Channa

"There's an ocean of tears in this heart of minetears of joy and sorrow often enter-wineit's a secret place only known to mesadness and loneliness always hold the keyno one besides me knows the secret ..."

"Chestnut brown eyes stare at mein the mirror I can seetiny wrinkles around those eyesfrom the years that have gone bymemories flood me againyears of joy years of laughterI don't want to rememberToo mu..."

"Standing like twin sistersbeautiful sleek tall towersagainst the New York skiesOverlooking the passerbySymbols of a cityTowering so loftilyIcon of uncommon wealthwho would fathomyou would plunge to yo..."

"If I could I would hang on a star reach out and pull down the moon I would scold her for being rude and invading my solitude I would ask her why she laughs when others cry she seems so colorless stark..."

"When you struck uswhat did you hope to find?a people shakenlike reeds in the wind?we are a nationlike the mighty oak treeour roots are planted deeptherefore we all stooddid you take pleasure in our ma..."

"I reach for the secret shelf where I had buried it myself I feel the familiar package Still there, seems like ages but this time without second thoughts I slowly and deliberately pull it out With shak..."

"Outside the howling of the wind Sounds like a banshee in my mind inside the house, silence is loud it is screaming in my ears I have no clues of what this is all about all I sense is a deep fear Lady ..."

"You close your prayers in my Name Do you even know who I AM? I only desired compassion no ritual, no religion I came looking for mercy I found children poor and hungry you're so busy with your committ..."

"Three cherub girls five years and undera set of triplet boys adding to their numbersix little souls were given to our carehow to tell them their daddy's no longer there?you left us when the babies wer..."

"I was 'baptized' in the river of Jordan not on the lake of Teheran I did not dwell in Constantinople I came to live with my people Yet they did not recognize nor did they realize That it was I who se..."

"The night has a way to mock one's mind Where reality and fantasy often entwine In my sleepless nights you are so near Your sweet whispers I can hear I can vision you soft caress a gentle cry my lips e..."

"The rain keeps on fallingnever ceasing, not abatingdrenching my soul deep within the shadowunder the moon less nightand this nubilous fogmaking the leaves darkshades of gray and blackslick beneath the..."

"Loneliness is wedged deep in my heart Emptiness came along playing her part Memory didn't want to be left out so...she sprinkled few regrets about Frustration is nagging and insisting to take part in..."

"I wear the mask quite wellI seem happy can you tell?my face lights up with a smileBut I am cringing all the while.II'mlaughing like a childNot too tamed, not too wildbut looking deep into my eyesYou'l..."

"I wear the mask quite well I seem happy can you tell? my face lights up with a smile But I am cringing all the while. I am laughing like a child Not too tamed, not too wild but looking deep into my e..."

"As you would a child, you took me by the hand Gave me your wisdom, so I could understand You never walked in front or behind me You were always right here beside me You are my friend, faithful and tru..."

"Six little arms to hug me tightSix little eyes with so much lightThree little lips to kiss me good nightTo smile at the world and to make it brightSix little legs to run afterThree little face with so..."

"Where do I go from here Do I really want you near Can I leave the past behind Letting it go with the wind Can I let you embrace me and feel your arms around me will your lips brushing against mine bri..."

"This land of peoplechosen by Mighty G-dAwaken a littleFor you I write this odeYour soft golden sandand tall cactus standyou roses still bloomshyly under the moonFor this wonder landworked by our handf..."

"Sweet little one, when you look at me with your big brown eyes, what do you see? you're a miracle of life, perfect mystery in your still wet, shivering body Brand new, pure, so innocent you're an unwa..."

"Your hands....Coarse from the coldgentle to the baby they holdYour hands....calloused from outdoor tasksCaressing me when I askYour hands....Rough from the western windsoft like satin to my skinYour h..."

"Her hair pulled away from her face she is a vision of beauty and grace Poise and confidence are her virtues Light and music will be her cues On her toes she slowly rise She is going after the prize Go..."

"Where can I go to escape this paindays in, days out, there's only chagrinAll is lost, my pure innocenceIn it's place came lonelinessNo loving words, no soft caressthoughts of ending this pitiful exist..."

"As I lay awake in the stark of the night sleep will not ease my awaking feelings I am Like a child, expectation running high my mind has taken me to forbidden dreams childhood is gone, memories are fa..."

"Can you... Taste the salt from the tears I cry As you just said your last goodbye? Can you... See the hurt in my chestnut brown eyes as on me, you chose to walk on by? Can you... Feel the ripple of th..."

"Running bare foot in the rain on hot summer days With my hair drenched falling down to my waist The smell of lilac in the month of may these are the things that I like best To cuddle under a blanket ..."

"It has been said Big girls don't cry and where am I to hide when the tears silently fall from all the cruel good-byes Should I cry inside smiling all the while hiding the hurt I feel inside? I am stil..."

"My eyes again caress the screenas I long to caress youYou rage a battle insideand I am fighting one tooI've tried with all my mightnot to give in to your plightevery night you've beckoning me to talk ..."

"Enshrouded in a thick mistmy small hand form a fistan evil presence is shadowing mea colorless scenery I can seetree trunks with no lovelinessare laughing at my distressthey stretch their gnarly bodie..."

