Dorris Hameditoloui 

Alameda, CA 

Gloria Weinstock, my Theater Arts instructor at Laney College, was my inspiration to begin writing. She taught me how to focus on my innermost thoughts and feelings and how to bring them to the surface. My poems have been published in several anthologies and by The National Library of Poetry. Several others were used as song lyrics and released on two "Music of America" albums and on the "America" album. I believe every goal should be viewed as a challenge to your inner strength and creative abilities. 

It's All Good

Life is a dream and 
life is a nightmare 
Could be that 
life is just not fair, but 
IT'S ALL GOOD! 
Sometimes solitude is 
all I desire 
Sometimes I want a man around 
to light my fire 
Can hang in that corporate look 
or get down in my evening gown 
Been laid back in a silver cloud rolls and 
partied in a white stretch 
Been standing in pouring rain 
waiting for that damn bus to catch...but 
IT'S ALL GOOD! 
Been used, abused , 
stressed and depressed 

Have laughed until I thought I would die 
Have those days when I, too, 
look up and ask Him - why? 

We can choose to sit in a ditch 
and go through life never finding your niche 

Or we can take it in stride 
and go with those ups and downs 
on life's rollercoaster ride 
When it's time for my last ride

and my days are few 
I hope to say
Been THERE 

Done THAT 
Heard THAT ONE TOO
And you know what... 

IT WAS ALL GOOD 

The Quest

The quest for self-knowledge 
keeps my mind fraught 
with lots of strange thought 

Why do they come? 
Why do I question  
where I am from? 

Where is my infinite connection? 
Is it another time? 
Is it outer space? 

All I know is 
somewhere my strangeness 
has a place. 

Cars 

CARS are a wonderful invention - 
to be sure! 
They transport us to all kinds of places - 
they even win races 
But CARS - oh CARS 
with their fickle ways! 
Make me wish I had been born 
in the HORSE AND BUGGY DAYS!!