Sample Poems by John Noe

Depression

I’m tired
Of being
A walking
Corpse.

My pain
Grows
By the second.
Turning, numbing.

     Why can’t you feel?
     You’ve got such a good life!

I can’t
Be okay.
I must
Be broken.

Why
Does pain
Feel so good
When I
Feel nothing
Else?

     Why are you so depressed?
     You’ve got nothing to be depressed about!

Death
Seems comforting
While life
Moves on.

I guess
Depression
Keeps you
On pause.

     God, why am I like this?

Rage

Rage:
a returning curse
from my heart.
Hatred:
my driving force,
my power.
My sanity.

A gift from my father.

This battle goes on,
In a place of endless strife.
A war that won’t leave,
An attack that I want to end.

I want to love him,
But I’ll never forgive
What he did.

Apple Sauce Chronicles

The lights darken and the moon rises.
For all I know, I could be the snail waiting to die,
by the cat’s claw or that man’s Mercedes.

We’re running through a chaotic world.
Finding a seat on a bus or
just trying to find love.

You see I live my life at
half pace cause if I run,
I won’t see the race.

I would be stuck with the stress,
I would have no to time to feel
or to feed the soul.

Nothing else is more needed. But this…
I won’t tell you. ‘til I tell you.

Waking up with shoes on,
Waking up with no sunrise.
Waking up with nothing inside.

Observing freedom and no hope for it.
Watching love and never finding it.
Waiting for my time. I sacrifice it.

I could have ended this life.
With these.

A greedy house with a greedy mortgage.
A greedy wife with a greedy heart.
A greedy mother with a greedy soul.

A dead father I didn’t know,
A brother who didn’t show.
A daughter who didn’t care.

What did I need all along?
Try to guess.
It’s a feeling that’s needed within your chest.
What is it? I dare you to say!

Love with peace.

That’s why I live my life half pace
That’s why I see the race
That’s why I live in a place of love and peace.
.
I want peace and memories
of slow love and a happy place.
I need more than greed.

Not money and cold houses with cold wine,
The comforter that cost a thousand swine.

In a lonely body with a lonely heart.
In a lonely bed and that lonely wife.
In that lonely place and that lonely life.

Sample Poems by Belinda McDanel

Intimate Journey

Walk with me on this journey called life
See through my eyes
Feel through my heart
Reason through my mind
Rest in my being

Walk with me for a while
Be lonely no longer
Lose yourself in me
Find yourself in me
In intimate moments

Let me walk with you for a while
See through your eyes
Feel through your heart
Reason through your mind
Rest in your being
In this journey called life

Mingled Tears

Arrows aimed at you hit me
We stand together
In the fight with oppression
You hold my hand
I hold your heart
Mingled tears in a hopeless embrace

Spears aimed at you hit me
We pray together
In the fight with accusation
You hold my hand
I hold your heart
Mingled tears in a safe embrace

Darts aimed at me hit you
We unite forces together
In the fight with destruction
I hold your hand
You hold my heart
Mingled tears in a protective embrace

Swords aimed at me hit you
We do spiritual warfare together
In the fight with evil
I hold your hand
You hold my heart
Mingled tears in a victorious embrace

Laughter

For me
There is nothing more precious than
Beautiful sounds of laughter
Dancing through the halls of my house

Not
Humiliating laughter
From someone’s insecurity or
Demeaning laugher
At someone’s expense

But
Deep, rich, belly laughter
From people who accept each other
From people who know your sins and still give you grace
From people who know your heart and even treasure you

Not
Forced laughter
From someone being tickled or
Contrived laughter
From someone being entertained

But
Deep, rich, belly laughter
From people who pay a price to be together
From people who stand beside you and even pray for you
From people who walk the journey with you and even lean on you

Not
Fake laughter
From someone being polite or
Insecure laughter
From someone who is afraid

But
Deep, rich, belly laughter
From people who spend long hours listening to you
From people who validate your feelings and still push you
From people who understand your ways and even cry for you

A deep, rich, belly laughter
From someplace
deep within
where
God smiles