By Shonda
In the days of my old self
Anger infiltrated me
And my emotions
Days on end, it never stopped.
With rancor building up
And confined within
Against those who caused
Distress to fall upon me
Notions of destruction
Encompassed me
Built up inside,
There was no room
For other emotions to show
I became a living time bomb
And finally detonated.
Now a new day,
A new life
Anger has a different place
I acquired a new aspect on letting go
I don't let the day go
With a heart of anger
Or days will come
And anger will infiltrate me again
Refuse to let it take me to my old self
Calamity and malice
Conveys sin
I give God control
And I ask for self-control
For when I wake to a new day
There is joy patiently waiting
By Shonda Kelley
Just another typical drive home
So it seemed
Driving back home
From a friends at night
Driving through town
Every light turns red
So I stop
Light turns green
I go
I�m on my way home
I make it through town
To the other side heading out
My house is in the country
Right there on the highway
Down and up the hill I go
The highway turns then goes straight
Soon I�ll see my house waiting
As I slow to turn
I see in my rear view mirror
Headlights coming
Too fast
Not enough time
I can�t get out of the way
CRASH
They survive
I thought I was going home
I seem to wake in a pure white room
Everything is hazy at first
I let my eyes focus
I take a look around
Right there in front of me
A pearly white gate
I look passed the gate
And see golden streets
People dancing and singing
I�m confused
I thought I was going home
Suddenly the big gate opens
And out steps a man
A man dressed in white
He looks at me and asks for my name
I tell him as he pulls out a book
I look bewildered asking what it�s for
He says nothing as he turns through the pages
He flips one more page and smiles
Looking up, he closes the book and reaches for my hand
Taking my hand he walks me through the gate
I ask him how I got here
I thought I was going home
He looks at me and smiles
Not a word being said
He takes me to an open field
Pointing toward a crowd of people
He lets go of my hand as I start to wonder
Closer to the crowd I get
The more I realized that this is it
I walk through the crowd to see why they�re there
I notice a man sitting on a throne
Immediately I fall to my knees
The man on the throne tells me to stand
I stand and look at His radiant face
He asks me if I know who He is
I answer
"You are my Father in Heaven."
I knew where I was going
And now
I�m finally home
By Shonda Kelley
I don�t want pity
I don�t want attention
I want people to care
But not because of bad things
I�m irritated at myself
The things I do are sick
I want to change
Stop this complaining
Stop the negativity
I�m making the choice
I�m happy
Filled with joy
God is my life
For He is my strength
I want friends to see Him
I want them to be my friend
Because of my positive attitude
I don�t want my friends to pity me
Because of my pain
I�ll run them off
If I continue to be negative
Here and now I make this choice
To be uplifted to myself
No more complaining
I don�t want bad attention
I don�t want to try
Just be myself
And I�ll have the best
The greatest friends in the world