Janis Land Raymer Poems

I never...
lied to you...
I was always honest.
I had no reason to lie
...

There once was a time
I believed in us and
our future.
We laughed
...

One day...
I'll be over you
I'll be able to look
on our time together and smile.
...

No one heard my cries
You all had better things to do
He was your priority, mom
I was struggling, but you never knew.
...

I see her face and wonder...
what as she learned?
I wish I could talk
to the girl in th mirror.
...

Dear me...
I'm sorry no one told you
but you need to know...
never trust men
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Can you?
Can you hear my soul's cry?
It cries out for your love and mercy.
Can you?
...

No matter the circumstance...
she was there
No matter the trouble I'd caused...
she was there
...

Have you ever thought what would it be
to be psychotic?
Yes, that's what I said.
Living and functioning to a certain degree
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10: the age I realized how cruel children could be
09: the many nights looking for him in bars, or watching him hit her
08: the year it really changed, Cory born and he married her
07: going back and forth, like a football, from one team to the next
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