My Poetry from the Heart and Mind

By Mary M. Lykin

This author is a survivor of abuse. She lived with abuse for 43 years in her marriage.
The author having been through all kinds of abuse, she writes of how she prayed
every day and is very thankful to God as he helped her to get away from her abusive husband.

It took time but it was in Gods time. The author has many blessings and is thankful
for each and every one of them. She writes of her thankfulness to God for each new day.
She thanks God for giving her the pen to write about her abuse so as to help others to
see that God will help them get away from abuse.

The author also writes birthday poems, poems for her children and for her Starlite Caf family and friends. She also has written for anyone who needs prayers.

This author loves life and hopes all who read her book will come away feeling blessed and free of domestic abuse.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Dec 10, 2010
• ISBN: 9781452085647

Mary M. Lykin

Mary M. Lykins was born May 14, 1948 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She moved around a lot and went to many different schools. She went through abuse and was raped at age sixteen. She was married in August 1965 and this was when her abuse began. She went through abuse for 41 years of her marriage. She finally got a divorce in December 2006. Even with all the abuse she was blessed with seven children. She also had a set of twins that were called to heaven at birth. She has 17 grandchildren and one great granddaughter. She became a Christian and was saved in 1998. She holds on to her faith through all things. She has always loved to draw but in 2000 she started writing poetry. Praying, drawing and writing poetry helps with getting through all her abuse.

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First published by AuthorHouse 11/20/2010

ISBN: 978-1-4520-8562-3 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4520-8564-7 (e)

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FOREWARD

I would like to dedicate this book to all my family and friends at The Starlite Café and to my Adopted Mom, Aliceanne and Dad, George who have supported me from day one. Also to my first counselor, Lex who counseled me for ten years and my special friend, Earl who has counseled me and always seen that I had additional counseling throughout all my abuse.

Table of Contents

Chapter I

Inspirational Poems

God’s Coloring Book

Flowers We Will Pick Some Day

Because Jesus Died and Now Lives

Every Eye Shall See Him

Footsteps in the Sand

We All Are Made from Gods Loving Hands

National Day of Prayer

Do You Know His Story?

Why Must Someone Suffer?

Who Can I Turn To?

With Love

Freedom Begins with Jesus

What Is This World Coming To?

Dear Lord

Jesus Saves Us All

Are You Prepared for the Day?

For His Own Reasons

I Wonder

As God Looks Down Upon Us

We Shall Overcome as Jesus Is on Our Side

Dear Lord

When We All Get to Heaven

As the Angels Sing

Don’t Wait

Stand, Sit or Kneel Upon a Rock

Stand Up for Jesus

Names of Some Songs

Happy Valentine’s Day

Jesus Died for Us All

If God Got Too Busy

My God Is an Awesome God

He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands

Who Knows – Only Jesus the King

You Are My Rock

Salvation Is for All

Satan Try’s

As You Walk Down the Streets of Gold

Angels Will Come Through

He Is Lord

What Matters Most

A Rose Garden God Didn’t Promise Us

One Day at a Time

Flowers

Honor Your Father and Mother

Got Milk

I Believe

Depression Got a Hold on Me

I’m Walking on the Shore of Misery

Angels Are All Around

Tell It on the Mountain

Angels

The Power of Prayer

A Message on an Answering Machine

My God Is an Awesome God

We All Are Made from Gods Loving Hands

Angels

The World He Hold in His Hands

What a Friend We Have in Jesus

God Bless Our Troops

Money Won’t Get You into Heaven

In a Room Full of Flames

The Power of Prayer

God Is Still Working on Me

Is Your Cross Too Heavy?

If You Make Time for Jesus

A Celebration for Our Nation

All I Want for Christmas

Oh Come Let Us Adore Him

Keep Christ in Christmas

Life Is Full of Sin

Jesus Hold the World in His Hands

All Over the World

Magical Wings

God Is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Power of Prayer

Mansion on a Hill Top

Jesus Knocks at Your Door

The Good Book

How Many Times

Happy Birthday Dear Jesus

I Am Just Me

What Christmas Means to Me

Somebody Is Praying for You

My Christmas Prayer

A Free Gift

I Know I’m Just a Sinner

Do You Have Insurance?

Happy Fathers Day to the Father Above

Easter – Season

Three Crosses Stood

A Valentine for My Best Friend

An Unsigned Valentine Card

Couldn’t You Spare a Dime or Two?

Please Mr. Postman

I Wish a Berry Merry Christmas to You

God Loves You

The Lord Is There for Us All

Giving Thanks

You Can’t Get to Heaven in a Rocketship

Every Bit and Pieces of Me

My Faith Will Stay

The Lords Prayer

Will You Let Him In?

Have You Ever Been Sitting on a Cliff?

