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Poems by Troy Reichman
Two Haiku Last oak leaf of autumn Lingers, tenaciously holding on Long after the first snow ________________________ Old scars, wrinkled and ugly Sometimes I would gladly exchange them For the original fresh wounds _______________________
TRANSITIONS The moon is full, so full that I can't sleep Lunacy liberates like high tide inundates Water and madness, exultation and sadness pervasively seek out and shatter like water frozen in rock crevices Then come the thaw and ebb tide and I begin Discovering my new exposures and my depths are uncovered The wind blows through me Like every waterfront rock I will be worn down to my essence and subsumed in the flows Just one of a multitude of abrasive bits That will grind away at other foundations Until time and pressures regrow me into a new rock
Walk softly through my troubled soul Soothe the fragments together gently and slow I'm skittish, dangerous, and slow to trust Courting me is a sword fight, parry and thrust Don't make any sudden moves, look me straight in the eye Don't ask too many questions, never tell me a lie I'm full of contradictions and I don't get much sleep Don't ask me casually what's on my mind, it�s sure to be deep Be prepared for surprise tests that you probably can't pass Just accept that you're not the first, but you could be the last Be funny and caring, anticipate my need Be careful with your admonitions, they'll make my heart bleed Be warned! I've an overwhelming soul before you take it out Be confident enough to enter a mind filled with doubt
I WANNA BE JUST LIKE YOU I can't turn it off, I'd like to forget That we talked for hours about what we hadn't done yet Something inside me dies every time I go through this Like to put a choke-hold on hope, have it over and done with To just not really care would really be cool Who knows, in ten years I might make it to "cruel" Then maybe I could be "just like you" Able to do all ofthe things that you do Yea, that�s it! I wanna be just like you
IF YOU KNEW Strains of your beauty blow through my mind elusive and evocative From time to time I feel gut-kicked, lost in remembrance Never long unfaithful, once again entranced I take joy from the arch of your brow Your grin eclipses the sun for now Warm dry breezes on mellow sunny afternoons, the taste of honey and butter, the scents of frankincense and coffee, the sound of jazz on a midnight beach, the casual grace of frisking horses... Everything brings your existence before me If you knew you'd have to adore me Close enough to taste your breath would be to far away You, the mere fact that you are - YOU, just amazes me
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