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Here are two poems I wrote:
Begin to Live
Looking back on my life and what I see
is like a terrible torture to me
Nightmares filled with sadness and pain
in denying these things there is no gain
So I know I can no longer hide
from all the memories locked inside
It's the hardest thing I have ever done
to let them out in the light of the sun
It's a treacherous road to muddle through
but it is something that I must do
Or I will never again breathe fresh air
or be able to show anyone care
I want my spirit to soar high above
and for the first time to feel love
Most of all, myself I must forgive
so that I can one day begin to live
So try not to fuss and worry over me
because very soon I will be free
Miss Wings
© 1998 (March 27)
'Puter Possessed
It stares at me with one glowing eye
daring me to give it another try
I run diagnostics, thinking what this thing cost
but to no avail, all has been lost
So I reformat its disk and caress its keys
but these days it's impossible to please
It pretends to work as I sit in its glare
though I know this thing really doesn't care
That my work is behind and I can't reach my friends
lately this is how my day starts and ends
Sitting in the light of a 'puter possessed
its usefulness now constantly assessed
It flickers and freezes yet again
'puter meet Louieville slugger my faithful friend
Because Louie fixes things that don't act right
now I sit here in a terrible plight
Your keys are smashed and your glow is gone
so I throw myself down and cry on the lawn
You made me so mad that I just had to kill you
we were so close, now what will I do?
I can't live without that glow in my face
so I go out shoping, for you I must replace
Miss Wings
© 1998 (July 3)
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times in 1999 and
times in 1998.
