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When You'Ve Seen Enough

When you have seen your buddy get beaten beyond recognition, you've seen enough

When you seen your baby girl crying so hard she lost her voice,  you've seen enough,

When you've seen the receiving end of an M1 Abrams delivery of death, you've seen enough

When you've seen the look on your soul mates face that only you know she is hurt, you've seen enough

When you have seen the people you love the most disgusted with you , you've seen enough

when you've seen the guy in the mirror and you don't know who he is, you've seen enough

When I leave this world after seeing all of the above and my buddy has recovered, my baby girl is happy,
the War is over, my soul mate is happy and her pain is gone, the people I love are proud of me ,
and the guy in the Mirror is smiling back at me, as I know who he is now.
                   
I have seen enough.

I wrote this after I saw people on line fighting with some one I love because I want every one to see that there is so much hate and anger and violence and despair in this world haven't we all seen enough ?
I know I have. My Grandfather had three words written on his grave stone. Love one Another, he was in the First World War , and you would think this world would have also seen enough ?

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By Old Friend,

I did not  the write this and it's just a simple cadence from the Army but the wife of a dear friend
that I served in the Army with called me yesterday to tell me he died of Alcoholism.

In Memory of Sgt Joshua Smith 1st Battalion 75th Inf. 

C-130 rolling down the strip !!
Airborne Ranger gonna take a little trip !!

Stand Up!  
Hook Up ! Shuffle to the door !!
Jump Right out and Count to 4 !!

If my chute don't open wide !!
I got another one by my side !!

If that one should fail me too !!
Look out Hell !! I am coming through. !!

The End.
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It isn't much but its' from the heart. We use to say, it wasn't for the money, or the fame, or for our Country, it was for the guy next to you

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I Miss My Wife

Hello, my name is Mark Kelley, this is not a poem . My wife Yvette who used a pen name as Shanity Rain was very much into poetry and this wonderful website to express her poems. She actually wrote and published a book . Some of you I am sure will remember her name was Yvette Kelley but she used Shanity Rain as a pen name but I haven't done a search on her yet to see if she is still listed. Yvette died unexpectedly last year on Thanksgiving night. I was in prison for committing  a crime to save our house from foreclosure. I saved the house for Yvette and our kids and went prison for 15 months. A month before I got out , Yvette died. I wandered the streets of Portland loaded on adderoll and in so much pain i couldn't stand to live. I finally got into a Veterans Program and i pulled my life back together and still am. I have a nice apartment now, i am clean and there for my grown kids. I am Working part time and i feel I am ready to start writing again myself if you guys will have me. I still get very sad and it gets bad living alone but I think I can heal with the help of you guys and writing but I don't know much about poetry, so I guess it will be free verse? Maybe some bio or drama, I'll give it my best. Thank you guys for reading my story , i will try and give you some of her poems that she didn't post but i would like to see if her work is still on here. God Bless and take care. Sincerely Mark Kelley

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Inside These Walls

Dear Poets, my last post to you guys I shared the tragic death of my wife Shanity Rain, many of you knew her. Her real name was Yvette Suzanne Kelley. We were losing our home to forclosure with two kids in the house etc. I was a Mortgage Broker for 18 years and had lost my business in 2008 . I committed two felonies to get money to pay the bank back and buy Shanity a new car. I went to prison for 15 months and
a month prior to my release Shanity Died unexpectedly. The Poem below decsribes how I was feeling 10 months into my sentence.



Yvette, I am your Romeo and my heart hurts that I cant hold you in my arms, putting my hands on your soft beautiful face drawing you near as your lips meet mind ever so softly and I completely lose my self in your soul that yearns for mine, yet it's only a dream. A beautiful dream but just a dream because when I wake up you are not in my arms, but Darlin, your in my heart and there is no wall tall enough or strong enough to come between our love for each other. I promise you though that day will come and until then let my words sink deeply into the ocean of your heart and know that I love you , I have always loved you in this life and there after. Your Soul mate , Mark

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I Miss You Honey

I sit in myself so dark and quiet and loud
I wish I had a way through my memory's darkest cloud
I always thought that she and I would finish this ride together
Yet here I sit inside my soul inside the darkest weather
Yvette my dear sweet friend my dear sweet wife 
It was you and I together in this wonderful life
Its hurts so bad I can't see where you went 
Help me find you please , where are you darling
Please come back to me, I don't have another ryme 
I can't see, I can't breath just a little more time
With you in my arms I miss you so much 
I love you Yvette, Shanity , ill see you in my dreams.
Love your faithful husband Markie

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A Subtle Foe

Hi guys, i have not been on here for quite some time now. Some of you still here remember my wife, Yvette who passed away on Thanksgiving Day 3 years ago.
She was an Author , a Physic and an amazing person. Her pen name was Shanity Rain. I just wanted to acknowledge her and move on finally into my own poetry.

In this Life and There after we will always be together . I miss you sweet heart.
Love Marki

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A Subtle Foe

a subtle foe is about my experience with addiction and depression .
ML Kelley

One Day one Step one inch away, yet miles and miles I can stray away.
I have been there before but made it back
The darkness I felt was cold and black
If I fall again God help me please
Its my soul he wants and on my knees
If the dark one comes please make him go
He is not a friend but a subtle foe