hot summer air
stifling, roar
past the window
making soar

winged creatures
through the air
wish i 
sensation share

ominous wisps
tangled sky
choking dust
tearing eyes

wrestling with
cellar door
awed by nature
twisting roar

pounding heart
rushing blood
splintering, cracking
door of wood

sucking, pulsing
pulling me
this winged creature
drags, set free

flightful, boundless
soaring free
the ride to death
eternity

sherry 3/19/98 ©

Seems many days since logging on
to booktalk and the net
and I have not been quite the same
nor have you i bet

people spin their spider webs
entangle and entwine
some days will find me crying
while most days all is fine

love is rampant, raging here
yet hatred rears its head
sometimes to spare the feelings
must leave somethings unsaid

I am real and know that each
who comes here flesh and blood
and when I speak my feelings reach
with power bad and good

unlike emotions face to face
the power button beckons
too easy to a chat erase
refusing resolution, reckon

you are real, you feel
and so are fellow chatters
be sensitive and thoughtful
everybody matters

sherry 3/98

trite to say im puzzled
but i know that im confused
is this love and laughter
or am i being used?

one minute soar
like a bird in the sky
the next time feel
tears in my eyes

a rollercoaster
an upward, skyward ride
then for some strange reason
feel a need to hide

im lost and hurt, scared perhaps
dont know what to do
lately id been comforted
in your arms when id been blue

now that youre unhappy 
im here all alone
i feel enduring sadness
heartache it is known

dash a tear from off my cheek
hold my head up high
rather not be seen like this
wont let you see me cry

sherry 3/22/98