A Beautiful Gift

Promised Land

When I Though There Was No One

You Are the Reason

Jesus Loves Us All

Because He Lives

Turn Your Radio On

What Can I Give Him?

Chapter II

Miscellaneous Poems

Life Is a Beautiful and Colorful Butterfly

My Computer

Classic TV Titles

He Was Small and Scary

If I Was!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome to Spring

Fear Is ………

Snow - Snow – Snow

Her Daddy Is a Hero

Children All Over the World

Did He Who Made the Lamb Make Thee?

Good Luck on Your Moving Day

Sure Don’t Understand Our Weather

Birds

Have You Ever Taken a Good Look?

He Is a Homeless Man

September 11th Two Thousand and One

You Are an Angel to Me

Children Have No Trust

We Should Always Love Our Children

It’s Hard to Be a Parent I Know

Artist Canvas and Paintbrush

It Is a No Wait World

Seasons Come, Seasons Go

Twas the Night Before Christmas

The Cicadas Are Coming

Swimming

Seasons Are So Beautiful

If I Was President

A Pill

She Is a Mother

Blackout of Two Thousand and Eight

Fruit Cake

Gas Prices

Shootings in the Malls

Butterfly Kisses

Dear Lord I Need More Strength

It Is Getting Close to Christmas Eve

My Counselor – My Friend

P.T.S.D.

Panic Attacks

Money Can’t Buy True Love

Chapter III

Family Birthday and Anniversaries

Happy Birthday Autumn Dawn

Happy Birthday Mary

Happy Birthday – Kyler

Happy Birthday John-Jr

Happy Birthday John-Jr

Happy Birthday Missy

Happy Birthday Brandon

Happy Birthday Rosie

Happy Birthday Shawn

Happy Birthday Maria

Happy Birthday Rodney

Happy Birthday Amanda

Happy Birthday Tool Man Dave

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Cathy

Happy Birthday Carl

Happy Birthday Nick

Happy Birthday Zach

Happy Birthday Dana

Happy Birthday Rose – My Daughter

Happy Birthday Lisa

Happy Birthday Sarah

Happy Birthday Baby Jack

Happy Birthday Ray – My Son

Robin – Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Briana

Happy Birthday Kayla

Happy Birthday Billy – My Son

Happy Birthday Dorothy

Happy Birthday Nancy

Happy Birthday Shirley – My Sister

Happy Anniversary John –Jr and Missy

Happy Anniversary Cathy and Dave

Happy Anniversary to Rose – Carl

Happy Anniversary Billy and Robin

Happy Anniversary Ray and Lisa

Chapter IV

Friends Birthdays and Anniversaries

Happy Birthday Aunt Aliceanne

Happy Birthday to My New Uncle George

Happy Birthday to Someone Special

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday

Happy – Happy - Birthday

Happy Birthday to Someone Special

Happy Birthday to My Net Sister and Friend

Happy Birthday

A Happy Birthday I Wish for You

Happy Birthday to My Net. Brother

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to a Special Net. Sister and Friend

Happy Birthday to a Special Friend

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday and a Prayer Too

Happy Birthday to a Dear Friend

Happy Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday My Friend

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to You

Happy Birthday to a Sweet Friend

Happy Birthday Sharon

A Special Birthday

A Little Bird Told Me

From My Computer to Your Computer

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday on Your Big Day

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday

Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary You Are Both Special to Me

Happy Anniversary

All Our Best Wishes

Happy Anniversary to Two Special Friends

Chapter V

Family Poems

One Second More

A Gift from God Above

Another Blessing Coming Our Way

I Am Going to Be a Great Grandma

A Poem I Wrote for My Children

Mother’s Day

As I Count My Blessings

Autumn’s Friend the Pumpkin

Autumn I’m So Proud of You

My Angels My Twins

You Are My Favorite

Seems Just Like Yesterday

My Grandma’s Cinnamon Pies

Sarah Is My Little Ballerina

Sarah Said to Me One Day

Congratulations Autumn Dawn

Grandma Was Happy

For Little Rosie

Precious Moments

David I’m Proud of You

Mommy Mommy Why Can’t I Pray?

Little Diesel Passed Away

A Letter to Heaven

I Now Can Hear

King Jack, King Jack

Welcome to the World

Dear Santa Little Milshake Is Waiting

A Miracle Was Born

Thank You

Dear Santa They Are Being Good

If There Was Only One More Day

Disabilities

Just Another Day

Chapter VI

Family Prayers

An Extra Prayer for Autumn

Prayers for My Granddaughter

A Special Prayer for Ashley

Prayers for Dana, My Granddaughter

Prayer for My Daughter, Mary

Extra Prayers for Cathy, My Daughter

A Prayer for My Daughter

A Prayer for Dave My Son-in-Law

Prayers for Maria

Hello Lord It Is Just Me Again

Standing on the Promises of God.

