The Work Week

Monday dragged on like a legal brief
Tuesday was a crazy day
Wednesday didn't have enough hours
Thursday was a lazy day
Friday brought with it plenty of relief

The Misunderstanding

I opened his mail...
It was from another woman

She signed with a heart...
Does it mean something more?

Her words ringing in my head...
What is going on here?

This is unacceptable...
Why can't she just mind her own business?

Untitled

Small talk is too small
The words feel so insignificant
My heart aches with memories of the past

When friends could joke
We would laugh all night long
Making each other smile was so simple

Those times are rare now
Few and far between
But when they happen, they are so good

You always did know how to make me smile

Memories by Jennifer Graham

I found this hidden way inside the curio cabinet where I keep everything Abrielle related. The only thing missing is the real pictures of her from the hospital that somehow got lost between a bad breakup and moving on with our lives.

They say memories are golden,
Well maybe that is true;
But we never wanted memories,
We only wanted you.

A million times we've needed you,
A million times we've cried.
If love alone could have saved you,
You never would have died.

In life we loved you dearly,
In death we love you still.
In our hearts you hold a special place
No one else could ever fill.

If tears could build a staircase,
And heartache build a land,
We'd walk the path to heaven
And bring you back again.

Our family chain is broken
And nothing seems the same,
But as God calls us one by one,
The chain will link again.

Abrielle

I wrote this poem in 1999 after losing my daughter at 26wks pregnant

Even though I never met you
You were still a part of my life
I loved you more than anything
You were the most important thing to me
You were with me when no one else was
You listened whenever I needed to talk
And I never got to hear you cry
And I never got to see you smile
But even though I didn't know you
I'm still going to miss you very much
And I'll still love you with all of my heart

No Title Would Be Good Enough

All these years I have placed the blame on myself
The 'what ifs' flood my mind
Could things have been different?

I've always said that everything happens for a reason, and I stick by that
It is hard though, to see the why, to understand when it hurts so much

And as much as I want to think something could have been done
Losing her, losing him... it was inevitable

This is a Poem

I wrote this on a whim to show Lexi an example of how to write poetry

The night was long
Sleep would not come
I lie awake
I stare into the dark
Waiting on my dreams

Lexi's Tongue Twisters (A-M)

Ashley's Apples Are Awesome At Ashley's Apple Apartment

Ben's Best Buddy's name is Barry

Callie's Cries Crack Cory up

Dill Doesn't Desire Doing Dishes During the Day

Ellie's Elephant Eats Eight Eggs Every Evening

Fred's Freckled Father Fries French Fries

Gary Got Great Grades in Geometry

Harold and Harris love Homemade Hashbrowns

Ian Is In his Icy Igloo In Iceland

Jacob does Jumping Jacks in the Jungle Gym

Kadie eats Kix so she Can Kick Kids

Lexi Loves Little Lillies in the Little meadow

Millie Milks cows to Make Money

A Poem by Jacob

I found this when I was attempting to clean off the computer desk. I am not sure if it is actually a poem, but I thought it would make a nice post on this blog...


a rectangle
bright
flat
up high
and white

Punishment

The kids were not listening
The punishment was simple
No movie in the car
We stopped for dinner
Sonic, for the first time
For an hour they screamed
Who was I punishing?

From the Outside In

There she sits, her hair unkempt
Still in the teeshirt she had on yesterday
Her house is in shambles
The kids are undressed
Homework lays strewn across the tables
A laughing baby in the background
Her heart as heavy as a brick
She thinks of all that she has accomplished, the list is short
Someone has it better, someone has more
She wishes she was more

Falling in Love - July 1997

When you fall in love, it's just that, falling
You don't have any or much control
When you fall in love once, it's for life
But the second time, you know it's for all eternity
The longer you keep in touch with this person the love increases
It gets to the point of over ruling and no return
If you've been falling for less than a year, there is still hope
But when you are close to four years, you know this fall is never ending
You struggle and struggle to find a way of return
But you always find yourself falling back into their arms
When this person looks at you, you see passion in their eyes
Not only from you to them, but then back again
You think it may be coincidental or just harmless play or flirting
But deep down in your heart and soul you know this person loves you
It's not just a friendly love, but a passionate, never ending love
They've fallen like a rock, just like you did
Now this fall is continuing in the darkness of the night
Neither one of these rocks will hit a surface, whether hard or soft
Until both of you come forth and open your hearts to one another
Take that step forward and let each other know how you feel
And then, and only then will your fall come to a surface
When you hit a hard surface, you know this person wants to be nothing more than friends
But if and when you hit that soft surface
I hope then you both can find the deep passion of eternal love
And continue your fall together into the sunset

