Walking Rainbows

Be my walking rainbow

Kaleidoscope of colors, exuding energy

At each point of the spectrum

We walk this earth radiating points of our personality

Each sliver, each edge of brilliance has

The opportunity to touch someone’s life

Sometimes we are unaware of the net effect

Our color chart of traits has on others;

Not knowing that the interaction,

No matter how brief, caused an intermingling of color

Into another’s life

The energy passes, is received

And recycled into the aura surrounding them

Continuing to make a mark on the next in line

Be cognizant of your rainbow and

The good you can achieve by sharing your energy with others

You have the ability to change the world with your rainbow…..

Copyright Michelle Beckham-Corbin 2010

The Sweet Spot: Where Passion & Career Collide

Imagine the infinite possibilities that await you when you follow your passion.....




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Copyright Michelle Beckham-Corbin 2010

Kaleidoscope Waters

You move in and out between the pages of my life
It reminds me of the mountain stream that trickles and flows
Through the different seasons of life
Babbling, flowing, carving its stake into the land that hosts it

Like the changing flow of water, you first appeared
Making a lasting impression on the landscape
That was my life
Periodically you re-surface and grace me with your presence
Sometimes wistful
Sometimes angry
Sometimes professorial
Each time you make that re-connection
You further cement the link between us

We have forged a new path absent of the past
Yet fully cognizant of the themes that brought us together
And continue to shape our conversations:
Literature, Music, Philosophy
Interspersed between the pages of our own personal experiences

Dialogue is good, but
Understanding a differing point of view;
Truly taking it in and digesting its parts
Is where the mind opens up and change begins
I welcome the waters that traverse my life
Change is good.






Copyright Michelle Beckham-Corbin 2010 ~ All Rights Reserved

The Reincarnation of Artichokes

Permanently tethered to the ether
Coming together because we share that connection
I know your core, your essence
And you know mine
I sense your pain, your hurt from a thousand miles away
It cuts like a knife and I feel it deep within my soul

You used to say we were the purest form of soul mates
That truism has played out over and over
The connection remains unbroken, despite our best efforts
To move on- to carve another life absent of yesterday

Words tie us together sending us on clouds of literary volleyball
Trading the world’s greatest authors with pieces of our own
Examining life from the opposite ends of a kaleidoscope
Your end looks out through the eye piece and sees reality:
Harsh, dark, the hardness of struggle and living life merely to exist
My end focuses on the sliding colors and shapes
Seeing endless possibilities in a world filled with brightly colored hope

Is this the dichotomy that brought us together and keeps us connected?
Your existence in a world of darkness and self-mutilation
Despite having a brilliant mind
That just couldn’t cope with the ordinary surrounding your world
My existence in a world full of promise and peace
Because I have a brilliant mind

It’s obvious that you can’t let me go
It’s obvious that I can’t let you go either

But you are sinking once again, deeper than any time before
I saved you once and almost lost my soul
Your soul is crying out again
I feel it
I hear it
God, I don’t know what to do…….




Copyright Michelle Beckham-Corbin 2010