Kevlar Heart

Why are you so cold?

Why are you so distant?

I am trying to love you

But you shoot me down

You have a heart of ice,

So frozen, I can’t melt it

You have a Kevlar heart,

Nothing can destroy it

What happened to you?

Why can’t you receive love?

I am trying to love you

But you have locked me out

Why can’t you let me in?

What is wrong with me?

Please just let me in

All I want is to love you

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 2015

The Wind Surrounds Me

Walking on the beach

The wind surrounds me

Pushing me further along

The sea is rough

Waves crashing nosily

Water sprinkling around me

The sand is soft

Stirred by the wind

And blowing in my face

Kids flying kites

Running with the wind

Trying to control the flight

What a beautiful day

Creation at its best

Beauty all around

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 15

Missing from me

You are missing from me

Every day I think of you

And my heart aches

I want to hold you

Like I never got to

Those seven years ago

You never had a chance

Life was taken away

As quickly as it came

I never had a chance

To love you like you deserve

And watch you be you

We never had the chance

But you are always with me

In my heart and in my mind

When I think of you

I get mixed emotions

First a tear and then a smile

I will always love you

You are always on my mind

And in my heart you will stay

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 2015

Sworn Silent

My boy was murdered

I was made to watch

As he slowly bled out

Right in front of me

He was stabbed in the heart

By a person I knew,

But I could not tell,

As I was sworn silent

If I broke the silence

I had been warned

That this wasn't the end

My suffering would continue

I knew I had to obey

As my heart was broken

And my life torn apart

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 2015

Heartbeat Racing

When I think of you

I yearn to be with you

And feel you close to me

When I am with you

The air is electric

And you set my heartbeat racing

When we are apart

I feel lost without you

Like part of me is missing

I know I need you with me

To be a part of my world

Because you complete me!

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 2015

Sang Your Heart

I saw you from afar

I was transfixed by you

Your face was glowing

And your smile was bright

The music was playing

You moved to the rhythm

And sang your heart out

It made my heart skip

You were oblivious to all

Living in your own world

Moving without a care

I was drawn to you

At that moment I knew,

Knew I needed you in my life

As with you beside me

I would be a better person

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 2015 

Listen

Sit down, be still

Open your ears

Listen to me

You are unhappy

Can’t sit still

Just sit and Listen

Be at peace

Open your heart

Be still and Listen

Be free

Open your mind

Just sit, be with me

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 15

Never Let Die

You just can’t do it

Can’t let things go

The past is always there

Never let die

It’s the same old, same old

You say one thing, I say another

It’s a worn out pattern

And it’s getting boring now

You need to grow up

Need to let things go

Things need to change

It’s time to say goodbye

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 2015

When Love Comes to Town

We've been apart for days

It’s been excruciating

My heart aches for you

But it’s going to change

When love comes to town

And we meet again

It will be like comets colliding

An explosion of stars

As our love combines

When love comes to town

That night, we shall wed

And we will become as one

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 2015

In Honour of B.B King 

Lucky Number

It was a tense moment

Waiting for the numbers,

To be drawn from the box

At last it happened

The first number was called

Which happened to mine

The numbers kept coming

Three more crossed off

Only three more to go

Finally it was the end

I had all the seven numbers

There was just one more to go

Will I get the lucky number?

Will it be my time?

Will I get the winners dream?

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 2015

The Final Frontier

I walked back to you

But you walked away

I called your name

But you ignored me

You said you were leaving

You had had enough

And reached the final frontier,

Of the relationship between us

Your decision saddened me

As I still loved you

And needed you in my life

You were my rock

But you couldn't handle it

The situation was too hard

You didn't sign up for this

The pressure was too much

I watched you walk away

Tears running down my face

My heart breaking for us

But I knew you were right

You had to leave

I had to let you go

There was no other way

And that was the truth

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 2015

The Final Call

Standing in line,

Waiting to board.

Longing to see you,

On the other side.

But then I look,

My passport has gone

I go searching for it,

All around the airport.

My plane is boarding

I panic and worry

What will I do?

There goes the final call

I find my passport

I run to the gate

The plane has gone

Will I ever get to see you?

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 15

The Hypnotist

Are you the hypnotist?

Who has taken control of my heart?

