ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
I am a retired New York City Corrections Officer that is currently attending Nassau Community College. I am studying creatve writing, and I hope to make my living as a writer now that I'm retired.I am 41 years old and currently divorced and living in Long Island. [April 2011]
AUTHOR'S OTHER TITLES (31) Apparently, I've Gone Insane (Poetry) Just a pleasant little poem that came to me one night while listening to the radio. [296 words] Brave Soldier (Poetry) A poem about love and war. [208 words] [Romance] Captain Courageous (Poetry) This poem is about my older brother who is a retired Captain of the NYC Correction Dept.This is not another Rikers Island experience.It's about a man with an addiction who found the courage to enter r... [597 words] [Spiritual] Day Of The Drunken One (Poetry) About 20 years ago I got engaged and my fiance and I threw ourselves a nice engagement party.I got totally wasted and made a complete asshole of myself.So I thought I'd write a poem about it. [424 words] [Relationships] Feel The Blade (Poetry) This poem is about a young girl named Lisa Fernandez. She was an inmate at Rikers Island hospital. She was hospitalized because she took a 'shank' and cut herself up. [330 words] Forever, I Will Always Love You (Poetry) This poem is dedicated to my partner in life,my best friend and the greatest woman I know, my wife Ann. [291 words] God's Hands (Poetry) Okay,I know I said I was going to write poetry that was more positive.But when I feel sad I write and this poem reflects that. [280 words] Happy Songs (Poetry) A poem about child abuse. [279 words] Hoping For A Resurrection (Poetry) Just a poem that came to me about relationships.It seems when I write about relationships I always write about saying goodbye.This one is about a broken hearted person that still has hope. [250 words] [Relationships] Hoping To Find Happiness Again (Poetry) Many years ago I was diagnosed with manic depression.These last couple of days I've been really feeling the effects of my illness.So I thought I'd write a poem about it. [543 words] [Psychology] I'm Losing Control (Poetry) I spent many years suffering from the dark demons of depression.I wrote this poem during that time.Don't make me out to be a Devil worshipper or anything like that,it's just a poem that expresses the ... [245 words] [Horror] In My Mind (Poetry) This is a poem written by my 17 year-old niece,Andrea.Her grandpa passed away from cancer last November.She wrote this poem in memory of him and read it at his funeral.I was so moved by the poem that ... [375 words] [Spiritual] It Is Time To Say-Goodbye (Poetry) This is a poem about something we've all been through, breaking up with a loved one. [297 words] [Drama] Junkie (Poetry) Another Rikers Island experience.This poem is about an inmate named Robert Ramirez. He was carried to the clinic one night by the riot squad where they handcuffed him to a bed because he was violent a... [395 words] [Crime] My Brother Is Dead But I'm Doing Fine (Poetry) No need for words the poem speaks for itself. [375 words] [Psychology] My Daddy (Poetry) This is a poem by the love of my life, my 8 year old daughter Daniela Jane,she wants to be a poet just like her dad.The piece was written word for word the only thing I corrected was the spelling. [114 words] My Sad Little Boy (Poetry) A poem about the hardships of fatherhood and raising a son. [379 words] [Relationships] My Sweet Daniela Jane (Poetry) A poem about the love of my life, my 8 year old daughter. [149 words] One Heart (Poetry) I was taking a writing class at Nassau Community College and one of my class mates,a girl named Lenora,wrote an essay about how her heart belongs to Jesus.Her essay is what inspired me to write this p... [278 words] [Spiritual] Separate Ways (Poetry) Another poem about how hard relationships can be especially if you love someone and they don't love you back. [371 words] [Romance] Tales Of Tito: Essay Of An Inmate (Essays) Are you a fan of the movie,'Goodfellas?' Then check out this story about the life of a criminal named Tito. [2,718 words] [Crime] Temporarily Misplaced (Poetry) Felt like writing a blues rock song.If any of you rock musicians want to use my lyrics in a song, don't plagiarize me!Just leave me a message in the review section and I'll get in touch with you.Hopef... [480 words] The Game Of Life (Poetry) It took me a week to write this poem and I think it's one of my best.It's about the hardships of life,the difficult world we live in and the current events that surround us. [832 words] [Drama] The