IF

IF

When  I feel the dread  of  doom
do  I feel  this for others
Is a child lost somewhere
while grieving for their mother

Does the still of the night
wake an energy
Left to feel the horrific pain
of people's miseries

If I enhanced my listening
to hear their bitter plea
Will it then be explained to me
how to help their soul with needs

When I feel I'm at death's door
I  try  to close my  eyes
If I think I feel a soul
are  they asking if they died

How am I to know the truth
I've  not  yet met my death
Am I here  to give my all
even if it's my last breath

My  thoughts can be irrational
when  fearing the unknown
It's fight or flight to extremes
I can't do  this alone

Death  must bring great  happiness
If  the end is a resting place
Am I cursed  with energies
that leave me incomplete

If this somehow  makes some sense
If what I write  is true
Lay my soul to rest Dear Lord
It has been  long and overdue

Written : Terri Lynn waldrop-Vienneau101
Kaleidoscope's Ghetto 101
Date written: 8/27/1997 

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A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. It finds the thought and the thought finds the words.

Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

Kaleidoscope’s Poems (35)

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HE DIED SO I COULD LIVE 0
Assumption 2 0
ASSUMPTIONS 0
IF 0
DOES DADDY 0
IN CHRIST'S IMAGE 0
DEAR LORD JUST WHO AM I 0
GOOD- BYE 1
DEAR LORD 0
YOU ARE APART OF ME 0
EAGLES GLIDE WHERE ANGELS FLY 0
JUDGMENT 2
SPARE THE ROD SPOIL THE CHILD 0
I AM 0
MY LIFE JACKETS 3
TODAY I"LL BE SELFISH 0
ARE YOU LIVING IN LOVE OR DYING IN LUST 0
PLEASE DO TELL 2
DID I ? 2
BURNED BRIDGES 1
WHO ASKED YOU ANYWAY 0
ALWAYS 0
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DEAR JESUS 4
KARMA DEFINITION: GOD'S WRATH 3
WHEN ANGELS FLY 0
DEAR LORD JUST WHO AM I 2
MIRROR IMAGE 1
THE UNWANTED CHILD 0
WHISKEY WISDOM 0
THE PREY 1
AMEN 1
DOES DADDY 1
BEEN THERE DONE THAT 2
KALEIDOSCOPE 1