Just by staring into my eyes

You have brought joy to me

And given me a new lease of life

Making me feel like new

I was tired and wrecked

Now I have a new smile

Because you give me love

Thank you for rescuing me

Bringing me out of the pit

And giving me a reason to live

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 2015

Generations

Going through the records

Looking at the dates

Spanning back the centuries

A whole different generation

We need to listen to them

To their stories of life

From school days to wars

They need to be passed on

We need to learn from them

So we educate our young

On what has been and gone

But still not forgotten

It’s important to respect,

Those who have gone before us

Treat them right,

With the love and care they deserve

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 15

Going Crazy

Am I going crazy?

Or is this just life

Spinning out of control

Like a whirling waltzer

Going from one thing to another

Not taking time to think

Walking blindly through the day

Depending on other’s to help

It’s hard to sit in peace

But running doesn't help

I'm so tired at times

It’s difficult to stop

I need time to stop

Reign in my life

And take some time

To sit and be still

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 2015

A Mother's Love

A mother’s love

Is like no other

It comes in abundance

And is always there

When you are ill

Mother is a hand

To hug and hold you

And make everything right

She puts up with a lot

From tantrums and teenage trouble

To illnesses and sadness

Always there to hold your hand

Don’t under estimate

The power of a mother’s love

And don’t take for granted

The love of a mother

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 2015

Stray Colours

It rained and rained

For forty days and forty nights

As an apology and a promise

God delivered us a rainbow

Many different colours

Painted across the sky

From one end to another

A beauty to be admired

One day after the rain

When the rainbow appeared

It exploded in the sky

Leaving stray colours afloat

The red fell to the ground

Orange and Yellow partnered up

And flew up to the sun

While green mixed with the grass

Blue fused into the sky

And Indigo danced away

While Violet just disappeared

Leaving the sky aghast

All the colours of the rainbow

No longer together as one

Has the promise been broken?

Or the rain been stopped?

The sky is now empty

No beauty to adorn it

Just the sun shining down

Leaving the world all radiant and bright

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 2015

Shadow Games

The games you play

They cause me pain

As my heart breaks for us

And for what we had

Even now we are apart

Your presence still lingers

As you keep on playing,

The shadow games with my mind

You asked me to leave

Yet you refuse to go

I can’t do this any more

I need my life back

What is it that you want?

Please make up your mind

Stop tearing me in two

And leave me to breathe

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 15

An Experiment

Be smart

Don’t be a diddy

Liberate them

Work with the charities

Be a doer

Not a filer

They need help

Not our criticism

Don’t judge

Show love

Care

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 2015

(29 word poem using the words filer, charities, liberate and diddy)

Life

Life goes round and round

Like fruit whirling in blenders

We get all mixed up

We don’t travel smoothly

We need things all steady

Like the totals on a spreachseet

Organised and sorted

Easy to track and understand

If only we had sensors

To help us on our way

To show us when it’s not safe

If we are too close to the edge

Life is not what it was

When our grannies were young

Things were relaxed and slow

But now life is lived in the fast lane

We get tired more easily

And run ourselves down

We die younger and younger

As the old outlive us all

Our generation is so different

Our moods change more often

From laughter to tears

Depression is on the rise

We need to stop running

And learn how to chill

Life is for living and enjoying

Appreciating the beauty around us

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 2015

(149 poem using the words blenders, sensor, outlive and spreadsheet) 

Exposed

Each morning I awake

I read the papers

Looking to see

If I have been exposed

I confided in him

Told him my inner thoughts

Which is not like me

I don’t like to disclose

At the time I trusted him

I gave him my heart

But he just upped and left

Leaving me feeling betrayed

It’s not a great feeling

My trust being broken

My heart torn apart

I feel like I am alone

My life is not my own

I am on show for all

It’s a lonely experience

Being a free for all

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 15 

Come, walk with me

Come walk with me

Let me be your friend

And do life with you

I want to be there

To share in the joys

And to weep with you

Let me take your pain

And hold your hand

I want to watch you grow

Let me walk with you

And be your person

The one who is always there

I will never leave you

My love is unconditional

Just believe and trust in me

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 15 

Weary

My body, it aches

My heart, it hurts

I feel weary

Living life is hard

When night time comes

Sleep usually pervades me

My mind goes racing

It makes me weary

In the morning light

I am still sleepy

I can’t stop yawning

I am still weary

I pray for sleep

I wish to feel alive

Feeling tired is getting old

I hate being weary

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 2015