Underneath

 

 

 

 

 

  We play and skate

on the frozen lake

seemingly unaware

of the frigid water

that lies beneath the ice

and threatens 
our very being. 

 

No One to Share

Gazing at my long fingers,

I miss my diamond ring

that shined so pretty

on my ring finger.

I am reminded of

My lost love.

I am feeling alone,

peculiar, unloved,

with no one to share

my not so ordinary story.

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Striking Matches

With a book of matches
Mom sent me to the backyard
to burn the trash.
Staring at the the trash pile,
I was overwhelmed with fear.
As I tried to strike a match,
the feelings in my insides
was too powerful,
I ran back to the house.

Mom was angry,
Yet understanding.
She lit a match, then
handed me the matches,
telling me to do the same.
Nervously, I did it.
Nothing awful happened.
Mom taught me how to
face my fear.
Now I can use matches
whenever I want.

Terrified

Being scared
I hung on to
My daddy's leg.
People frighten me.
The fear has clung to me
through my life.

Being isolated and alone
is very painful.

I need to reach out
To everyone one in my life,
"I love you!"

The Top

I lay in the mud,
At the bottom
of a mountain cliff.
My bones are broken,
As is my spirit.

I must climb the mountain.
One foot on a rock,
I raise my broken leg,
enduring the pain.
I felt weak and unable.
With no one to lean on,
it was the only way out.
Raising one leg above the other,
sometimes I slid back.
Still, I kept going higher.
I gripped a rock with my hand,
then pulled myself up.
I was at the top!

The sun was shining!
I was shining!
I made it to the top!
I am the highest person
In the whole world!