One day at a time
We as Americans have been blinded
Broad sided we are puppets
Strung up by lies

With Every hate crime our country dies more.
If you care don’t shut your door
You’re scared to say your life matters
No matter your skin tone
You matter

Stop the Racist chatter
We are not animals
We my brothers and sisters have the power
We can change this
Pray with me.

My father in heaven
Please protect our lives
My black brothers and sisters
My white brothers and sisters
My Hispanic brothers and sisters
And the rest of the brothers and sisters
From all corners of our planet

I’m on my knees begging
For the miracle
We need your power
So my lord at this hour
My prayer to you is to heal the hatred

Ask yourself do you want your kids to live this in the future?
Our children are the future
We as a whole need to change.

My brothers and sisters
From all corners
No matter your color
I love you and you matter.

So I say to you if we Stand united as one
We can stop all this hate and chatter.

I sit here
Lost in thought
A battle hard fought
Love can’t be bought

Day in and day out
I pour my heart out
My feelings flow like a river
My depression gets deeper

That shadow in the corner ?
Is it the keeper of death
The grim reaper
Deaths sweet keeper

Every word the blade goes deeper
Every breath harder then the last
Soon this will pass
I’ll be free
Alone to walk the streets of hell
My nightmare replays over and over

I wake up in a cold sweat
Man it was just a dream!!! Bet.
I lay in my bed with a tear in my eye
I just want to say bye.

I want to feel peace
I want to smile and be happy
I don’t like feeling low
Until that day comes
I’ll lay here all alone.

Joke

Am I a joke?
I am only human
I have feelings to.
I might look tough on the outside
But on the inside I have a heart too

You probably think I don’t care
Deep inside I do
I had to do what I had to do
So girl we are through

Deep inside it hurts
I’ll get up day by day
I’ll put my right foot in front of the left
That’s all I have left

As we move forward I wish you the best
I feel like I was a joke
You say you loved me
Then why treat me like I don’t matter

I’ll say to you
Thank you for the good times
We had one hell of a ride
I’ll dry my eyes
I wish you only the best
I hope you find what you’re looking for
But as far as you and I
I just shut that door.

Sitting in the dark with the screams of demons all around me. This is my life, my day to day struggle.. I might smile, I might laugh, but inside I am empty my heart is broke into a million pieces and can never be fixed..I look over my shoulder to see the devil smiling at me.. my mind is tourtered with the visions of fire and brimstone..as I sit here in silence my voices touture me with the taunts and the disbelief of my life..I open the bottle of pills and pour them in my hand, i reach for my drink and put them in my mouth and soon I'll be asleep.. I drift away to warmth I'm finally free...

I sit here
I look at our society
I see a scared population of people
There is no white or black
This virus will stab us all in the back

My brothers and sisters
We need to bring back humanity
Love now days what a vanity
It’s total insanity

My heart is for the ones who can’t help themselves
The homeless out on the street
Where are they supposed to go
They say self quarantine
How can you self quarantine with no home?

The elderly have lived a long life
Only to be taken out by this man made catastrophe
This isn’t a joke
To you my beautiful people I pray

They say sit back quarantine everything will be ok
I will pray and help to do my best to help all I can
To my fellow workers that still go out day bye day
We are exposed to it all
We won’t quit from dusk to dawn
We don’t ask for anything in return
We are stocking the shelves moving the freight coast to coast
The doctors and the nurses who give all take away from their families to save yours.
Don’t turn up your nose
We Risk it all
With that said, I love you all
I’m in this fight until the curtain falls..

This poem was written By: James W Cook
03/17/2020

One minute to the next
I look back and think
Where did I go wrong?
It’s like a sad song

My heart is broke
I lost my girl
I’m lost in this world
I ponder what silence would be like

Silence ?
24 hours a day I hear screams
I plead with them
They just laugh

36 pills didn’t work
All I thought about was what a ****
I couldn’t even do that right
Stupid **** all I wanted was peace

I once hung a rope
I jumped and hung for about 45 seconds
The rope broke
I looked up with such dissatisfaction
I wanted peace

All the signs are there
I mope
I sleep a lot
I even cried out for help
Only to be told I’m weak

I only want peace
At any cost
It’s a game I need to learn how to beat
Suicide the end to the pain
The love isn’t there
My heart is dead.

Take that 45 put it to my head
Bang I’ll be dead
I’ll be gone
And all your problems will be to.

I’m a burden
I am no good for anyone
Until my moment of peace
I say to you all I’ll play this game
Shuffle the deck
Rummy is on
Don’t worry I’ll go on.

Lost in translation
Whispers on the wind
I love you !!!
It’s the new word for pain
If not true explain it to my brain

Pain is the normal to me
I’ve lost the good in me
I’m already gone
No words left behind
I’ve gone blind

You were by my side
But now a million miles away
I try to smile
I sit and ponder awhile
But my love has gone away

I’m going under
I can’t breath
No one to save me
I’m letting go
Pain is my world

I’m a loser
I’m the one to blame
Play that game
I’ll take in the pain
I say goodbye so long for now
Until I see you again I’ll be standing in the rain
All I have is this pain.