Sad Hearts Poems By Lynn Barany I went to visit a friend of mine A girl much younger than me. I was there when she was born And gave a party when she turned three. I was always at her house. As a teen I watched her weep When she sat at the kitchen table And stated "This baby I can't keep". At the age of twenty When she married the wrong man, I tried to be her best friend And said "I understand" Then at the Christmas party When she was twenty nine, I was there when she passed out From drinking too much wine. I noticed most days after that Her eyes were full of tears. I held her head when she got sick From drinking too much beer. Just tonight she called me, She had important words to say. "Guess What"? were the words she used, "I've been going to AA". Her heart was truly breaking But she said the time has come, I want you to be proud of me "Because I Love You Mom".

Hi, Thank you for coming to my poetry site. I hope you've enjoyed reading my poems and will come back again to this humble poets home -- Island Poetry. Every poem is original and is derived from my daily encounters, thoughts, experiences, relationships and contacts with family, loved ones, friends, nature, the world and people at large. My poetry is simple, uncomplicated, straight-forward and honest coming from the heart, soul, a spiritual presence and obviously God -- Her/Himself. Thus, once the idea and first line of a poem "pops" into my head, the balance of my poems "arrive to me" more or less complete requiring only my immediate and total attention and focus in its writing down, with minimal additional work or effort thereafter. While belonging to the International Society of Poets, I have also been fortunate to have had the support and publication of many of my poems by local community newspapers, faith groups, charitable organizations, and in various anthologies published by the National Library of Poetry and catalogued in the U.S. Library of Congress - Publication Data ISBN 1-56167-256-4 I now live on lower Vancouver Island, off the Canadian west coast. Although originally from the Canadian province of Ontario, I have over the years also lived in the province of Manitoba, as well as Germany. Once again thank you for reading my work, hope you enjoyed and found it relevant also to your own experiences of the living, loving and challenges of everyday life. I truly would appreciate and love to hear from anyone with comments, critiques, suggestions or what-have-you. Email Me - lynnbarany@islandpoetry.com Regards, Lynn Barany (Hanna)