"Accolades For Valor" by Matthew Johnson (1993): "She goes through life, gliding, a benevolent seer/ Stopping constantly to aid those in need, those not even dear/ I, an individual, swept up in the storm/ Of a woman, who, in search of herself, defies the norm/ As I, an outcast, fighting myself, yet daring to believe/ That if I ask her aid and succor (and possibly love) she won’t leave/ Giving her heart, mind and soul to every known cause/ Causing me to look about my selfish malestrom, and in introspection give pause/ For all her words, she won’t write about me, does she fail to perceive/ What the object knows to be true and what make believe—/ Words rarely present, presence much more of one/ Is to wish for more as good as wishing for the sun?/ Energy is precious, as I know well to be true/ And I am curious to know, Lorraine, what I can ask of you/ Names are important, they make us who we are/ Much more important than people give credit, by far/ The masses may cry “Lori!” and let them do so!/ For the numbers who call that cannot understand/ They will never know the Lorraine inside, the one crying to live/ Will be forever frustrated by those whose minds are like a sieve/ There may be those who rob her of her world, let them scratch the skin/ They are as pinpricks to the steel within/ These accolades are not exaggeration, not pretentious/ I Just want you to know that there is at least one who is conscious/ That the world is a better place for the life of a woman named Lorraine."

Saturday, May 20, 1995

Unclear


Open eyes:
Iris, face up to rays of blinding light;
White windows
in a relentless night;
Soft whispers sailing swiftly;
Piercing through an unrelated ear;
New insight; Telepathic trick;
Muffled sight, but open to hear

May 20, 1995

Tuesday, May 16, 1995

From Charm To Harm

You're running your fingers through my hair.
It's at times like these that I'm aware.
I feel warm all around
in this love that I've found.

You're making me feel so loved and wanted;
chasing away spirits in a world once haunted.
If you would only do it more!
It's time like these that I live for!


Whether it is seldom or not,
I'm thankful for what I've got.
My well-being depends on your smile.
I'm only happy when it stays for a while.

I'd do anything in the world for you.
I feel my love for you all through.
I'm waiting for you to come to me,
so I can show you what can be.

I long to be held in your arms
to feel the intense affect of your charms.

I question what is real and what is true.
I question if my love is stronger for you.

I torture myself to give you the benefit of the doubt.
I sense I'd rather not find out.
I wonder if you feel the same for me;

if you see the things in us, I see.

I have to question your care,
since your running your fingers through her hair.

May 16, 1995

Monday, May 15, 1995

Post Initmate Thought













Could you possibly understand,
or even imagine?

I look at you
or just think of you,
and your face rests in a glow
brought on by your eyes.

Seeing this,
I want nothing else out of my life
than to keep that glow strong.

You tell me you love me,
and I say it back,
but you have no idea!

May 15, 1995