Popcorn in the Gunshot - Original Poem

Popcorn, exploding in the microwave
It makes me jump,
The sound so loud.
It proclaims it is there and demands your attention.

Popcorn, exploding in the microwave
Is not really the issue,
For there is nothing scary about popcorn.
The real issue is what it makes you think of.

Popcorn, exploding in the microwave
Makes me jump high,
And cower to the floor in fear.
This popcorn popping sounds like my nightmares.

Gun shot
*BANG*
Another one
*BANG*

Popcorn, exploding in the microwave.
No one cares about that.
It's the hidden meaning that matters.
The sounds of gunshots echoing in my ears.

~Alyssa Hellenbrand~

Temperamental Waves - Original Poem (3/28/12)

Temperamental waves that wouldn't give,
That was the death of me,
Yet how did I come to reach this fate?
That only I know.
Yet I am dead and cannot tell,
Not of the smile that caught my eye,
You'll never know of the hands I loved to hold.
Never will you understand my pain when that smile left,
The hands withdrew,
Never to come back to me,
At least not after they touched me one last time,
Shoved me away,
Ment me no harm,
Then I fell off the cliff,
Her fearful wails of despair echoed with me,
Then my body hit the water,
Waves thrashed me to and fro,
My head was thrown against the cliff,
Body gone limp,
I released my hold upon my body,
My mind drifted then left the carcass
Of my body floating,
Dead,
In the temperamental waves.

~Alyssa Hellenbrand~

DNA - Original Poem (Learning Biology in Class, Sorry)

A little twist here,
A double helix there,
Chromosomes everywhere!

No one needs to know of this,
Yet so many can easily learn it,
We are filled with double helix DNA!

~Alyssa Hellenbrand~

Happiness is Fragile - I am a Klutz (NEW QUOTE)

"Happiness is such a fragile thing...one who is a klutz, as I am, should never tamper with it..." - Alyssa Hellenbrand

Depression - Original Poem

Numb
Alone without being so
It is not fun
Being this way.

There is no easy
Escape
And no one can help
My Pain.

I am suffering
Deep inside my
Soul...
Where no one knows.

There is something
About my "self"
That suffers
Day in and day out.

I am a mess
My pain is worthless
I have no purpose
Alone I should be.

Depression is crushing
Damning me
Sticking me here again
In my pain.

Feeling alone
Being upset
Pushing love away
Wishing I could be better.

I find this normal.

~Alyssa Hellenbrand~

Some Grow - Original Poem

A walk through town,
Tasting ice cream on
A beautiful day.
The place where it all started.
Distance between the two
Grows less pronounced
As the communication barrier
Is thrown to the ground
And the real feelings,
The real words from the heart
Come out and show themselves
To that one special person.
The one you want to hold the hand of,
A person you could see a close friendship
Growing into something more.
Dreams like that are possible.
They're coming true every day,
Some may
Fall down the drain,
Washed away with as little care
As last night's dinner going through
The garbage disposal.
However, some grow
And flourish beautifully
Much like the blossom of the
Finest flower in all the lands
Opens up to the beauty of
Endless possibilities.
Open yourself up
To that one possible chance
At what you hope to be love.
Take that risk and don't look back.
Forget about the pains of the past,
Don't worry about experience...
Just be yourself and hope that the other
Will appreciate that and open next to you.

~Alyssa Hellenbrand~

Endless - Original Poem

Time, thoughts
The amount of pain you can suffer through
And still make it out alive.

People you can lose
Some that you will
And all of the tears you will shed for them.

Memories, recollections
Things no one else will ever know
And lessons you get to keep.

All of these are endless,
Everyone dies off eventually.
Just remember the endless moments,
The times you spent together,
The lessons learned,
Memories foolishly created,
Thoughts you shared with no one else...

Non other than with the one now lost.
Tears
So many tears
Time to let go now,
There's an endless amount of time still to come.

~Alyssa Hellenbrand~