"It pollutes the lungs and the airand forms an ugly yellow film everywhereit also been said it causes strokesI don't really care, just give me my smokecan't light up in restaurantsnot even 20 feet from..."

"With a pen I cannot describefor I am not a writer nor a scribeAlthough I tempt it every dayno words can fully relayno rhyme, sonnet or prosecan ever come remotely closeto define the emotionof a lost l..."

"The mournful song drew me intaking my mind and soul for a spinmysterious words were spokenfrom a language long forgottenthe music seen forebodingyet, in a strange way enchantingI knew my soul wanted t..."

"The outer shell that houses my soul is quite pretty I've been told I care for it each day polishing it nicely I must say everyone notice the outer me where my spirit is not quite free but if you look ..."

"Father I come before your Throne Humbly yet boldly I stand alone Father I'm here to ask for a request My soul at present is at rest My L-rd I need from you a favor not for myself, but for another This..."

"How can I teach my child not to break my heart Not saying unkind words that would tear me apart How can I teach my child by wisdom and reason without criticizing not wanting confrontation how can I te..."

"There's a power within me To choose my path, my destiny Options are mine to take and I must learn from my mistakes There's a light within my soul to guide my mind, to keep whole this little glow must..."

"When your heart is breakingand the tears won't stop fallingTake my hand I will lead youwhere the sky is always blueleave your sea of tears behindthrow your trouble to the windcross the threshold of yo..."

"The corridor of life extend beyond our sightstraight and narrow with a flickering lightyet within the wall in this long and narrow waycountless doors can be seen, gates of opportunitywhatever door you..."

"The 'psychic line' called me againThey asked for Jamie, Judy or JaneBut..if you were a psychic, as you claimyou should have called me by my nameyou ought to know the date of my birthwhen naked I came ..."

"I pretend... you're laying next to me your loving arms holding me slowly I turn my head to see There's no one else, but me..Still.. I pretend... I press myself so close to you to make one flesh instea..."

"Everyday I pass her by her eyes color of summer sky sparkled away from many tears tears she cried all these years The somber face that I see somehow rather startled me ripped away from her native lan..."

"Welcome again friend of mine never tardy always on time you clothe yourself in mystery and bring peace to the weary Spreading your mantle of darkness Bringing to the earth a stillness dreamers awaits..."

"Dreams often fills my mindreally often intertwinethe world of my imaginationwith the stark realizationthat I could not take youalthough you are now part of meand you share my destinyyou could never co..."

"Propped on an elbow He drinks in her face Her hair spread on the pillow her cheeks flushed from his night embrace softly he trace her lips with his finger with her eyes still closed, his name she whis..."

"The site of the American revolution She seems lost in this civilization her Church steeples grazing the horizon her only fling at the modern fashion Niche between trees and small lawns Front porches a..."

"In an epidemic proportion all across our nation our children are the price we're willing to sacrifice when mothers and fathers who will not stay together our children pay for what we doing Our childr..."

"Sometimes I can hear them loud and clear other times, they're just a muffle in my ear but regardless of what they say these voices are here to stay They remind me of the innocence of a childhood faint..."

"This battle rages within my soul the war has been won, I've been told then...Why do I feel so lost and worn Fears all around me, I am torn As a ship in high sea tossed about I am in tempest, I have d..."

"I can't wait to grow up and be free No school, no chores, I've got to be me Momma, are we your slave? and now you've asked us to behave! you think you are the bureau of labor? we have to clean our roo..."

"After I've cried a million tearsAfter I've settled all my fearsAfter I've healed this heartfelt painWill I be able to love again?After I put you out of my mindTossing our memories to the windAfter I f..."

"By the window, there I remain my thoughts went out of it again to join others in the air in the spirit of the atmosphere my thoughts conspire against me they ran away and are set free to compose their..."

"This was written 2 years ago, when I wasn't 'bulging' as my estranged husband asked me to remarry him, for the third time...LOL...:)Stubborn? who me? Nawwww, only a little too independent, I had to le..."

"Stark realitythreaten my sanityI need my fantasywhere incredible beautyawaits my destinyI want to dreamof a bright sunbeamenveloping my being.majestic butterfliesflying upward up to the sky.I want the..."

"Shiny you werebeautiful and sleekyou saw the pairto them you did speak 'Like G-d you shall be if you eat of the tree eat of it, then you shall know pleasures, mystery of the unkwnow'These were your..."

"The love of a mother soft as a whisper Steadfast and steady it does not waiver she believes in her child even when he is wrong She'll give her life for him her love is so strong, She is warm security ..."

"My sweet young boyyou've lost your sense of joyalthough you're just nineteenyour heart she didn't esteemyou gave it all awayto her, but she didn't stayshe lighten up your worldand like honey were her ..."

"If I was a queen from a distant land would I be wearing your wedding band? or a maiden so fair from the northern Shore would your heart to me, be an open door? If a grand castle was my domain would yo..."

"Come with me to the fields so greenI will show you things unseenlet us sit under the willow treehold me in your arms gentlyI will lead you to the crystal streamwhere poets wrote and dream their dreams..."

"If I could change your yesterday for a happier tomorrow if I could beg you to stay and take away your sorrow... If I could fetch a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and keep you from getting old....."

"Would I, like a spider trap you in my domain Webbing treads of silk instead of chain? Could I hold you in my soft embrace with my finger tips, your body I would trace could I take possession of your s..."