A Devastating Impact

Night after night

Day after day
The bullets fly

The gunshots scream

We run for cover

Trying to shield ourselves

From the bombs

And the falling shrapnel

Everyone is petrified

Living through terror

Trying to escape death

And for why?

All this hate, what is it for?

Do they even know?

Can't  they see, the devastating impact?

It is having on the land and the people?

Jo Anne Kennedy

February 2014 

A Tightening Knot

Every time I walk into the room

Anxiety rushes over me

Sweaty palms, negative thoughts

And a tightening knot in the stomach

I feel everyone is staring at me

And waiting for me to fall

But are they really?

Or is it just in my head?

Why would they look?

I am nothing special anyway

I’m just a normal person like them

Trying to understand life

Jo Anne Kennedy

February 2014  

Night Murmurs

In the darkness

I sit and wait

Wait for you to come

And tell me why

I just sit and stare

Looking at the stars

See them twinkling brightly

Smiling down on me

I am glad that I’m here

Waiting for your presence

But the darkness is cold

And the night murmurs are loud

But I will sit and wait

I will reach out my hand

I will open up my heart

And will await the peace

Jo Anne Kennedy

February 2015

Echoes in the Dark

Lying on the floor

Staring at the ceiling

Wandering what to do

Trying to hear your voice

I strain my ears to hear

But all I hear is silence

I shout loudly to nothing

And it echoes in the dark

Please let me hear you

I really need a sign

That you are up there

Watching over me

Its not like I don’t believe

Because I do, I believe in you

But I am struggling here

Looking into the darkness of the future

Jo Anne Kennedy

February 2015

Hope

HOPE

A four letter word

That is often forgotten

Because in sorrow

It is hard to find hope

We all need hope

We need this word

To be kept in our heads

And kept in our hearts

Hope can open doors, 

Which were once locked

Hope can restore and reconcile

Trust and relationships

We all need to hope

Hope to be healed

Hope to be restored

Hope to be forgiven

We need to claim this word

We need to claim hope

We need to live in hope

Because hope is powerful

Jo Anne Kennedy

December 2014

Dance it Out

All my pain, all my troubles

They are always with me

No idea how to dismiss them

What shall I do?

Something I once heard

Dance it out

Dance all the problems away

Just let yourself go

So I did, I danced it out

And I felt free

Danced like no one was watching

And it lifted my spirit

I felt free, I felt joy

My heart beating fast

And the adrenaline flowing

So when feeling low, Dance it out.

Jo Anne Kennedy

December 2014

Ease My Troubles

Its the middle of the night

I am meant to be asleep

But my brain does not agree

And my thoughts are doing overtime

All the troubles and thoughts of the day

Seem to not want to disappear

I just want to go to sleep

Not relive my troubled day

I try to block the negative thoughts

And replace them with positivity

To help my brain relax

And my eyes close to sleep

But my plan is not working

What can I do to ease my troubles?

To remove the tension from my body

And get me over to sleep

Jo Anne Kennedy

November 2014