Light Of Tomorrow (Poetry) I think I'm going to go in a different path and start writing poetry that's more positive.Even though I suffer with depression does that mean every poem has to be sad? This one is a start on that new ... [162 words] [Motivational] The Mystery Of My Mind-Subtitle:The Things I've Tried (Poetry) I was just about to go to my son's baseball game when suddenly I stopped and sat down to write this poem.My wife thought I was crazy but what else can you do when you get an urge to write but write.Ne... [469 words] The Preacher And His Friend (Poetry) I truly feel that this is one of the best poems I've ever written because it tells a story as well.However, because the poem tells a story, the sentences are rather long. So I hope the structure of th... [319 words] [Drama] The Questions Of Love (Poetry) Questions we must all ask ourselves. [455 words] The Smoke Inside You (Poetry) A poem about the fears I have about my wife's pack a day cigarette habit. [231 words] Unanswered Questions (Poetry) Don't mind this one because I just wanted to see if I could write a poem with three consecutive rhyming words.So the poem might seem a little forced.I've been reading a lot of poetry on this website a... [340 words] Wighead (Poetry) I went bald at the age of 20 and it devastated me.Then I did a stupid thing and went out and bought a toupee.Yep,that's right, I was a wig wearer.It was the most horrible time of my life.Can you imagi... [543 words] [Comedy] Your Prison Cell (Poetry) Another Rikers Island experience.This poem is about an 19 year old inmate named Ralph Porter.I discovered him hanging in his prison cell one night while I was working the graveyard shift. [382 words] [Crime]
I Wish The Darkness Would Disappear David Daniels
Got to find a road
That leads somewhere
To a place where people live in harmony
Where people love and you know they care
If there is an answer
It's something I've got to find
If I could find someone to hold me
It would surely ease my worried mind
Only time will tell
What will become of me
I've tried to find an answer in every land
I've even searched beyond the seven seas
There's to much confusion
Don't know who to trust
If you feel better doubting me
Then go ahead and doubt me if you must
Don't sit upon your high horse
And look down and judge me
I've tried my very best to take control
I've tried to be the best I can be
If you must look away
Look for an answer in the sky
But if for some reason you can't find one
Don't turn to me and ask me why
Maybe I should get religious
And I'll begin to pray
I'll look for the Lord's blessing
Perhaps the Lord can guide my way
But what if the Lord above
Turns his back on me
Will it be to late for forgivness
Will the Lord be able to set me free
What is freedom?
Can anyone tell me what it really means
Men have died in the name of freedom
But is freedom merely a dream
I don't feel free
I feel locked up in chains
I once had freedom
But now my prison cell is where I remain
I once had a heart full of love
But my heart was broken
I waited for someone to whisper sweet words of love
But they were never spoken
Watched a bird the other day
It couldn't fly for it had a broken wing
It walked about the ground helplessly
Unable to fly and unable to sing
Watched a boy the other day
He dropped his ice cream and began to cry
Mother came and embraced him in her arms
The sight made me want to die
I forgotten how it feels
To be held in someone's arms so tight
Whenever I dropped my ice cream
No one embraced me and and said it was all right
With each passing day that goes by
I seem to lose strength and grow weak
Tried to role the dice and gamble
But I never had a winning streak
Saw little boys and girls playing
They were having fun in the park
How can I have fun in my world
When the sun refuses to shine and it's always dark
Don't bear false witness
Against your neighbor or your friend
Don't lie,cheat or steal
Or you won't find forgivness in the end
Can anyone forgive me
For the sins I have done
If I can't find forgivness from the Father
Then perhaps I can find it from the Son
Contemplated suicide the other night
With a gun in my hand
If I were to take my own life
Do you think anyone would understand
Saw a young girl the other day
She was skipping rope
Though she skipped happily along
She reminded me that I've lost all hope
Everything I see
Reminds me of my troubled past
Whenever I feel happiness
It's a feeling that doesn't last
I'll try not to worry
Somehow I know I'll be all right
I wish the darkness would disappear
So I can finally see the light
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