Worst Nightmare

This is a poem I wrote on October 4, 2010, and it's about a person who feels like they're living through their worst nightmare.


Have you ever been caught unaware
And felt like you're living in your worst nightmare?
Do you keep hoping you're just in a dream
And that nothing is really what it seems?


You're hoping this will pass soon enough
But for now, you just need to keep hanging tough
Know that someday, the end will be in sight
And hope that everything will be all right

With All My Love

This started out as lyrics I wrote for a Jem fanfiction story back in the late 1990s/early 2000s. A few years back, I decided to re-work the lyrics as a poem, and I wrote this version on November 5, 2007. It's from the point of view of a person who has lost a lover, and how these words go out to that person with all their love.


Life can really surprise you sometimes
Things can change so fast
I always though our love would last
But now you're gone...
Time should help my broken heart mend
But this doesn't have to be the end


You don't know what the Fates have in store
Life's a mystery
And now you should be here with me
But now you're gone...
You are looking down upon me
I know in my heart you'll always be


This goes out from me to you
With all my love

Why?

This is a poem I wrote on January 11, 2010. It's simply a poem about asking why.


Why do the birds fly in the sky?
Why do the trees grow so high?
Why do we have to say goodbye?
And why do we ask why?


Why does someone tell a lie?
Why do we find that we have to cry?
Why don't we give it on last try?
And why do we ask why?

Why Does It Seem

This is a poem I wrote in the late 1990s/early 2000s. It's from the point of view of a speaker looking at a relationship that seems to be falling apart.


Why does it seem
That you're avoiding me?
Why does it seem
That you want to be free?


Why does it seem
We don't talk anymore?
Why does it seem
That you have closed the door?


Why does it seem
That we've gone separate ways?
Why does it seem
That you have gone to stay?

Why Can't I Have You?

This is a poem I wrote back in the early 1990s. It's about falling in love with someone, but not being able to tell then how you feel.


Once again, I've fallen head over heels
But you have no idea how I feel
It's sad, but it's true
And I wonder why I can't have you


Even if I had the courage to say the words
You would probably think they sound absurd
So all I can do
Is to wonder why I can't have you

Whining

This is a poem I wrote on May 17, 2010. I wrote it after having to deal with my whiny pre-teen daughter one too many times.


Once again, I am hearing you whine
It's the exact same lines every time
You never seem to come up with anything new
And I just keep telling you there's nothing I can do


You know I don't have a heart of stone
But I'm asking you to leave me alone
And you know that no matter what it is you say
That I'm not going to cave in and give you your way

What Will It Take?

This started out as lyrics I wrote for a Jem fanfiction back in the late 1990s/early 2000s. I re-worked the lyrics into a poem a few years back, and I wrote this version on November 14, 2007. It's from the point of view of a speaker who is interested in pursuing a relationship with someone, but it appears that person doesn't reciprocate the speaker's feelings.


What will it take to make you see
That you're the only one for me?
Why won't you try and look my way
And listen to the things I say?


What will it take to realize
That I should be right by your side?
Why don't you want to spend the night?
I know you know that this ain't right


Do I have to walk on water to prove
That what I feel for you is true?
You must know these feelings aren't new
Inside I know you love me, too


What will it take to open your eyes?
What will it take to make you realize?
What will it take for you to notice me?
What will it take to make you see?


What will it take?