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I've been looking for a sign
But I still can't shake the pain
What did I do today
Well, I can't remember now
I'm
just stuck right here
Trying to survive
I wont stay down long
And I'll be back again
I'll even learn to smile
I
just wish I knew when.
Confused Pain
by Candace True
Close, distant, confused I sit with shades down so no one sees the pain.
Praised, yelled at, confused, I pick up the object.
Near, Far, Goals crashing, I find a word.
No good, dumb stupid.
Myself, someone else, shy, the word in mind.
Writing, not paper, skin.
It hurts, it doesn’t, it is there.
Reminding for days then gone, only faint now.
Scared no one will understand, I sit with long sleeves down so no one sees the pain.
Things dear, leave forever, DON’T CRY!
Crying shows the pain that you keep so secret.
Behind your shades, CLOSED.
Letting the tears spill is harder than blood.
So often the blood is easy, just there, nothing, waiting to spill.
Tears are too hard.
Too much to deal with.
Numbness is there to cuddle you.
Not thinking too much of the pain.
Thinking changes the pain to TEARS.
Tears are too hard.
Running from tears and confusion.
Never ending.
Trapped in a cycle.
Running from tears, confusion and pain is too much.
Never ending.
To Honor a Veteran
Created with love from the Master's Heary
by James "Bennie" Skelton
Thank God for our veterans who served us well
They fought many battles and went through hell
The sacrifice that they made to keep us free has perserved the great tradition of American
liberty
We should honor our veterans in a special way
and not just on Veterans Day
With all due respect and honor from above
God Bless our veterans with abundant love.
Just
For Today
Just for today I will try to live through this day only, and not tackle all my
problems at once. I can do something for twelve hours that would appall me if I felt that I had to keep it up for a lifetime.
Just for today I will be happy. This assumes to be true what Abraham Lincoln said, that "Most folks are as happy as
they make up their minds to be."
Just for today I will adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything
to my own desires, I will take my "luck" as it comes, and fit myself to it.
Just for today I will try to strengthen
my mind. I will study. I will learn something useful. I will not be a mental loafer. I will read something that requires effort,
thought and concentration.
Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn, and
not get found out; if anybody knows of it, it will not count. I will do a least two things I don't want to do--just for exercise.
I will not show anyone that my feelings are hurt; they may be hurt, but today I will not show it.
Just for today I
will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress becomingly, keep my voice low, be courteous, criticize not one bit.
I won't find fault with anything, nor try to improve or regulate anybody but myself.
Just for today I will have a
program. I may not follow it exactly, but I will have it. I will save myself from two pests: hurry and indecision.
Just
for today I will have a quiet half hour all by myself, and relax. During this half hour, sometime, I will try to get a better
perspective of my life.
Just for today I will be unafraid. Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful,
and to believe that as I give to the world, so the world will give to me.
~unknown~
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