Late Winter Blues

This is a poem I wrote on February 28, 2011. It's a poem from the point of view of a person who is getting tired of the winter months, and is looking forward to the spring that is to come. I always seem to tire of winter right around the end of February.


The snow comes and goes today
And sometimes, it turns to rain
But all day it's been so gray
But it's not enough for me to go insane


I wish it was warm and bright
And everything was all right
But the darkness blinds my sight
I wait for the spring with its warmth and its light

Stress

This is a poem I wrote on May 16, 2011, and it's from the point of view of someone who's going through a bit of stress in their life.


It's another day of growing pains
And another day to complain
Of having to deal with so much stress
I really could do with a lot less


Sometimes, it just makes me want to shout
Of what the stress is all about
I keep hoping better days are ahead
I hope it's before I go to bed

Stress And Frustration

This is a poem I wrote on October 11, 2010, and it's a poem where the speaker is trying to encourage someone who is stressed out to slow down and take it easy.


Stress and frustration seem to rule your life
And all you see in front of you is strife
Just slow down and take a deep breath
You don't need to worry yourself to death


Just be patient, and you will make it through
Because I have every faith in you
If you make it up to the bend
You will find that there is light at the end

Sorting Things Out

This is a poem I wrote on October 25, 2010, and it's from the point of view of a speaker who is trying to sort out fact from fiction after someone is filling their head with doubts.


Here I am, I'm all worn out
And you're filling my head with doubt
I'm trying hard not to listen to you this time
And to keep you from filling my mind


Right now, I just need some rest
But you're putting me to the test
And I just need to spend some time away from you
As I try to sort out what is true

Solitude

This is a poem I wrote on December 8, 2008, and it's about being alone and feeling like you're in solitude.


Here I stand, all alone
Encased in this sense of solitude
But it's not just empty where I stand
It's also empty in my soul
Feel the loneliness and emptiness closing in
And the dark, too
I must find a way out of this solitude
Before it swallows me up completely

Social Networking

This is a poem I wrote on May 24, 2010. It's a poem about trying to reconnect with people from your past through social media networking sites, and it was inspired by finding a high school classmate of mine who I never thought I'd ever see on social media.


We haven't had a chance to talk in years
So it was strange when I found you here
I could see on the screen how much your life had changed
I hope my sending you a friend request doesn't seem strange


Amazing what technology can do
To find those who meant something to you
You can try to rekindle friendships that were lost
And you just have to take the chance, no matter what the cost

So Tired

This is a poem I wrote on February 8, 2010. As you can probably guess from the title, I was feeling tired at the time I wrote it.


I wish that I could go to sleep
But I have hours I have to keep
In order to get my work done
I can't say that this is fun


How I long to lay in my bed
But I'm stuck having to work instead
I need to keep my eyes open
And work instead of mopin'

So Alone

This is a poem I wrote on October 5, 2009, and it's from the point of view of a speaker who feels alone while going through a rough time in their life.


Here I sit, so alone
Lost in my ruminations
And I may even have some hallucinations
As I think of a time long gone


Here I am, so alone
And I'm lost in my worries
I think I live my life in such a hurry
In order to block out the pain


Here I lay, so alone
I find that I start to weep
As I toss and turn, trying to get to sleep
The confusion keeps me awake


In the end, I'm alone
And I'm working hard to find
An end to this madness and some peace of mind
I want to find happier days

Sleep Deprived Parents

This is a poem I wrote on January 19, 2009, and it's from the point of view of a mother taking care of a young infant.


After a long, busy day
Of taking care of an infant
I'm ready to get some sleep
I finish her 11 p.m. feeding
And put her down in her crib
I quietly tiptoe out of the room
And get ready for bed
But as I lay down in bed
And start to get comfortable
The infant in the other room starts to scream
"No, not now," I think to myself
"Please let me get some sleep."
I try to rouse my husband
But he just rolls over
And mutters something incomprehensible
Sighing with resignation
I get out of my nice, warm bed
And return to the infant
And get her out of her crib
I try everything I know
To get her to go back to sleep
About two hours later
She eventually falls asleep
As I climb back into bed
I look at the alarm clock
And realize something
I have to rouse her again in about two hours!
So much for sleep...

