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03 Apr 2014 Leave a comment
in April 2014, poetry Tags: emotions, help, life, reaching, surviving
Reaching out for a hand
to hold as we fall
hoping it will save
wishing, knowing not at all
What if the hand’s not there
how then do we survive
when we are all that’s left to hold
do we remain alive
Is there any way to tell
what tomorrow brings
will we awake
when the alarm bell rings
We keep reaching
looking to find hope
just tie a knot
at the end of your rope
19 Dec 2013 Leave a comment
in December 2013, poetry Tags: help, life, pain
Unable to help
or make things better
sometimes there’s just
nothing
Pain so great
depression so real
unable to stop
the way you feel
Try to help
there to listen
the wall is too high
something is missing
No sound
but the weight
is deafening
Unable to stop
the inevitable train
when at last
she gives in to pain
06 Dec 2013 Leave a comment
in December 2013, poetry Tags: help, homeless, hopeless
Only fifteen
without a home
living where I can
no help
One shirt
a single pair of shorts
one hooded sweatshirt
no more
Little food
just what I get at school
nothing after that
no more
Without love
parents long gone
nobody that cares
no love
Twenty below
hiding in abandoned buildings
it’s so cold
no heat
School today
walking just to be there
just to get warm
no lie
Got nothing
without anyone
this is my life
no hope
I wrote this poem today about a student I personally know at the high school where I work…and they are not the exception. There are many just like this and many even worse off. Right here, in my town. The stories are heartbreaking. Each year the school has a gift card drive in December for these kids. My boss, Ms. Shelli Strouf, Assistant Principal, heads this drive up. We collect gift cards and distribute them to these kids for basic needs of life clothes, shoes, food, coats. We have many homeless, shelter, foster and worse off kids. We are collecting gift cards now, cards for stores, food places, anything will help. You can send the cards to Billings Senior High School 425 Grand Avenue Billings, Montana 59101 atten: Ms. Shelli Strouf. Thanks for caring ♥
13 Oct 2013 Leave a comment
in October 2013, poetry Tags: alone, fear, help, lost, pain, weak
Cry out for help
but only you can hear
nothing remains
only the fear
Wanting the help
unable to speak
look for strength
only to be weak
Where is the help
searching not found
alone
in darkness bound
Cry out for help
speak through pains
perhaps someone
will save what remains
12 Sep 2012 Leave a comment
in poetry, September 2012 Tags: friendship, help, life, support
If only everyone could have a helping hand
just even once in a while
what a difference it would make
the hand that leads to a smile
When you’re down when you’re low
the hand that lifts you up
when you’re lost when you’re alone
the hand that shows you’re not
When things go well, when the job is done
a hand that pats your back
when you fall and struggle to get back up
the hand that leads the way
If everyone for just one moment would reach out their hand
to those who struggle to those who succeed to those who try again
how many would it help whose life would it change
if the hand belongs to you it might be yours
Deborah Horton Writing 