Good news can stun you
Disorient you even
As the peace sinks in
Category: Poems
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Look to the Sky
When you find yourself
Broken and beaten down
Beyond the reach of hope
Look to the sky
It’s beauty will rescue you
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Our Stories
This is for those
Battling depression
Grappling with anxiety
Struggling to sleep
Trying to keep their chin up
Trying to find the positive
Trying to stay connected
Forging their way through
Who do not tell a soul
How much they are suffering
For a mountain of reasons
Know that you are not alone
Years from now we will all
Have powerful stories to tell
Of making it through this
We are living them now
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Is it you or me
We should be in love by now
What a mystery
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She can be ice cold
Or so full of love and warmth
Your cold heart defrosts
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You will gain nothing
By expressing your concern
Radio silence
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You choose to tune out
What you prefer not to hear
Tell me the reason
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If it is frightening
To tell him that you love him
He is not your love
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Just let your heart be
Stop trying to control it
Let it take the lead
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In the quiet night
She dances inside my heart
As I fall for her
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What should I tell her
Here in magical limbo
On the brink of love
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Her indifference
Her absence of jealousy
Perplexes my heart
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Above
Look up to the stars
When you are lost and lonely
Millions of wishes granted
Floating above you
Shrug off the timeline
Dare to believe
Wish for our miracle
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In times of intense stress
I think we all return to our default settings
Our better selves dissolve
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Be free
Let go of the narrative
Let your days unfold
You will gradually find
Your fate will be revealed
When you least expect it
When love decides for you
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Big Question
Who do you want to be when you grow up
Would be the the question we should pose
In place of our standard query to a child
What do you want to be when you grow up
For what you do is only part of who you are
Our young souls have far more to give to this earth
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Decision
Back in 2007
I read in the books
It was bad to isolate
It makes things much worse
Better get out there
Meet people make friends
Best thing for your health
So I made myself
Enough years went by
I forgot what it was like
To want to be left alone
I remember now
So I just pretend
This is what I want
Watching long movies
Reading stacks of books
Sleeping for 12 hour stretches
It is not so bad
Just a way to pass the time
I find I like it
Not like 13 years ago
When I did all the same things
But I didn’t choose
What I did or didn’t do
My depression did
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Panic
Anxiety is an intruder
With unparalleled power
Tailored to fuel your fears
Conjuring a history of hurt
You are outmatched
Pain in your chest
Sudden brimming tears
Little kid level sniffles
Taking a seat transforming
To a collapse on the floor
Sobs finally give way
To labored breaths
Gradually you shakily rise
Without hesitation or shame
To find your phone
Scrolling to the number
You thought you didn’t need
And call for help
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Theater
Theater is life
Lived bravely
Watched with courage
As we dare to feel
Ever present together
For two hours plus
In the stillness
Of human connection
You can hear a pin drop
With the recognition
Of the familiar
Laughter breaking down a wall
At all that is fleeting
Applause calls a curtain
Hands held with smiles found
With a united bow
We all rise up
We stand together somehow
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Believe
Keep your deepest faith
In the true blue geniuses
Fighting this virus every day
Probing for discoveries
Attacking from all angles
Relentlessly working
Around the clock
To find a way to stop this
A mission they will
Never abandon
Not until we can
All hear freedom ring
Thank them
Bless them
Remember them
When despair creeps in
Have faith in
The great breaking news
That will arrive one day
On your phone,computer,TV
Brought on by their
Determined work
That day will come
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Ready
On a long dreary day
Being met with a bright smile
Like an unexpected rainbow
Will carry you through
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Be Not Afraid
Monsters cannot comprehend
People who hold within them
Kind-hearted integrity
Born of who they are
Without agenda
Built on the recognition
Of our shared humanity
When faced with cruelty
These noble souls
Do not retaliate
Against their adversary
Witnessing such empathy
Monsters fade to humans
Shook by a gentle presence
Fury melts into relief
Tears spill from their eyes
Cleansing a hateful heart
Because you do not leave them
Alone with their hidden pain
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Him
Something struck a chord
Floodgates opened
Damn it to hell
All the years
Of hidden words
Suddenly flowing
To say exactly
What I always
Thought he meant
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Hazy Summer Days
At a van I gazed
As it slowed to a stop
Such a happy dog
Barking through a closed window
I waved to him in the daze
Of the memory
Of a kinder summer night
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Pained Paradox
Illness is a lonely business
Assuring others you are fine
Desperately simultaneously
Needing them there with you
While praying to be left alone
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Night
Anxiety is my dance partner
In the late night hoursStaring at the ceiling
Sleep lacks appealWhen there is nothing
No one to wake up to
Just another identical dayMy restless heart praying
For a breakthrough
To set us all free
Poems of Pandemic Days by Alice Curley 