A collection of poems by Lisa Wisniewska

Published by Lisa Wisniewska

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Read My Mind
Published by Lisa Wisniewska
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Copyright 2003 by Lisa Wisniewska.
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This book is dedicated to the dj guy .

I cant believe Im about to say this, but...

III

Contents
Last In Line ..................................................................................................... 1
Be, or Not? ..................................................................................................... 3
No More Tears .............................................................................................. 5
Broken ............................................................................................................. 7
Run ................................................................................................................... 8
Chance Missed ............................................................................................ 11
Isnt It Funny? ............................................................................................... 12
Glass Window ............................................................................................. 15
Simple Things ............................................................................................... 17
Watch Out! .................................................................................................. 19
Address To Heaven ..................................................................................... 20
His Name Was ........................................................................................ 23
Pictures ......................................................................................................... 25
New House ................................................................................................ 26
Apples, Pears, Peaches ............................................................................... 29
May I? ............................................................................................................. 30
Watch Me ..................................................................................................... 33
Time ............................................................................................................... 35
Did You Wonder? ........................................................................................ 36
You Got Me ................................................................................................. 39
Forgiveness Is Out ...................................................................................... 40
Love Letter Never Sent ............................................................................ 42
Lost ................................................................................................................ 44
Can We Talk? ................................................................................................ 46
Was That You? .............................................................................................. 49
The Unexplained ........................................................................................ 50
I Want Someone ......................................................................................... 53
Your Name ................................................................................................... 54
Victory .......................................................................................................... 56
Disgrace ........................................................................................................ 59
The Perfect Me ........................................................................................... 60
Let Me Sleep ................................................................................................ 63
Beware of the Ugly..................................................................................... 64
I Guess Youre Happy ................................................................................ 66
Keep Your Eyes On The Prize .................................................................. 68
IV

I Tripped Into A Love ................................................................................. 70

Part Of Me ................................................................................................... 72
La Di Da Di Da ........................................................................................... 74
I Would .......................................................................................................... 76
Dont Kiss Me Like That ............................................................................ 78
Special............................................................................................................ 80
Come Home ................................................................................................ 82
Love Letter Never Sent ............................................................................ 85
Dead End Job ............................................................................................... 86
Run Back To You .......................................................................................... 88
Did You Know? ............................................................................................ 90
What A World ............................................................................................. 93
Feels Like Yesterday .................................................................................... 95
Calling Out To Angels ................................................................................ 96
The One Standing Beside ......................................................................... 98
Be With Me ............................................................................................... 100
Im Going To Miss You ............................................................................ 102
While You Sleep ....................................................................................... 104
Window To The Soul .............................................................................. 106
You Dont Know How To Love ............................................................ 108
3000 Years ................................................................................................. 110
The Secret Knowledge ........................................................................... 112
I Am Ready To Go.................................................................................... 115
This Woman .............................................................................................. 116
Nothing Scares Me More ...................................................................... 118
Two Skeletons .......................................................................................... 120
The Moon .................................................................................................. 122
You Dont Have To .................................................................................. 124
Love Letter Never Sent ......................................................................... 127
Fool For You .............................................................................................. 128
Chocolate Ice-Cream ............................................................................. 130
Craziest Thing Ive Done........................................................................ 132
Sick & Tired ............................................................................................... 135
I Want To .................................................................................................... 137
Driving ........................................................................................................ 138
V

Last In
Line
Never first in your life
Not even good enough for second
Only third in your world
Everything comes before I do
I just sit and wait
Until you decide you can use me
For something to your advantage
Then kick me to the curb
When youre done
I wait for that dreadful day
When you decide
To take out the trash for good

Saturday November 14, 1998

A collection of poems by Lisa Wisniewska

Read My Mind

Be, or Not?
To be, or not?
Thats what has been asked
If I be
Be what?
If Im not to be
Than what am I?
Where do I find the answer?
Must I lead a journey?
Must I learn?
Am I to meet someone?
Or become solitaire
Will I create my answer?
Only to find there is no proof

Saturday December 5, 1998

A collection of poems by Lisa Wisniewska

Read My Mind

No More Tears
I have few tears left to cry
I must stand out in the rain
The skys my new source
The raindrops are my tears
They wash down my face
My whole body drowns
I dont want to cry anymore
But the tears knock on the door
They shout, they say
Let us out
Let us play
Let us slide
I shout back
I will not open the door
But I was wrong
I was nave
For I forgot to place a lock
On that door
The tears were strong
They broke down the door
They flooded my eyes
They slid down my face
I could not keep them from running, from playing
My dry, pale cheeks
Now wet, reddened with sadness and pain

September 2, 2000

A collection of poems by Lisa Wisniewska

Read My Mind

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