Sandra L Qian  

1976 -   
I think way too much, but I find it hard to think of that as a bad thing...
I don't write that often but sometimes I can be laying in bed at night trying to sleep and a poem will form in my head and I have to get up to write it all down.

Poems

Jan 5

wickedy dickety
loop de loo
You jumped to conclusions
and landed in poo.

wickedy dickety
loop de loo
This life is mine
and nobody asked you.

wickedy dickety
loop de loo
You jumped to conclusions
and landed in poo.
and now all who know you
say peeee-ewwwww!

Jan 21, 2012

dire straits means the world awaits
a motivational move from you
make yourself known as a person full grown
and get ready to see the world anew.

Jan 21, 2012

bitter be the heart that seeks
a tender loving touch
only to swivel in fear
when the touch comes near
and the love becomes too much...

Oct 29, 2011

For one small moment
You let me believe
Believe in the stars
And everything I dreamed
Dreamed of a time
That all is good and true
That love was mine
Mine… according to you

Oct 16, 2011

Itty bikini

Barely there as people stare

Strings slip and all bared

Oct 16, 2011

Someday, I will understand

I don’t have all the answers

I don’t know God’s plan

I don’t know Saints from Sinners

But someday, I will understand.

Someday, I will understand

This world around me

Understanding God’s plan

Is a whole mystery

But someday, I will understand

Someday, I will understand

Why the sky is blue

Understanding His big plan

And why he loves me and you.

Someday, I will understand

Someday, I will understand

God’s plan for me

But for now I know

It’s all is in God’s hands

Right where it should be.

Someday, I will understand.

Oct 16, 2011

What’s on the inside

Many cannot see

Few want to know

What’s on the inside

Isn’t always free

Free to let go

What’s on the inside

Is a deep part of me

I am not hollow

What’s on the inside

Is a heart of glass

Warmed with thoughts of love

What’s on the inside

Is a mind full of decorum and class

So that I may find my place above

What’s on the inside

You may never know

If you do not stop and listen

What’s on the inside

Is a heart that glows

A heart that glistens

That is what’s on the inside…

Oct 16, 2011

Heaven has a new Angel.

On Earth she was tortured inside

Inside, torn and fragile.

Outside, loving and kind.

Earthbound, she was known for her smile.

Heavenbound, known for the tears we have cried.

Wishing she had swayed

Knowing this time she would not be saved

Her intentions no longer delayed

Her soul in Heaven

Her body in grave.

Oct 16, 2011

So many people do not understand,

What can lead a person to commit suicide…

Alive, here I stand.

I managed to survive.

Death had its grip on me

Unwilling to let go.

How can I make you see?

How can I make you know?

Death was my foe.

I fought it every day.

It would not let me go!

It would not go away!

I was scared and anguished.

I was alone.

I was punished.

Depths of grief, to you, unknown.

I tried to get away

Even though it was deep inside of me

But it would hunt and find me anyway

I only wished to be happy.

My one and only wish was to be happy.

For many years it was all I could wish.

I knew I had to be free,

Or else I would perish.

I fought with everything I had in me.

Death fought back,

With the strength of an army.

A full fledged internal attack.

Until one day

I finally saw the light

Was able to make my way

Into a new life.

I was torn inside,

Battered and bruised.

But Death inside would longer abide,

I was no longer abused.

I am here today.

I am alive.

I am okay.

I have survived.

I wrote this poem after a friends younger sister succumbed to suicide. For people who haven't experienced what it is like to be dragged down to the depths of despair...it's hard for them to understand. People talk about suicide victims and survivors as if they were weak, but we have survived a torment many others cannot even imagine.
Oct 16, 2011

Sometimes when the people in our life go away,

We think of the things we left unsaid.

Things we wished we had said to make them stay,

Wishing we had only thought ahead.

Grief strikes us in so many ways,

Sometimes keeping us in our beds,

Sometimes leading us astray.

Into a voidness, we are led

Making deals with God, in hopes to sway.

Memories cover our faces with the tears we have shed.

In time, our hope is that the pain will fade

And our memories will live on in our heads.

Oct 16, 2011

When the world comes to end

When all boats have sailed

And no words left to be said

Let love prevail

When lovers start to fight

When love words start to fail

And it seems like the darkest night

Let love prevail

When death comes to call

When your loved one is sick and frail

And you waver and want to give up on all

Let love prevail

Love is powerful

Don’t sweat the details

Be strong and loyal

And let love prevail

Oct 16, 2011

Come to the water

Sit at the edge and gaze awhile

Where things never seem to matter

Yet everything is worthwhile

When you come to the water

Come to the water

Let it beguile you with its endless charm

Echoing others distant laughter

Nothing alarms

When you come to the water

Oct 16, 2011

I never would have guessed

How bad you are for me

You always put me to the test

But somehow I still love you dearly

Somehow I can’t refuse you

It’s hard to push you away

Hard to embrace something new

But I know I must be brave

I pass you often in the aisle

You try to tempt and sway me

I will not be beguiled

How can I make you see?

Donuts, you have become my new enemy.

Oct 16, 2011

Oh Coffee, how I do love thee

You make me feel awake

When my body has told me

That I shouldn’t be

My mind sharply alert

Ready for the day

Sleepiness gone

Work is under way

Oh Coffee, how I do love thee

Oct 16, 2011

Pride in my planet

Quietly strong

Resistant to destruction

Sustaining power

Treasured home.

Oct 16, 2011

Away he walks with pride

His temper set too high

While we rush to get to the side

To escape his mighty mighty might

To escape his mighty might

Oct 16, 2011

Feeling Alive

Kneeling in a field of grass

Leaning my head back to feel the raindrops

Moistening my face and hair

Nothing I fear

Outstandingly alive

Oct 16, 2011

Frightening noises crash down

Gloomy clouds crowd

Hot misty air swirls around me.

Ignoring the warning of lightning

Just to feel closer

Oct 16, 2011

Storm Brewing

Absence of the morning light

Breaking winds to my delight

Calling me outside to view

Dark purple skies

Enveloping the sun

Oct 16, 2011

Sometimes the cost of living

Leaves others in despair

Not willing to be giving

Life is not fair

A lifetime in poverty

Many mouths to feed

There is more to the cost of living

So many have a need

Be sure to count your blessings

No matter how few or grand

All tomorrows bring

A future unplanned

 
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