Helpless Poem by Shaakiera Schroeder

Helpless <my friend hurts and there’s nothing I can do>
Written by Shaakiera Schroeder -10/05/09

Time stood still for you… and I was sleeping
Forgiving me is not in my scheme of things.
Your world crumbled … I was not there.
Through silly vibrations I awoke to a world so different….
So sad….so silent and empty.

The news come and I SCREAM your name
wishing… the loudness would shatter this nightmare
But I am awake and it’s not a dream,
“you lost your boy”… “you lost your boy” plays repeatedly in my head,
Yet grasping it all is impossible it seems.

The sound of sorrow all around is deafening
Yet the silence …even more so maddening.

Together we lay…
Helplessness creeps over me…
Softly you whisper “I want my son”
I wrap my arms around you…
You scream “TAKE THIS PAIN AWAY”
My arms fold tighter.

My friend hurts and there’s nothing I can do.
I keep busy what else can I do?
My heart bleeds …because you in anguish…
My friend hurts and there’s nothing I can do.

I pray every second of everyday…
“God help them through just today”
Hoping… tomorrow will be a better one.
Tomorrow is here and it’s the exact same day…
Time stopped that April day….

My friend hurts and there’s nothing I can do …
Except remind you that I am here…I care…I love you.


With everything that is me.
Love Shaakiera