Tanya Lynn Wells

West Chester, Ohio, USA

Tanya enjoys writing poetry in order to express her feelings, emotions, etc. She attended the University of Cincinnati and received an Associate of Arts degree. She is attending Northern Kentucky University to obtain a Bachelor's degree in journalism. She'll graduate in December 1998. She and her husband, Chad, have been married since October 1996. He's a store manager and a firefighter for Union Township, Butler Co., Ohio. They attend Crossroads Assembly of God in West Chester. Tanya has been published in local literary magazines/newsletters and by The National Library of Poetry. She credits God for everything in her life.

Here I Am

Here I am again God, trying to live by your word.
There is only one problem.
This World.
How can I find faith in madness?
You sighs you would never leave, but am I too lost to be found?
At times I feel like I can almost reach your hand.
Yet I just can't hold on.
You are everywhere around me...
Church, nature, and loved ones.
So why do I feel all alone?
I searched for something, but I knew not what.
Then I met you again.
The emptiness I once had, was gone.
This happiness filled my soul.
Lord, I want forgiveness.
I want to be like you.
Please give me the strength to take your hand.
Dear God, here I am.

For Chad

Another long day has passed.
Yet I hear your sweet voice,
playing in my head.
And I'm reminded of your love.
My body feels your tight and gentle grip,
a sense of security with an absence of words.
As your warm smile penetrates my gloom.
Again, I'm reminded of you love.
So close, so real.
Can this be true?
Is forever really everlasting?
Then I feel your hand,
pull me from doubt.
Now the answer is seen.
And again, I'm reminded of your love.

Let Me Be

I am only the shell in which she hides.
She is like a voice screaming to be free;
free from this mundane, cream-colored sack.
She wants to run wild in the streets.
To scream, cry, and laugh if she wants to.
Yet I am the one who follows their rules;
fulfills their expectations.
While I suppress her, I pray to set her free,
pray to meet her one day;
As I'm running free in the streets;
screaming let me be!