Shirley Hanley

I'm screaming inside...

a silent scream only I can hear.
It's echo bounces off the walls of my mind.
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What a world we live in...
the head of the free world
receives the high honor
of the Nobel Peace Prize
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Uneasy darkness envelopes me.

Blinding moments
of mood disorient
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Oh my God the pain
of desperation
within the walls
of my depression...
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We came to this place riding on a sleigh made of our choices
We brought our children along for the ride
The world in which we exist was formed by those choices
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Oh Lord have mercy
Hold me close...
Embrace my soul
With your Agape love...
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What is it they say
when you tell people
you talk to yourself?
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Just sailing along on PoemHunter
enjoying the ride of words penned,
only to be rudely interrupted
all too often with...
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Count on yourself
As long as you're able
For when you count on others
You must wait on them
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A question of beauty,
to be or not to be?

I swam in those
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The cats outside
just brought me
a head, a pair of wings
and a heart.
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Mama's gone...

The call came at 8: 30 AM
the voice on the phone
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I stumbled past a mirror
just a bit ago,
saw someone
I did not recognize
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How blessed am I
here in the rainforest
with her myriad voices
of unknown birds
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To know the infinite...
you have but to look
at the evening sky...
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Hospice...
A liberating thing...
A gift of peace...
A beacon of light
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Here I stand
gazing at your lifeless body before me...

Tears running down...
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I’ve got a bad case of the I don’t wanta’s
For six years it’s clung to me
Like an unwanted friend...
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Life in the slow lane
suits me fine
until someone living
in the fast lane
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How old are you?
How long have you been on this earth I asked
as I squished you between my thumb and forefinger...?
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