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Artwork by Maria
Poetry by Nanette
Awakenings
I wake up each morning
From dreaming those little dreams
Then I stepped out into the world
I felt the light deeply in my soul
Fighting to get out
Fight no more, no more
I rest my weary eyes against my cheeks
Waiting for a sign to come up through the peak
So tired of searching, searching for my soul
Free at last, free at last
Freed no more
I need something extra, I need something more
Tired of groping at the world
No more, no more
Don’t look back, don’t look forward
Just wait and see tumbling angry in my soul
That makes me feel the world no one knows
Lost in this destiny in which no one knows
Holding back, holding back the words you’ll never hear
Not sure if I can go on this way
Not sure if I want to die this way
Holding back the tears I cry
Holding them back until I die
And so I wait for the silence to be broken
If there is a silence to break
As my heart drops seven inches each day
I am forever lost in my empty space
I live each day in fear
I live each day fighting
So no one can take my soul away
I don’t go on each day with my eyes closed anymore
I don’t go on each day with my body numb anymore
I feel the pain in the hole in my heart
I hear the cries in my soul
You will heal, you will heal
But I will never heal my soul
I died too many times
I cried enough tears
I will go on for today
I will go on for tomorrow
For I know I have go to find my own way.
~ Nanette Griffin
Look beyond
Look beyond the sun and the moon
Look beyond the stars and the planet
Look beyond the heavens and the earth
Look beyond the objects in life and
There you will find your dream.
~ Nanette Griffin
Laughter
It is the key to
Everyone’s heart
It is the body of
Everyone’s dreams
It is the smell of
Everyone’s desires
It is the voice of
The people
Laughter.
~ Nanette Griffin
I Have Seen
I have seen the lighted days
I have seen the darkened nights
I have seen the flowers bloom
I have seen the sight of the moon
I have seen my people freed
I have seen what they believe
I have seen all of these things
And now I want to see love throughout
A world that don’t know me.
~ Nanette Griffin
Day by Day
Day by day
I climb the wall
Day by day
I will give it my all
Day by day
I will stand tall
Day by day
I will never stall
~ Nanette Griffin