I started expressing myself thru poetry when I was 14 and my mom told me I had to break up with my boyfriend.
I wrote a poem about how I felt and I woke the next morning to my mom's sobs as she read the poem.
My poems reflect feelings and actual events, I learned
I just wanted to tell you I know how you feel todayYou think that's not possible, but I too often feel that wayI know the feelings that go on in your heartThey make you feel at times like it's ripped apartBut then a word or a little touchMakes it all not hurt so muchSometimes a wink with a little smilemakes all the same times... More..
Do you ever feel as if the world is looking down on you,that your life is empty, well if you do..Lift up your head and breathe new airYou're as good as anybody, no matter whereAre you depressed, ran out on your luckHave you tried to escape and found you're stuckDo you feel you haven't got a single friendHave you little or no ... More..
She watched that bus pass by the house wishing hard that she couldPlease grandma let me go, I promise I'll be goodIt's not quite time, not just yet, amidst her saddened sighsThe disappointment in her face, the heartache in her eyesShe got there early today, trembling with excitement at the waitThis is it, it's here , it's her... More..
Old memories keep leaping out at me.Dear God, won't they ever set me free?Oh the haunting voices that I hear.Dear God, won't they ever disappear?I promised to forget and forgive.Dear God, how long do old memories live?I want to let them just pass me byDear God, don't old memories ever die?I forget sometimes, but I remember a ... More..
Dear Mom, I wanted to buy a card that told how much you meant to me But when I told him what I wanted, the salesman said wowee! I do not think we have a card that could say all those things About a lady who laughs and cries and one who even sings! He showed me one or two, he showed me several more I think he must have showed ... More..
Paper CarrierBag on my shoulder, cuttin' to the boneTrudging thru the snow, dark and aloneWind and cold stinging on my earsNoises in the dark filling me with fearsRubber band breaks, pops me in the noseBrings tears to my eyes, but that's the way it goesThe lady in "B" complained yesterdayBut that's O.K., don't like her anywa... More..
There's a bridge going to heaven with a gate made of goldWe'll be walking 'oer that bridge with the young and the oldOur Saviour will meet us and the gate will open wideAnd love will pour out like waters from a tideWon't you come and cross that bridge with me,so the glories of heaven, together we will seeCome let us live in t... More..
One we loved, once we cared,there was a love that we both sharedHe got sick and we knew he would dieI sat on his bed and told him good byebut after a while I could bear it no moreI left the room and shut the doorAll of a sudden I heard him screamI thought how all the pain must seemI rushed in the room, we said our good byesI ... More..
The article below is from my experiences and reflects what my family encountered during our Child Custody Battle, for obvious reasons I will state that the comments below reflect my opinion, but I feel they are well founded.From these experiences I have also concluded, that no amount of preparation, will prepare you for a Chi... More..
Life is funny, as they say, but that's the way it goesYour enemy turns out to be your friend, your friends turn into foesWhen I was small,I'd look at the stars, I'd smile and then I'd sighI had my dreams of what life was like, my hopes were mighty highMy dad was strict and I'm grateful for that tooBut I didn't always understa... More..
Joyce Logan
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