Poems

RUN

Every time I look outside

And see the grass so green

It makes me miss my only pride

The one thing that makes me, me

I miss the feel of the summer sun

Beating down on my head

I miss the sense of accomplishment 

After a workout as I lay in bed

I want to run. I want to fly

I want to be free again

I want to be the best I can

But I can't with all this pain

So now I have to sit and watch

As all my friends have fun

It makes me feel so dead inside 

Because now I cannot run.

Marie Harman 1999

LIFELESS

I awoke 

to a blanket of white.

Snow

had covered the ground.

I sat

and watched nothing happen, 

for nothing

was there to be found.

Nobody 

was wandering the streets.

Nothing

was making a sound.

Everything 

was still as stone.

Nothing 

was moving around.

"Lifeless",

I said to myself.

Crying!

On my pillow, I Pound!

Lifeless.

Like when I saw you last.

Before you went into the

ground.

Marie Harman 1998

ONE LITTLE ROCK

I am one little rock

so lonely and weak.

I am lost in the depth

of the deep, black sky,

and the light is all that I seek.

The stars that surround me

shine so much more brightly,

and are beautiful in every way.  

But I am just one

little rock

in the sky.

My fire

has

m

  e

    l

      t

        e

          d

away.

Marie Harman  2000

BELIEVE AND LET GO

I’m feeling nervous today.

The pit in my stomach just won’t go away.

Sometimes I think I’m the cowardly lion.

Going through life with no one to rely on.

Everyone against me, I feel so alone.

The pit in my stomach, oh how it’s grown.

It’s taking me over, God what should I do?

Maybe I should trust, I need to rely upon you.

I still have my family, my loved ones, my friends.

I know that they’ll be with me up ’till the end.

No matter what, I will get through this, I know.

I just have to trust, to believe and let go.

Marie Harman  2016