Jori's Poetry Untitled In the past I was present Faltering to live one day at a time Saving breath for the next day to come Planning ahead and getting lost in behind Always running towards the last step Instead of waiting for it to pass I exhausted time Rushed by an unseen end Then forced myself to cherish the moment Make each breath fill a million bodies I stopped time And benefited endlessly Untitled I am a silly girl with many hopes and dreams I pretend that I am a butterfly on a cheery day I hear the trees whisper to another in the majestic, quiet woods I want to live my life to the fullest every day I am a silly girl with many hopes and dreams I wonder why god chose me to have cancer I understand that I am not the only one Yet I feel alone and secluded I dream about what a normal life is like I worry if I will make it through all my pain And I know that I must hold on and be strong I am a silly girl with many hopes and dreams I touch the hearts of all suffering kids I cry when I see kids just like me I try to love everybody for who they are I say that people should reach out to each other I hope people see me for who I am I am a silly girl with many hopes and dreams Untitled (December 2000) I am your knight of shining armor Silver glistening strong with might I do not speak nor reach out But my presence fills you And comforts the pain As the days pass your hurt grows deeper A wound unhealing manifested through withdrawal Silence is what binds the both of us As I soothe the sores And strength is regained Sorrow is replaced by laughter Smiles are seen instead of regret As I finish healing your suffering I whisper a farewell and drift away The Sun (3rd grade) The sun shines around the world beautiful and bright all day and night Singing softly to itself while shining light to the animals and trees The bugs and the bees come to join the sun, to love and to live in the earth's harmony The creatures of the earth come from within us; they are part of us from flowers that give us sweet nectar to the trees that give us shade We should love them as they love us Could You (2/16/00) Could you whisper me sweet nothings and tell me everything is going to be all right Could you tell me lies to make me smile Could you kiss away my pain If I would kiss you back Could you heal my pain with the caress of your hand Could you mend my crying soul with a smile and laughter of gold Could you make me forget my thoughts with a twinkle in you eye Could you but would you Dreamer (2/16/00) One day I will laugh with true joy and the heart of a child One day I will dream like a newborn baby fast asleep One day I will hold a child in my hands precious like a treasured pearl One day I will sing with the birds and talk with the trees One day when life is happy and I'm free from my own prison One day Untitled To show you who I am I became a piece of glass To show you how easily I can be shattered and some people just look right through me and don't care who I am on the inside. You are my angel in the clouds You are my light when it is dark I reach out to you but can't touch you You guide and lead the way when I am lost You show me sunsets on cheerful days You are my compass when I am lost Untitled (9/25/97) To show you who I am I flew up to the sky watched the birds soar in the air felt their happiness to be free understood their callings to another I became one of them I covered myself in eagle's feathers and let out a long cry I looked down and saw children running through a field laughing and giggling So I flew down to the ground and tried to play with them but they just shoved me away and seemed to feel no remorse for me so I let out a cry again sharing my loneliness with the world I rained tears of sadness and looked up to the sky until everything became blurry and once again flew up till I could go no farther Untitled (10/17/99) Come with me… To a magical place where candy floats and dances in your head Where dainty sugar plum fairies hum you to sleep Where everyone is beautiful in their own way and wishes come true Where candy arrives at your feet before the sun does Where everyone is treated equally and the singing of harps flutters through your ears Where the sun sparkles through the cloudy sky Where the sunset gleams all day and the moon shines all night Where there is no hate and everybody wears a smile all day long Where even grown ups have the heart of a child Come with me… Untitled Quiet whispers throughout the night Outside my window and beyond the woods Past the running stream and the helpless baby fox I hear the moon and sun talking to another reminiscing about the stars Sharing secrets with the soaring birds And laughing with the clouds They are the best of friends till the end of time They melt the icy peaks of the mountaintops & replace the coldness with lush and beautiful flowers The breeze tickles their noses and the rain soothes their souls Together they laugh and cry till the end of time Untitled (11/1/99-2/16/00) I have fire in my eyes but the tears wash away the pain My heart is cold but the pain melts the ice I have loneliness in my soul but my pride gets in the way I wear a mask of happiness to cover the hurt I am the very image of perfection which covers all my mistakes I am lost in a sea of lies and fakeness Lost hope and silenced pain that will never cease Each day my soul withers and dies more than the last Kill me slowly or kill me fast It doesn't seem to matter anymore My life is in the two people who love me most and there it will live freely