Have you ever felt so alone
You just break down and cry?
Start wondering why,
Is it even worth it
Why do you even try?

Have you ever been so scared
You just crawl up in a ball,
And drown the world out?
Waiting to fall
Why do you bother at all?

Have you ever felt so much pain
You'd rather just feel nothing?
Walk away from everything
Just leave it all behind

Because I have...

But
In the back of your mind
Your counting
Counting the days
And the ways to say goodbye
Cause deep inside
You wanna try
But it hurts and it's hard
There's scars on your heart
And scars on the truth
Cause you're not bullet proof
Or immune to the lies

Have you ever missed someone so much
They're all you see when you close your eyes?
And it's hard to define when you can't even touch

Because I have...

Have you ever felt so much hatred
Makes your eyes burn red?
Knowing you can't forget it
Or forgive it
It's done and dead
Blowing it all up
Filling your head

Have you ever seen someone so scared
That they can't even speak?
Can barely breath
Look in their eyes and see deep
Through to their soul
But you'll never know
What made them so

Have you ever felt so weak
That you just fall down
On the ground
Can't get up or
Even let out a sound?

Because I have...

Thanksgiving is a time we are thankful
for what we've got.
For the food on the table and what
harvest hath brought.
Thanksgiving to some is  a cold,
autumn day.
Yet to be thankful quietly they
say.
Thanksgiving is remembered usually
with gourds, leaves, and turkey dinners.
Praising God even as sinners.
The wine is poured and some drink up.
Just remember who fills your cup.
Thanksgiving is time to be happy
and a time to celebrate.
Memories of mother saying.." come for dinner-
don't be late."
The table set and people feast and dine.
As one says.." pour me another glass of wine."
"Cheers to all and another year of shelter, clothes,
and food to eat."  Yells one.  
Harvest time hath been good, but still isn't
quite done.
Thanksgiving is more than that to me.
I'm thankful for God's blessings everyday-
I see.
Its more than food and a pumpkin pie,
latte, or cake.
Its about the love that Jesus brings for
what is real and not fake.
He died and rose again for our sins,
and another year is almost through.
Thanksgiving is a way of reflecting the past
and be thankful for what's new.
I took a walk one thanksgiving afternoon and
saw a poor man begging for at least a dime.
His clothes were worn out, and I gave him
a dollar and a rhyme.
He smiled at me and said..."Bless your soul,
I wish more cared like you." he cries.
As I walk away I notice a teardrop in his
eyes.
Thanksgiving is a time when we should be more
than thankful than one day, but to have a loving heart.
Be thankful for what each day brings and not just one day
in the year that taketh part.

Sherri Harder

I'm too sleepy and too tired

But I write this so that
someone else can get inspired to write.

If you are in a hurry,
go ahead and don't
bother to wait for me.
My life still needs me.

Some untold stories,
an unsung song,
an incomplete conversation,
an unread book.
Some bridges to build
some to burn,
wounds to heal
fences to mend
relations to tend...

In my hurry
to catch up with you,
I breathlessly ran and
I left behind
so many moments,
breathtaking moments.
Let me catch up  
with them now,

I'll catch up
wtth you later...

I'm strong and then weak
I'm happy and then sad
I have mixed emotions
I'm always dreading the bad
And wondering where will it end
Im trying to fill this hole
In my heart
Id tried letting go
Of you
But yet I'm still holding on
To something that's no longer there
I have mixed emotions about you
And life
One minute I love you then
The next I hate you
One minute I'm here then
The next I'm gone
Sometimes I feel like gods
Calling me back home
One minute I feel alive and the next
I feel dead
I still think that one day
My phone will ring and I'll hear your voice again
I have mixed emontions
Its so many emotions
Like one minute I have faith then
The next I don't
Sometimes I wish
That I could just let go
Because I have
Mixed emotions...about you

Until you see the light
it's hard to imagine the end.

You can't see another door open until
the first one is shut.

For so long I stayed in the dark.

What we don't realize is that we have the power,
the ability to close any door we want.
We have to search deep inside ourselves.
Find the light.
Close the door.
Let the sunshine in.

Let. It. In.

I have fire in my fingertips;
I might burn you, but I swear
I'll keep you warm at night.