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Please check out these poems by Author Sandra Linely


All in Your Head
The skeptic said,

You look fine,

So you are fine.

The problems are all in your head.



My husband said,

I love you, but

You're not who you used to be.



My daughter said,

You're no fun any more.

I want to run away.



I said,

Please help me.

I'm lost, confused.

My head hurts.



I can't remember,

Can't think clearly,

Loud noises bother me.



I lose control, I rage,

Become distracted,

Am always tired.

Learning comes slowly now.



I've lost myself

And I'm so ashamed.

Help me, please,

With these problems in my head.



The doctor said,

The changes are real.

They won't go away.

So sorry your head can't be fixed.



But here are

Pills to sleep

Pills to stay awake

Pills to improve memory

Pills to prevent seizures

Pills to control mood swings

Pills to dull the pain

From the problems that are in your head.



The skeptic said,

You look fine

So you are fine.

The problems are all in your head.



Stranger in my Place
My husband has a new wife

My daughter, a new mother.

And sometimes I think I hate

The stranger who has taken my place.



It's painful just to watch her

Do what I once did.

She cooks (a little), cleans (not well),

And dreams her little dreams.



But where is the laughter, the passion,

The two of us used to know?

Where, the bright hopes and the wonder

That bound us, heart and soul?



And yet my husband loves her

(I wonder how he can)

A person slow and awkward,

Limited and sad.



The accident that brought her

Saw the old me die

Left this strange new person

To carry on in my stead.



Now my daughter calls her Mommy,

And trusting takes her hand.

My husband calls her Dearest

And draws her into his arms.



But deep within me something

Remembers and protests,

I refuse, I will not be

This stranger who has taken my place!