Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxk.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihuxk!mhauck From: mhauck@ihuxk.UUCP (M.J.Hauck) Newsgroups: net.poems Subject: Lonely poems Message-ID: <813@ihuxk.UUCP> Date: Thu, 29-Nov-84 16:44:21 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxk.813 Posted: Thu Nov 29 16:44:21 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 30-Nov-84 08:55:05 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 68 Gift 11/27/84 A gift unknowingly arrived that day long ago, when I was alone It came wrapped deceptively innocent how could I know I played with the layers of wrapping a happy child with a new toy By the time I realized my error I was to tangled in it all So now I fight for reality to lose, is to die I will return to my space smarter for my experience Mary Hauck My Mind 11/27/84 My mind was chained by lonelyness empty evenings creating a void in my soul I took a step outside alone and found it filled with life How I hated to go out alone, but now I have re-learned the trick The day is bright and I can watch the people go by I am still lonely, but now I can discover the rest of the world Mary Hauck Way of God 11/28/84 Way of God, I am but mortal understanding your will, I will not try Walking in you shadow, I am cleaned you have touched my soiled soul Great God, how do you look upon me when I have taken the wrong path You are great in you forgiving ways to take back one who is like me Mary Hauck Can You? 11/29/84 Can you hear the beat of my heart? across the empty room I feel the beating of the drum alone, I am alone here Can you hear the scream of my spirit? as it is held captive I feel the vibrations of the voice alone, I am alone here Can you hear the tears as they travel my face? as they wash the dust I feel the running of the salty water alone, I am alone here Can you hear the blood as is it escapes? from this casing of flesh I feel the flowing of life alone, I am alone here Mary Hauck Don't panic, just venting some frustrations. It always feels good to let it out.