Silent Cry

This started out as a poem I wrote in the late 1980s/early 1990s. When I re-read the poem a few years back, I wasn't happy with how it had turned out. I re-wrote the poem on October 12, 2009, and the narrator of this poem is telling about a young woman who is feeling suicidal.


She goes to bed every night
Crying silent tears to herself
Feeling as if her life isn't right
But she doesn't know where to turn


And she thinks her life is a mess
Everything is falling apart
And to her, everything seems hopeless
She wants to bring it to an end


And one morning she was found dead
A bottle of pills at her side
I wish she was still alive instead
But no one heard her silent cry

Silence

This is a poem I wrote on December 29, 2009, and it's about silence and loneliness.


As I sit in this quiet room
The silence is almost deafening
I realize what the silence means
I'm all alone in this quiet room
I want someone to come in
And break this silence
And free me from my loneliness

Sick With a Cold

I wrote this poem on January 31, 2011, and I wrote it while I was trying to get over a cold.


Feeling so wheezy and sneezy
Breathing doesn't come so easy
This hacking cough gets in the way
I wish I felt better today


I need to feel better soon
I've got so much I need to do
And I'm in such need of relief
So I can live my life with ease

No Holiday

This is a poem I wrote on February 21, 2011. It's a poem where the speaker is lamenting about having to work on a holiday to help make ends meet.


They say that it's a holiday
But I've got to work for my pay
No time to rest and no time to play
I just have to keep on working today


I can't afford the luxuries
Or to take some time off for me
I have to work for necessities
So I can provide for my family

Shattering The Image

This started out as a poem I wrote in the early 1990s. When I re-read the poem a few years back, I wasn't happy with how it had turned out. I wrote this version of the poem on November 2, 2009, and the speaker of this poem is giving advice to someone who may not be happy with who they are.


Look in the mirror and see what you find
Does it live up to what's in your mind?
Are you content with what you see
Or do you wish it looked differently?


Shatter the image if you're unhappy
But only make changes willingly
It's the first step in going far
In being happy with who you are

Love Is in the Air

This is a poem I wrote on February 7, 2011. It's about the feeling of love that's in the air right around Valentine's Day.


It's that time of year
Valetine's Day is now here
Chocolates and candy hearts
Declare that you will never part


With roses so red
Or maybe a card instead
Yes, these signs, they can declare
That indeed, love is in the air

Shattered

This is a poem I wrote on February 2, 2009, and it's from the point of view of a speaker who has learned that nothing in their life was as it seemed.


All that I thought was true
Turned out to be lies
All that I thought was reality
Was nothing more than fantasy
All that I thought I could depend on
Turned out to be unreliable
And now all the misconceptions I have had
About my life
Have been shattered

Shadow Of Myself

This is a poem I wrote on February 16, 2009, and it's from the point of view of a woman looking back at her past and realizing how much she has changed.


I look at the girl in the picture
And she's supposed to be me
From an earlier point in my life
I look at her, and I can hardly recognize
The girl looking back at me
It seems that time has changed
The girl that I used to be
And the woman that I am today
Is only a shadow of who I used to be

Setting Sun

This is a poem I wrote on April 5, 2010, and it's about the end of the day. I was inspired to write this poem on the evening of April 5, 2010 while the sun was setting.


As the day is done
I see the setting sun
It marks the end of another day
But all these feelings I have will stay


The night has begun
After the setting sun
I know in the morning when I wake
It's another day for me to take

Seduction

This started out as lyrics I wrote in the late 1980s/early 1990s. I re-worked the lyrics into a poem on October 26, 2009, and it's about the temptations and seductions we face in our lives.


It seems that we face so many temptations
And it seems they're so hard to resist
We have to stand by our convictions
No matter how hard they try to insist


It seems that we can be easy to seduce
With money, with power, or with fame
But if we look inside of ourselves
We can turn away and not play the game

Revolution

This started out as song lyrics my sister and I wrote together in the mid-1980s, and I used the title when I wrote a poem in the early 1990s. When I re-read the poem a few years back, I didn't like how it had turned out. I wrote this version of the poem on September 28, 2009, and it's from the point of view of a speaker who is coming to understand that they need to make a change in their life.


