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Best Poems Written by Lorna Safronick

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A Tormented Soul

A tormented soul 

I’ve never felt worthy of love
I’ve always been a tormented soul
When you grow up without seeing 
A loving relationship by your parents 
You don’t learn how to love
The tension was always thick
You could cut it with a knife
Parents shouldn’t stay together 
Just for the sake of their kids
If you don’t love each other
It damages us 
We learn from you
When we do find love
We don’t understand it
We run from it
We hurt everyone around us
Remorse isn’t enough 
We become bitter
And lonely
Never understanding what went wrong 
To be forever tormented 
By what we don’t understand 
Do I blame my parents 
I guess I do
You thought you were doing the right thing 
Not letting your kids come from a broken home
But we are damaged
Nobody is really to blame
We just hope for love
For someone to teach us
What it is to love
But when we let ourselves be vulnerable 
We feel unworthy 
We become cold and distant 
Because that’s what we saw growing up
That is our normal
To forever be
A tormented soul

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The Reset Button

I had always wished I could hit a magic reset button 

To be able to go back in time to change the things I did wrong 

There’s so many things I would have done differently 

But I’ve come to a realization 

Those choices have made me who I am

Strong, independent, caring and vulnerable 

Who would I be if that button existed? 

Would I still be me? 

I’m learning that there actually is a reset button 

But it’s not the kind that fixes mistakes 

It fixes your state of mind

It reaches in to heal your soul

It helps you turn over a new leaf

It helps you push the toxic negativity out of your life

You learn a lesson from the mistakes of the past

You learn to let go of the pain

Only you can create this magical button 

It starts by being grateful for what you have

Not mourn for what you lost

And I for one, am going to push that button

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Pugs

My pug Shelby

My bossy little diva
So much personality 
In such a little dog
Always up for cuddles
Ate everything in sight
Didn’t necessarily have to be food either
Answered to many names
But mostly to Chubbers
Loved to sing
Protected me from the evil stuffed toys
Loved wearing costumes 
Could snore the siding off the house
My silly little clown


My pug Nitro

My quiet, cuddly, mama’s boy
Keeper of the squeaky ball
My special wheelchair pug
Nothing could slow you down
Too proud for costumes
Always by my side
Protecting me from any animal on the tv
Gassy little puggie
Farting when you bark
Snuggling up tight with Shelby and I
To protect us from the dark

The house is silent now
Doesn’t feel like a home
I miss Chubbers and Nitro
I’ll meet you both at the rainbow bridge one day
To take you with me on our next leg of our journey

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Wildfire

Thunder and lightning 
Without any rain
Spells big trouble 
Here we go again

Our spring flooding season 
Has barely came to an end
Wildfire season is now here
So hard to comprehend 

The firefighters scramble
The helicopters are in flight
All are working extremely hard 
To take on this difficult fight

The inevitable knock on the door
Given the evacuation alert 
Be prepared to leave
The police men assert

Anxiety and fear
Harder to ignore
Pack up the essentials 
Keep them by the door

 All the hardworking crews
Are gaining the upper hand
My evacuation notice is lifted 
Won’t have to leave my land

My nightmare is over
But the fight is far from done
Firefighters will still be busy
They’re in it for the long run


** I’ve been pretty busy, and unable to write for a while. There are 3 wildfires within 20 kilometres of my place here in the Okanagan Valley. I’m in a safe place, but if the wind picks up, things could drastically change.  :(

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I Am Broken

My heart shattered 
When you shut me out

I’m trying to repair it 
But there’s pieces missing

A piece remains with my late husband
Who I will love ‘til the end of time

Some pieces went with my pugs
When they crossed the Rainbow Bridge 

Yet with death, there’s acceptance 
Because of the finality of it

You put the remaining pieces together 
In a beautiful, yet fragile mosaic 

In time, you allow yourself 
To feel alive again 

I got too close to you
And you shattered my mosaic

Despite my best efforts to let you go
You still have a piece of my heart 

I’m trying to put the pieces back together 
But they just don’t seem to fit

I have come to the realization that
I am broken

I need to find the glue
To hold the remnants together

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Towing

The pet peeves of a female tow truck driver

Please don’t hit on me
I’m here to tow your car
Not to date you

Don’t pass me your phone number folded up in cash 
I won’t call you 
EVER

Being groped while doing an unlock isn’t sexy
It’s assault 
And I will assault you with the dolley bar on the back of my truck

Please don’t try to help me do my job
I have been trained to do this
You haven’t 

If I’m not there in the time the dispatcher told you
Blame my dispatcher 
I only got the call 5 minutes ago

Don’t hover over me while I do my job
My boss wouldn’t have sent me if he didn’t have faith in me
I don’t need a babysitter 

Don’t give me pointers on how to do a recovery
You parked it poorly
It’s my job to un-park it

If you call us to change your tire
Let ME change your tire
If your ego is that fragile, don’t call us for assistance 

It doesn’t impress me that you know my boss
Everyone knows my boss
And no, I’m not giving you a discount

When you see me working on the highway 
Slow down and move over like the law states
I want to get home safe too

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Luna the Chihuahua

Yappy ball of fur
A cuddly little land shark 
Please stop biting me


A little haiku about my mother’s dog :)

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When Sorry Isnt Enough

I know I hurt you badly
I was hurting too

I never should have left
But what’s done is done

I would give anything to go back
To hold you tight 

To never let go
To tell you I love you once more

I thought I was doing the right thing
Even though it was completely wrong 

You got to experience what I never will
For that, I am grateful 

You got to be a parent
And now a grandparent

I never will
That emptiness is eternal

When we reconnected 
I was over the moon

Now I’m completely heartbroken 
But it’s not because of you

I did it to myself
Hoping you could forgive me 

If it painful to hear from me after 30 years
That wasn’t my intention 

I had to reach out to you 
Maybe that was selfish of me

My heart belongs to you 
My soul aches for you

But I get it
I understand 

Sometimes sorry isn’t enough 
And I have to live with that

I wish you peace
I won’t push anymore

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Dear Stranger

Although we’ve never met
I feel like I know you

I’ve never seen your face
Yet I find myself drawn to you 

My heart beats a little faster
When I read your creativity

The beautiful eloquence of your songs
Wipes all my gloomy clouds away

Your words are like a melody
Making my soul want to dance

I wonder what would happen 
If we ever actually met

Would the magic still be there
Or would the spell be broken 

I long to be able to smile and laugh
As we twirl together on the dance floor

I’m whisked away to a serene place
Where my soul is finally free

We dance and and laugh under the stars
Feeling at peace in your arms

The alarm clock startles me awake
Breaking my dream of you

I reluctantly open my eyes
Sighing deeply as I start my day

I return to being a shy wallflower 
While I go through my daily routine 

Looking forward to when the sun goes down
So I can see you in my dreams

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Survival

I sit on the edge of this mountain top
My feet dangling over the sheer cliff

There’s a decision to be made
But it’s not what you think

I come here to clear my head
Becoming one with nature

This is where I feel at peace
This is where I vanquish my demons

I made the choice to reach out to you
You seemed to be glad I did

Was it just a lie?
Did you care at all?

Did you set me up on purpose 
Just to watch me fall?

This decision isn’t easy
Because you still have my heart

Do I wallow in the pain
And long to have you back?

Do I learn to let you go 
And find a way to heal?

Well, let me tell you something 
And I’ll make it very clear

I’m a survivor and I’m going to move on
I can learn to breathe without you

I will brush myself off 
I will hold my head high

You had your chance
One day you’ll see

The big mistake you made 
When you walked away from me.