Poetry, etc.
This is the page where we post poems and prose and art from our North Kansas City Y.O.U.ers. If you're a member and would like to post something, just write Jenny at [email protected] and we'll put it up right here!
The Tiger Revisited
        by Jenny L. Nielsen

Why do we
      fear the Tiger?
Perhaps because
     the Tiger
knows
     the Night.

The Tiger lurks
     behind
our greatest fears;
     slips
in and out
     of our
worst nightmares;

Crosses the deepest
     Forests
of our consciousness
    to dance
with our most joyful,
    most secret
hopes and dreams.

Like a newborn
    star
the tiger's fire
    shines
in the darkness
    knowing
what is not heard or seen.

Knowing that which
    resonates
further inwards
    in the
Unknown

(c) 2001 Jenny L. Nielsen

I'll Be There
     by Heather Busey

You look around
Watching anything at all
Will you be standing closer
When the world around you falls?
Do you hear the voices?
Do you hear the silent screams?
Are you laughing in your anger?
Are you down upon your knees?
And when the tears roll down
And the days go by,
I'll be there to kiss your tears,
Every time you start to cry.
And I'll be there to hold you,
Love you all the same.
When you need a shoulder,
Just call upon my name.
You walk by yourself,
Down the same old lonely road,
You feel so afraid,
You feel so alone.
Where do you go?
Where do you turn?
If you call my name,
I'll take away your pain.

(C) 2001 Heather Busey
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