Blue

This is a poem I wrote on June 5, 2008. It's a poem from the point of view of a speaker who is feeling blue over someone they cared about leaving them without saying goodbye.


Blue is the color of sapphires
But today, it is the color of my heart
I'm so lost without you
And I just don't know what to do


And blue is the color of the sky
But today, it is the color of my world
And I want to know why
You left without saying goodbye

Another Love Gone Wrong

This is a poem I wrote on November 19, 2008. It's from the point of view of a speaker who is going through another love that's gone wrong.


When we first met
I thought I was in a dream
There was no way you could be real
Or that our love was actually true


Everyone said
That I should stay on my toes
And that something about you seemed false
But I didn't want to believe


I came to doubt
When rumors started to fly
And when those rumors proved to be true
I decided to say goodbye


Now I'm happy
I'm moving on with my life
And someday I'll fall in love again
And move on from another love gone wrong

Darker and Colder Days

This is a poem I wrote on November 29, 2010. It's a poem I wrote about the darker and colder days of winter. While it technically wasn't winter yet when I wrote this, I knew that winter would be coming soon. And let's be honest: in late November, the days are already noticeably darker and colder already that it may as well be winter.


The days get shorter
And the sky gets darker
Soon it will snow
And nature will give us a show


The wind is chilly
And the air is frosty
Watch out for ice
Because falling isn't so nice

Help Those in Need

This is a poem I wrote on March 14, 2011. It's a poem about helping people who are in need, and I think I wrote this as a kind of "call to arms" to encourage others to give a helping hand. Just a little bit of help can do a lot of good.


We see upon our TV screen
That there's someone out there in need
Are we just going to let them be
Or are we going to turn away from our own greed?


There's so much that we all can do
Believe me, what I say is true
And don't you believe in those who
Will just say that we won't be able to see this through

Figuring Out Life

This is a poem I wrote on August 30, 2010. It's from the point of view of a speaker that's trying to figure out their life. I definitely wasn't feeling lost when it came to life at the time I wrote this, so all I can figure is that I was remembering what life was like as a teenager and how I was trying to figure out my life at that age.


I'm trying to get my life figured out
And to learn what everything is about
But no matter how hard I've tried
It feels like my brain is getting fried


I know there's still a long road ahead
Which only comes to an end when I'm dead
I hope that's a long time away
Because there's still more that I want to say

Fear

This is a poem I wrote on July 12, 2010, and it's about someone who is living in fear. I really don't remember what inspired me to write this one, but it turned out rather nicely, all things considered.


I feel my heart as it starts to race
I don't know how I'll get out of this place
All I know is that I want to be free
And to get away from this uncertainty


I know I want to escape from this fear
So I have to find a way out of here
Keep on moving, and try to find the light
In the hope that everything will be all right

Fancy Free

This originally started out as lyrics my sister and I wrote together in the mid-1980s. In the early 1990s, I used the title to write a poem; however, 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 February 9, 2009, and this version is about remembering what it was like to be young.


Back when I was a child
Life was just fun and fancy free
Now that I'm older
I try to hold on to those times
As much as I can
While I can't be as carefree
Or as irresponsible
As I was when I was younger
I never want to truly forget
About how it is
To be fancy free