The Chapters of my Life

Gloom and Doom

Gloom and Doom
Letter
People whom I am giving these poems to:
Hi, I am sorry if I have caused you any pain in the past. I didn't mean to do so. In fact one of you showed me how much I needed help and in a sense showed me the way. I was thinking of suicide and he told me his own ordeal with the subject. He told me what he was doing right before that occurance, and then I realized how much trouble I was in. SO if I tend to act a little weird from before don't worry it just means I am happy and found life serving the Lord and saw the light that he shines. This friend that helped me, opened the door to the light for me so now I know to read the bible when Gloom and Doom come into my mind.
This is to show you how I was and now no more negative thoughts plague my mind. This is what I felt even though I was following God's teachings. I at that time was not listening to those messages.

I hope you like these pieces.

Love,
Athena Marie Myring

Copyright (C) 1996 Athena Myring. All rights reserved.

Tiger Ghost
By: Athena Marie Myring

There once was a tiger ghost
That roamed the only Indian Coast

The Maharitchi of Rewa ordered it to be caught
And with ten-thousand dollars it could be bought

An albino it is not
A genetic oddity is what we've got

White and White can produce Yellow
But only the Lord can give us the little white fellow

With only one-hundred fifty to their name
This world will never be the same

Will we always have this treasure
For our children's and our grandchildren's pleasure?

Copyright © 1985 Athena Myring. All rights reserved.

Time
By:Athena Marie Myring

As I wake up from my dreams
I wake up to reality
Reality in a way are dreams
Instead of peaceful dreams
They are violent nightmares
Every seven seconds
Someone dies
It doesn't matter
If it's natural or semi-murder
As I listen to the news
A child cries
For clothes or food
The children are the future of the world
They are the leaders of tomorrow
I just hope tomorrow we will have a world
The world is my home
The world is your home
Pollution in destroying the environment
Nature once was our environment
But now we have machines
Instead of animals
And you
And me

Copyright © 1992 Athena Myring. All rights reserved.

Abuse
By: Athena Marie Myring

A child cries in the night
Once again the mother pleas
The father has the smell of liquor
Slam -- Bash -- Bang -- Silence
Except crying in the darkness
The child bloody with fear and terror
Lies asleep in dreamless nightmares
Hovering over the child
Mother protects thy innocence
Father sees fire and beats
Hits mother severely glass bottle shattered
Mother's dead.
Where is the child?
Father ran off with the child
He continues his pain
For hate and revenge are the meaning of his life.

Copyright © 1993 Athena Myring. All rights reserved.

Innocence
By: Athena Myring

Innocence
Naïve
Nice
Opposties Attract
Conning and Cunning
Exceptional
Necking
Cornering Cats
Exorcist

Copyright © 1993 Athena Myring. All rights reserved.

Pain
By: Athena Marie Myring

I know my pain.
Abuse - mental and physical
You know your own.
I used to cry because of my pain.
Now I use my pain as my will to live.
I don't strive for revenge.< BR>I don't fight.
I am strong.
Pain is a feeling and a state of mind.
Rape - Murder - Beating - Put Down
All cause pain
Everyone has had pain in their life.
I have had my pain.
Everyone causes pain in my book.
I have had pain.
I have pain.
I will have pain for forever and eternity.