Poems for You
The poems appearing on these pages are the work of young poets. You are invited to submit you poem for publication here. You may email your poems to me. Go to this site's home page and email me from there.
Two poems from Matt
Free
Bound to earth
Tied down by gravity
Never free
Life rushes by
A whirlwind of images
It will not stop for me
So much happening
Yet I know not of it
Fear of the future is constant
Peace impossible
Attempts at movement are futile
Nothing stops for me
I must break through this barrier of time
Gathering all the power I know
I attack the wall
I pass through
Time ceases
Life is carefree
Bonds disappear
Gravity is no more
I have no need for control
The meaning of inner peace ... revealed
True relaxation is constant
Fear is unknown
All is eternal
No changes occur
All is perfect
I am in an empty world of completeness
In a dream
In heaven
Floating
Nowhere
Everywhere
I am wherever I wish to be
I am truly free
Rocks, Wind, Water
the Rocks sat
surveying the world in silence,
never sharing their thoughts
they simply wait
watching, learning, for all eternity
there is the Wind
eternal with the Rocks.
free, yet confined
able to fly, unable to control
having no power
and their eternity is forever watching
now there is the Water
peacefull and sleeping,
breathing waves.
forever in slumber
unknowing of the world
their ignorance is peace
existence is pleasant...
watching for eternity
Copyright 2001 by Matthew Seliga. Used with permission of the author.
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Two from Daniel
Hatred
Hatred lies not in the shadows, but all around you in life.
He stares at you through hard, unforgiving eyes.
He is not young nor old, not white nor black:
bu every age and every race.
Everywhere.
Waiting to take a stab at your gentle demeanor.
Depression
Depression is a young neglected woman.
Her skin is pale from years of being inside.
Her dark eyes on the verge of tears.
She sits, watching the other families and couples stroll by.
She sits and thinks about her despair and her miserable life.
She feels isolated.
She feels as if no one cares about her.
Alone.
Copyright 2001 by Daniel I. Berman.Used with permission of the author.
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Does Heaven Have a Phone Numba?
Mommy went to Heaven,
but I need her here today.
My tummy hurts and I fell down;
I need her right away.
Operator, can you tell me
how to find her in this book?
Is Heaven in the yellow part?
I don't know where to look.
I think my daddy needs her too,
at night I hear him cry.
I hear him call her name sometimes,
but I really don't know why.
Maybe if I call her, she will hurry home to me.
Is Heaven very far away? Is it across the sea?
She's been gone a long, long time -
she needs to come home now!
I really need to reach her.
I simply don't know how.
Help me find the number, please.
Is it listed under "Heaven"?
I can't read these big, big words;
I am only seven.
I'm sorry, Operator,
I didn't mean to make you cry.
Is your tummy hurting too --
Or is there something in your eye?
If I call my church
maybe they will know.
Mommy said when we need help
that's where we should go.
I found the number to my church
tacked up on the wall.
Thank you, Operator,
I'll give them a call.
Copyright 2000 by Magali Maxwell.Used with permission of the author.
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