Getting Married!!

I haven't written on my blog in over a month. I won't be adding any more poems until I get home and settle in, but I thought I would let any one that actually reads my blog know that I am getting married! Tim and I got engaged April 3, and will be getting married on New Year's Eve.

My Friend

You were my friend

But you left me here

I thought we would be

Forever a pair

You did for me

What no one would do

You were for me

What no one would be.

You were there when I cried

And there when I tried

You were there for me

When my Papa died

You were always there

And never mean

You had time to share

And you shared it with me

I will never forget

The day we met

Please remember me, Larissa Jean

This poem was written about the one girl that befriended me when I moved to a new school in the fourth grade. She gave up all her friends and possible popularity to be friends with me, the new girl. We continued to be friends, even when she left the school, and to this day, I consider her to be the best friend I ever had.

Remeber When

Remember when, Katy Lynn

So long ago when young,

You were my friend Katy Lynn

In days now seen as done

Remember when we played as kids

Not a worry in the world

We laughed and played

You came to my birthday

As time goes by, I wonder when

We've grown so far apart

I remember you, Katy Lynn,

You're close to me

You'll always be in my heart.

This poem was written about a friend from grade school, who I lost contact with when her mom remarried, and I was put in a new school. She was my best friend, and I hope to one day catch up with her and continue the friendship.

Loving You

Do you love me

I cannot say

Do I love thee

I'll know one day

Tell me this

Can you not see

What it is

You've done to me

I need your love

I need your care

Big Brother I love,

Are you still there

I claimed you friend

The day we met

Do you my brother

Love me yet

I hugged you this morning

"I love you" did say

You answered by turning

And walking away

It burned me once

It burned me twice

Is loving you

Now worth the price

I cannot say

I dare not see

What I learned today

I learned from thee

I wrote this poem about a friend that had become like a brother to me, and I always refered to him as my big brother. But one day, when I saw him outside and ran to give him a hug, he turned and walked away without a word. This crushed me so badly that I went inside in tears, fe3eling a lot like the weather outside at the time- drearry and stormy. Although things were later made right with that friend, the new view of love it created stayed with me.

Love

What is love

But a word undefined

It has no meaning

It has no sign

For those yet clinging

In hope and pain

To life with no meaning

For love they can't claim.

This was written at a time when I felt all my friends who had told me they cared about me or loved me, had turned around and left me. Although love does have a meaning, to those in pain, it doesn't mean anything, and this causes their whole life to have no meaning. To those people, love is a word undefined.