated

Availed to scrutiny and investigation

Sifted through and disseminated

Open for unrestrained excavation

Dissolved into in-cohesiveness

Pulled apart at the seams

Balancing on the edge of despair

Broken into unevenness

Uncomfortably transparent

Amiss and often aloof

Predictably distrustful and skeptical

Available for attack

Open to be wounded

Lacking of protection

Naturally liable

Necessary to love!

Kevin L. Carter

3/16/07

I thought about you last night
And while I thought, my mind couldn't help but wonder
What would it be like to have you as a part of my life
Why has it taken this long for our paths to cross

When is the right time to feel deeply about someone
If something feels right what makes it wrong
Why is it that in the brief moments that we converse I feel so free
With all that we have both been through in life are we really able to offer each other what they deserve

Can the cord of us become and remain strong enough to withstand any storm
At the envy of others would we be determined enough to stay when uncertainty looms
Should we not be as open as we are as early as we have
Why am I not fearful of exposing all of me to you at this early stage

What are your dreams, aspirations, goals and the like
How can I be involved in helping you attain all that you desire
Am I worthy of your undivided attention and you mine
If this is just temporary will what we have already experienced play out into a beautiful friendship

Do we have the ability to safeguard and protect each others vulnerable places
Is it possible to be so connected that we feel each other even when apart
When I call you, will you be able to hear me, even when done silently
I would want to know what you are thinking when you are asleep

As real as we both are, how would we function in each others reality
Despite outside conditions could we excel from within
Would we have the ability to cover each other unconditionally
Is this dialogue premature

As I lay there alone last night, I thought about you and...

Kevin L. Carter
2/22/07