You're Scared - 1995

I know the reason you broke up with me
You were scared again our love could be
You're afraid of getting hurt on the day
The day I have to move away
You're scared to lose me forever
You don't want to be hurt, no not ever
The only thing you could possibly do
Was to hurt me, so it's not you
So you turned around and dumped me
I thought the answer was plain to see
You didn't want or love me
You just went and used me
But now I think I understand and see
You did it to make me happy

Love and Hate - Written in Jr. High

Love can leave you in a fantasy
Love is sometimes hard to see
Love can take you far from me
Love can sometimes never be

Love is a pain that will make you cry
Love is so strong sometimes you could die
Love can sometimes be really shy
Love can make you want to fly

Hate is a pain I will never feel for you
Hate is when I don't know what to do
Hate from you makes me sad and blue
Hate is why you don't have a clue

Love and hate can both kill you
Love or hate, what should I do?

Me Not You - Written in Jr. High

Sometimes I wish our love never existed
Then maybe those brown eyes could be resisted
I don't want to believe any of the lies
Cause then the tears will fill up my eyes
The tears then fall upon my cheek
Suddenly I become extremely weak
You had to go break my heart in two
It's always me, but never you
Nothing to me could ever come from your heart
Every thing you say tears me apart
There is only one thing left for me to do
To say the words I still love you

The Walk of the Moon - Written in Junior High

Summer nights will be here soon
Together we'll walk in the light of the moon
Walking along on a deserted beach
Once again for my hands you will reach
I'll look in your eyes with an affectionate stare
To lose you again I could never bare
Then I suddenly open my eyes
I hear the softest, faintest cries
The silent tears inside my head
The misery as I lie in bed
I realize then it wasn't reality
My moonlit walk was a fantasy

My Baby - 1997

If I look in your eyes I fall deep inside
I try to run but there's nowhere to hide
Wherever I am you're always there
Looking at me with a deep, hard stare
I'm in love with you, you know I am
That's why it's so difficult to face you
I wanna be with you but there is no way
I think about you every day
What we had, was it really true?
Or was it just a game for you?
Tell me that you loved me so
Even after I had to go
Say you still love me, even maybe
Cause you're the one that I called baby

In Love With a Friend - Year Unknown

This poem was written in high school I believe. I just want to put a disclaimer that I was not underage drinking or getting high ever. I just used some of those things in my poems for rhyming reasons.

Our love is the kind of love that never ends
Which means that we will always be friends
Through thick water and through thin
Even after a glass of gin
We can be drunk or even high
Or sailing through the open sky
Take my hand and don't let me go
Friends forever we both will know
In the sunlight or the pouring rain
If we are together there will be no pain
Through the good times and the bad times
Through the stories and through the rhymes
To be friends or to be in love
That's the question I'm faced with
So just hold me close and don't let me go
You're here for me I will always know

I Love You, I Want You, I Need You - 1995

Love is spelled L-O-V-E
I wish that's what you felt towards me
Love connects two people as one
Your love for me is gone and done
When I look in your eyes I don't see me anymore
Please give me one more chance before I walk out the door
I love you, I want you, I need you
Believe me, everything I say is true
I'm gonna be gone forever and ever
We won't have a chance to be together
Promise me if you love me again
We can share our love until the end

Eyes of Amber - Written in High School

I wrote this in high school about a guy I had a crush on for a long time.


My tongue would be tied if you were standing before me
Looking in your eyes you'd be the only person I would see
With time standing still and fate on my side
I'd try my best to tell you how I felt and have nothing to hide
But you make it so difficult for me when I don't know how you feel
I need to know if the things I see aren't pretend but real
With your eyes being amber and your smile so sweet
I wonder if its time to wave the flag and call defeat
Looking in your eyes I become instantly hypnotized
Not worrying if what you say is the truth or mere lies
Don't back away because your feelings are so strong
They may be right, they are not always wrong
And it doesn't even matter
With you having eyes of amber