POEM TO CANADA Many years have passed away My memories forever stay Intact from my childhood land Those thoughts are still very grand. This land I love so dear to me Is big and very mysterious, you see We do not own it but share it’s parts Different people share their arts. The deepest snow in winter comes The brightest sun which makes one hymn Year by year we love each feeling It’s nature, behold oneself, feel the meaning. Look in your heart Take out a token The time has come All beloving words have been spoken. The time of year which we feel inspired Our meaning becomes poor when we for fill our desire Celebrated in love and care I hope everyone one day can share. The magnetism of a first loves kiss The thoughts that wander into the mist I belong to life, and enjoy the tomorrows But sometimes the joy just turns into sorrows What shall I do, what shall I think The time goes by with every wink Many thoughts arose Many words not spoken Hints right under my nose. The result is broken Deep thinking and discussions said The only place one listens, is that in bed? Why worry and plan Who can be the real man? Opportunities arise Choices to be made Some are born with the prize With everything before them laid Kids grow up, take over the time They can make you happy glow and shine Work becomes you and you become it Take a stand in this land Try to make it fit This time of crises Jealousy and hate My mom is a pieces Torn between each state Fallow through –you- I’ll say to the few Is life really The recycle of the dew Or is there more meaning Of it not being hopeless Is there more feeling Without it being note less I have no more words left Everything has been said before I have to take my breath And slowly walk out the door.	BEING FREE When I came home one day Then I heard a cute guy say He said to me We should go away Go feel the air Slide his finger through my hair Then we could just sit and stair Oh, how I feel for the dare Help me, help me guide me somewhere Are you afraid are you aware Something, yes something just isn’t fair People are dieing in this land to be People are trying Yes, trying to be free Take a stand don’t take a land Try to help Have you felt what it felt I want to do things want to help people Moneys the leek For helping the week forget the fun Stay on to the run Go for the going Hold on to your son Important things don’t come to one They asked me what I wanted to be For me, I said everything Meaning within me One may try and try Few may succeed You try and try I don’t ask why The sun is it there forever I say yes and mean for never Why or why We asked ourselves The dream the dream is made for elves People are people drunk or not Knot or not and nought a thought Ask me why I thought and thought Tell me what are we to come Return, return towards the nome.
OVER When you get hurt and how much can you take. When you get hurt and how much is at stake. How far will you go and what will you risk. Many years gone by with a fear in your eye. You think not of the feelings   and how much that went wrong. You think of if you are strong. No life is enough and no couple is strong   when the hurt comes above. And no more feelings have gone. So what to do and what to come by. If the decision to take and all worries at stake. Will you go wrong will your decision be right. Only the hurt of the night. Only the whisper of a hand. And the demotion of the demand. Can tell some more. And uphold the flour. To access a strong demand. Never be smiling through. No deep questions of the few. Where should one go. Where to look. No help no back round of any a book. How to react and what to expect. What thoughts of wilderness beholds in my nest. Which paths have we chosen. When to say. The hardest word is the unspoken of the day.	MY PATH My path has been bumpy. My path has been long. Sometimes it sounds like an old country song. The holes that I have met. The negative vibes. The people that have been in and out of our lives. So strong you must be to forsake our goal. So stubborn and lucky to know your own role. The hills you must climb the route that’s not straight. As long as you reach it is never too late. Have faith for yourself and encourage one another. Give tolerance and joy to one that’s not your brother. Your path may be long, but have courage within. Cause only God knows where you’ve truly been
I CRY I sit and cry although I try. I sit and hope although I cope. I sit and think what is the link. I sit and think I am a fink. I stand and smile behind a tear. I stand and fear my life is not a steer. I stand and feel so strong today. I pray for me and my family. I pray for all the tragedy. I pray this day for all man kind. I pray and lay and find a bind. I do share all my love within. I give to you although I’ve sinned. I'll give you my joyful time. I’ll give you anyone I can find. So now I smile no more tears. So now I smile no more fears. And now I stand and pray each day. That I can give before I lay.	STRENGTH Help me find the strength Help me find the length To calmly explain when stress Hit’s it’s lane When wilderness opens a hidden refrain Help me ease my mind at peace When shouting and child ness squeaks are released Help me conquer my demons Give me a tool - break the seasons What tests will I for fill What is meant in my will Will all my goals be for filled I have to take charge of my life I’m not a guest - a wife I’ll die within it I do not try I will walk around with an inner cry So please show me strength I know my way Please help me through today Give me the strength to keep my head high And I will for fill my goal and not live my lie.
I LIE I’ve lied to you I’ve lied to me. I’ve to anyone that can see. I live a lie each day I breathe I lie I lie and then I tease I am not perfect I lie to myself I’ve even lied on the twelfth I lied when I felt unsure I lied and did something impure I have not exclaimed you And I have not forsaken I have used up time and been mistaken I believe in you and now GOD I wish not to lie no more I believe and now admit this I WILL LET YOU IN MY DOOR	Blue sky of the day When the time comes during the new falling snow The people you once trusted wouldn’t know where to go The hurt in your eye has seeded no return The scars you have on your arms still burn To once have loved then held the faith Of answers and question that have no taste Can your reasons be strong enough to hold for some Will you ever regret the scum The sky was forever blue when my worries were gone But somehow the clouds kept swinging along They tore up my soul my worries came back The hurt from my stomach lured out of a crack Worries of the future and the present that’s past Problems and people with negative math Resolving and dissolving all the temptations of life Making the energy to keep up the fight Can I - will I gain a more positive vibe Seeking every day for the Great Big Blue Sky Please lead me to the brightness of the sky each day Please lead me unto the right path I pray
Anne Marie L. Rafferty ©