It's time from an upheaval in my life
Regardless of any strife
It's time to bring an end to foolish notions
And to stop simply going through the motions


And now I'm beginning to understand
I need to believe in who I am
It's time I stopped doubting myself anymore
An internal revolution is in store

Regret

I originally wrote this poem in the early 1990s. When I re-read the poem a few years back, I wasn't happy with how it had turned out. I wrote this version of the poem on September 21, 2009, and it encourages the reader not to dwell on regrets.


You can live your life just living with regret
And spend your time trying to forget
But don't get so caught up in the here and now
That you find yourself with more regrets


You'll find that your regrets never go away
Don't linger on them and make them stay
Any longer than they would have anyway
Just live your life and enjoy the days

Rainy Days

This started out as lyrics my sister and I wrote together in the mid-1980s under the title, "Rainy Daze." I wrote a poem with the same title in the early 1990s, but when I re-read it a few years back, I didn't like how it had turned out. I changed the title to "Rainy Days" and wrote this version on September 14, 2009. This is a poem from the point of view of a speaker who is sharing the mood that they sometimes feel on a rainy day.


Sometimes on a rainy day
When I hear the pitter-patter of the rain
It makes me feel melancholy
And I recall some of my pain


On those dark and dreary days
When it just seems that the sun will never shine
I sit and recall all the good times
And I know my life will be fine

Rain

This is a poem I wrote on May 31, 2010. I wrote it after experiencing dark and rainy days for several days in a row. By the time I wrote this poem, I was really sick of both the dark clouds and the rain.


Oh, rain, please go away
You're making this place so depressing and gray
And I keep longing to see the sun
So we can get back to having fun


I hate being so wet
But there's no sign of the sun coming out yet
Why must it be so dreary and dark?
We need to see the sun and its spark

Pushed Aside

This is a poem I wrote on November 22, 2010. It's from the point of view of a speaker who is being pushed away by someone that the speaker cares about.


As I'm reaching out for a hand to hold
I can't believe you can be so cold
But all you do is push me away
Without any word to say


What can I do to make you look my way?
And what can I do to make you stay?
And yet, no matter how hard I try
All you do is make me cry

Positive Frame of Mind

This is a poem I wrote on May 9, 2011. It's from the point of view of a speaker who is feeling positive about how their life is going.


So many changes have come my way
But life seems to get better every day
Hopefully this feeling won't disappear
And that this positive mood is here to stay


I'm looking at the bright side of life
And trying to forget all of the strife
I'm just so happy that I want to sing
I'm looking forward to what each day will bring

Paranoia

This is a poem I wrote on April 19, 2010. It's about a person who is paranoid and is afraid to live life to the fullest.


You worry about the latest disease
And nothing I say will set your mind at ease
You always insist on being afraid
Even if it means people think you're not sane


Sometimes, you just can't be afraid to live
Get out there and give all that you have to give
See that the paranoia's not worth it
You just have to put yourself out there a bit

Paradise

This started out as lyrics I wrote in the early 1990s. I re-worked the lyrics into a poem on August 31, 2009. The poem looks at how different people's situations can lead them to have different ideas of what paradise can be.


What would you consider to be paradise?
Lazy days lying on the beach
And having what you want within your reach?
Well, all that can certainly sound very nice


Some people just want a roof over their head
And want to have enough to eat
Instead, they have to live out on the street
And have to scrounge around for their food instead


Now I ask, what's your idea of paradise?
Are you grateful for what you own
And to have a place that you can call home?
You just have to look through someone else's eyes

Over And Done

This is a poem I wrote on March 15, 2009. It's from the point of view of a speaker who's looking back at a relationship that fell apart.


I sit and pore over images
From the time we spent together
And I wonder where those days have gone
Back then, it was just you and me
It was as if the rest of the world didn't exist
But time has passed, our lives have changed
And we went our separate ways
So now all I can do
Is to relive those times in my mind
And wonder why our time is over and done