Sarah Joy Brockschmidt: Poems

1.7k · Feb 2015

Sarah Joy Brockschmidt Feb 2015

We had our monsters under the bed
They kept us from the shadows of night
From peering in the closet
And walking down the hallway

Now just disguised as thoughts in our heads
They keep us from much uncertainty
From peering into our souls
And living our days with joy

But both paralyze
Steal security
And gift us sleepless nights

Fear has great power
It kills and destroys...
But only if power is granted

#fear #depression #death #hope #dreams #mentalillness #insanity #choice #uncertainty #choices

1.5k · Apr 2015

The Spirit of Wealth

Sarah Joy Brockschmidt Apr 2015

The Spirit of Wealth

Wandering through our cage
We once came here with a purpose
But our spirit has escaped the bars
And we are left chained to the surface

Living to work, working for wealth,
And gaining wealth for what?
To survive? For sport?
Certainly not for joy or value.

Without true purpose
Null of spirit

I have forgotten I have a soul
And you have forgotten you can resurface

#love #life #desire #soul #purpose #spirit #follow #money #value

1.1k · Feb 2015

My Colors

Sarah Joy Brockschmidt Feb 2015

My Colors

Who sees clearly?
It certainly isn't me.

I don't really see you,
And you will never truly see me.

Who says I see things like you do.
Do you see the same colors I see?
Is the blue I see the same as yours?

Perhaps we just learned to call them the same.
How different the world for us.
Yet we call it by the same name.

#depression #eyes #reality #colors #perspective #identity #ideas #views #weber #whiteandgold

1.0k · Apr 2018

Time's Wrinkles

Sarah Joy Brockschmidt Apr 2018

Time's Wrinkles

Patience is a virtue, she said with a smug smile.
Time holds a tight grip but only for awhile.

For if I can out wait time, all of life can be mine.
Waiting is easy when you can wrinkle your life line.

Past, present, and future have become only words to me...

For you see,
I only exist in the now.
I have learned to be free.

Free of the regret that comes with the past.
Free of the worry that comes with the future.

Waiting can become all we do,
But if you learn to love waiting...
All of life is open to you.

#patience #waiting #meditation #life #freedom #time #aging #growingold #past #future

889 · Mar 2015

My Heroes

Sarah Joy Brockschmidt Mar 2015

My Heroes

I don't love them for a sacrificial demise.

They love and give
They live for those who need life
They sacrifice
They fill the needs they see
every day.

Not defined by their deaths,
but by giving their whole life

#love #poetry #life #death #sacrifice #thoughts #give #heroes

651 · Apr 2015

The Assembly

Sarah Joy Brockschmidt Apr 2015

The Assembly

Find meaning in what you do
rather than what you have.

Value your experiences
because they shape who you are.

Practice patience in all things;
learn, be quiet, and listen.

Appreciate the small joys in life
because they all come to an end.

Seek to make a difference
and don’t expect recognition.

All of us will die
and all we can leave is our impact.

Everything is temporary

#love #sad #life #death

580 · Apr 2018

Psych Ward

Sarah Joy Brockschmidt Apr 2018

Psych Ward

To the man who is up all night,
Who some never see.

Isn't it lovely to be?
To be paid to just to watch them sleep.

So peaceful in their slumbers.

You rarely have a thing to do.
Yet you are paid none the less.

But the job costs more than it pays...

And your jabbering keeps haunted minds alert and on guard.

And its hard for you to be alert too...

When you need to be.

For appointments, errands, social activities, and such.

You take care of us...
But you must take care of you!

Oh mystery man who does not sleep.
Be careful my dear.

Someday it may be you,
Restless in their beds.

#crazy #psychotic #restless #healer #depression #suicide #mentalillness #ill #sick #recovery

526 · Mar 2015

Night Shelter

Sarah Joy Brockschmidt Mar 2015

Night Shelter

A refuge, if only for a night
A place to sleep and not much more
It is an escape
A room full of dreams
Of tortured bodies and tormented souls

But in sleep there is peace
They are still

Transported to far off places
To realities that are not their own
Anywhere but here
If only for a night

This is a place to dream
Even if only for the night

#peace #sad #addiction #depression #drugs #abuse #sleep #dreams #mentalillness #insanity

481 · Apr 2018

Rape

Sarah Joy Brockschmidt Apr 2018

****

I've laid on my back
And taken you willingly,

Because I thought I was powerless...

And you thought you were powerful.

But if you look closely,
You'll find we're the same.

Just two sides of a coin...

Who can't see each other's face.
And don't know each other's name.

#**** #abuse #relationships #abusiverelationships #survivor #recovery #love #power #control #pain

450 · Apr 2018

Cursed Beloved

Sarah Joy Brockschmidt Apr 2018

Cursed Beloved

Where is your shame,
Great Mother of blame?

The sins of generations are coursing through your vein...
But when all the blood is spilled, there is nothing left to gain.

So where are you going...
Who is left to play your game?

How many more pawns must there be?
Before we can clearly see,
The mistakes that are destined for me.

#codependent #abuse #relationships #mother #love #cursed #life #family #generations

365 · Apr 2018

A Nomad's Heart

Sarah Joy Brockschmidt Apr 2018

A Nomad's Heart

Loving like a whirlwind
And crashing like a tsunami
Following my heart to heartbreak
And now the pressures on me

When you live with your heart on your sleeve
Sometimes they undress you when they leave

Naked on the ground
My heart nowhere to be found

So call the Redcross
I needs some disaster clean up
We gotta rebuild
But this storm won't let up

I chased you till I was thousands of miles from home
And now I have to go
But you know I like to roam

So I put my shirt back on...
And pin the pieces of my heart back on my sleeve

Because if I don't have love
I have nothing left to believe
So I guess this is goodbye
I'll always be the one to leave

#nomad #travel #love #relationships #heartbreak #breakup #home #heart #abuse

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