ER

ER

We only know the fragilty of life,
When it is pulled silently from under our feet
In one swift motion…undetected,
Unsuspected
Unwanted.

We only know the measures of our emotion,
When our hearts are cracked open
And out it all flows…unknown
Never before shown
It flows.

We live life so aggressively
Sometimes ever too carelessly
And then the devestation…
The frustration
Over the loss of life

Then come the endless questions
To yourself and to the situation
Always wanting to blame
No shame
Just needing contentment

To see life yanked out of one
And to stanby helplessly and watch
Is the most heartbreaking way to realise
Lifes fragility
Lifes beauty
When a life is lost…

Nola c dec5th 2002

Them

THEM
They smile at me those faces,
Enveloped in perfect white
And I see them upon waking in the morning
And I see them as I drift to sleep at night
And for the longest time their presence
Seemed like a dawning light
Why now, do I ask the question
If their presence was ever right??

As I look into their pretty masks
I seem to think I have it worked out
I think I know the story line
The Q’s of what they’re about
But low I hear the voices
As a child, the screams and shouts
That never really phased me
As I thought this was the norm aloud

And now as a poised young lady
It saddens me to think something was wrong
With the world I have been brought up in
For only ever so long
And I realize there was no holding hands
Or memories of what was “their song”..
And I can’t seem to figure what it is that I’ve lost
All I know is something’s gone
May 5th 2000