These compositions are very nice. It is evident they are written from the heart
of a PN victim. Janice's e-mail follows at the close of her poetry. Send her a
note and encourage her to keep on writing...
A Bond That Never Ends
Under any other circumstance
Our paths may not have crossed
It's fate I found you when I did
Before you, I was lost
Since our keyboards joined us
And PN made us friends
We've shared a very special bond
A bond that never ends
Sure, friends and family love me
But they don't have a clue
When I need REAL understanding
I bare my soul to you
My 'numb pain' you don't question
To them it makes no sense
Only you know what it is to grieve
The things in life I miss
When PN separates me
From those in my own home
I reach for you across the miles
You share my "all alone"
My heart aches when you're hurting
When I need you, you are there
You possess my heart like kinfolk
Though blood nor name we share
If I don't chance to meet you
Before this life is through
Just look for me in Heaven
I'll be looking there for you
With our new painfree bodies
We'll FOREVER live as friends
For we shared a special bond on Earth
A bond that never ends
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Just The Way I Am
Doing time for no known
crime
Has been difficult for me
It's hard to live with chronic pain
That others cannot see
The thief that robbed my
body
Stole my strength and left me pain
I do my very best to cope
I struggle to stay sane
I miss our get-togethers
I miss shopping at the mall
It hurts me to be left behind
It's not my choice at all
I long for how it used to
be
When I could join right in
To do the fun and simple things
With family and friends
You seldom call or visit
You're tired of it, I guess
Of always asking, "Come along"
And never hearing, "Yes"
I ache to be with all of
you
I wish I could explain
How doing 'normal' things in life
Can cause me so much pain
I'm trapped inside this
body
With pain that has no end
I grieve for all the things I've lost
I'd like them back again
When I decline to join
you
Please try to understand
It's not that I don't want to
It's just the way I am
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No PN In Heaven
Linked by our
computers
We share a common bond
You're all my PN buddies
For present and Beyond
Some are cured
here on Earth
Some will have to wait
But rest assured , we'll all be cured
Past Heaven's Pearly Gates
It's in His
plan we'll meet again
Then clearly we'll all see
That life was just a stepping stone
To all eternity
I will not
recognize your face
I will not know your voice
But my soul will recognize your soul
And then we'll both rejoice
There's no PN
in Heaven
God's promised this to me
No canes, no meds, no special shoes
We all will be pain free
No more
missing sleep at night
'Cause sleep we won't require
Join hands to stroll down streets of gold
For we'll never ever tire
We'll sip on
milk and honey
As we FEEL His gentle touch
There's no PN in Heaven
Only Love and Peace and such
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©2000
Janice De Vore-Robinson
JDRN@juno.com