A Prayer for My Daughter, Rose

A Prayer for My Son Ray

Prayers for Lisa

For Sarah Nicole

Upon Heaven’s Stairway

Dear Lord for Dorothy I Turn to You

A Prayer for My Sister Nancy

Prayers for My Sister Shirley

Chapter VII

Prayers For Friends

Prayers Tonight

A Prayer Tonight

Another Prayer Tonight

Dear Lord

There Is Power in the Blood

A Prayer for Aunt Aliceanne

Prayers for My Net. Niece

Dear Lord Please Send Help There Way

A Prayer for a Special Friend

Mary Kay Another Angel Called Home

An Angel Was Called Home

I Praise God Today

Prayers for a Special Friend

Prayers for a Little Boy

Dear Lord

Dear Lord

Prayers for the Little Ones

Dear Lord I’m Turning to You

Knocking on Heaven’s Door

Prayers for a Little Baby Boy

Dear Lord Please Send Angels Around

One Day at a Time

Extra Prayers

Hello Lord It’s Me Again

Dear Lord It’s Me Again

Dear God It’s Me Again

Early One Morning

Extra Prayers I Pray Tonight

For Some One

For All the Ones in London Today

Dear Lord I Pray to You

A Special Prayer

Dear Lord Please Watch Over Them

A Prayer and a Rose for You

As God Looks Down Upon Us

Heaven’s Gates Open Wide

Prayer for a Special Friend

Dear Lord Please Send Angels Around

A Special Prayer for Little Trinity

Here Little Dove

Prayers for Debbie My Net. Sister

Dear Lord

Oh Why Does This Have to Be?

Chapter VIII

Abuse in General

Tomorrow I Will Leave

The Windows of the Past

Real Men Don’t Rape

A Song of Hope

The Soft Cascading Waterfall

Lost in a Field of Flowers

Secrets Are Untold

Empty Vase

Did You Ever Look into Your Rapist Eyes?

An Abused Wife

At a Slow Pace

Jesus Loves Me

The Black Rose

Broken Wings

Hopes and Dreams

Dear Friend

A Knife in Her Hand

As She Laid There

I Don’t Understand

Glass

I Am There for You

A Little Girl A Little Boy

Her Room Was Full of Roses

Words That Can Make a Heart So Broken

Do You Wear a Mask?

She Is Somebody’s Daughter

Clowns

Cutting

Make == Up

Christmas and a Childs Cry

Dear God We’re Children

Playing Games

There Is No Face

Teddy Bear

As a Little Child Cries

Children Should Be Able to Trust

Real Men Don’t Rape

She Could Be ……….

If They Reach Out to You

Why Does a Woman Live with an Abused Man

A Woman Found Dead

Throw Away the Razor Blade or Knife

Another Abuse Case Today

Did You Ever Feel This Way?

Her Life Has Pain Like No Other

A Woman Was Missing

As They Make their Wedding Vows

Rainbows of Love

Down Her Cheek Slipped a Tear or Two

Another Woman

Mother’s Day Cards

It Seems Like the Victim Pays

Your Wife

October Is Domestic Month

Memories Come Memories Go

A Key

A Few Years Ago

Raindrops

Abused Is Something You Don’t Understand

Depression Depression

God Understand Tears

Are You Living in Denial and Fear?

Behind Closed Doors

The Closet

When Will Abuse Stop?

Dear Jesus

Faith

Chapter IX

Positive Abuse

Let’s Break the Chains

Promises of Tomorrows Eternal

Things Once Hidden

Stop Child Abuse

Stop Being a Victim

Blinded by the Light

A Key

Stop Violence Against Women I Pray

A Little Child

You Keep to Your Self

Have You Seen the World Through Her Eyes?

We Need the Chance to Say No More

Living in a House of Horrors

Faith

If Abuse Your Going Through Turn to God

Let’s Stop Child Abuse

Somebody Prayed for Her

Let’s Break the Silence

Stop Stop Stop

Get Away Before It’s Too Late

Abuse We Need to Talk About

He Didn’t Mean To

If Only I Had a Moment in Time

She Walks Away

She Could Be

Chapter X

Personal Abuse

Jesus Takes the Wheel

My Voice Will Be Heard

I Thank God for My Freedom

Look at Me Now

Someday Jesus Will Make These Trials a Blessing

I Turn to Jesus the King

These Boots Are Made for Walking

Now I Am a Survivor

Whispers of Faith

No Love January Through Dcecember

I Am Not a Puppet on a String

I’m a Survivor

December the Fourth

Tear Stained Images

Times I Thought I Couldn’t Cope

Shattered and Used

Have You Ever Seen Behind Closed Doors?

He’d Always Say No Please

Angels Cry

Rape

Abuse Life

Now Look What You Did

Dark Heart on New Years Eve

He Walked Away Free

A Bad Dream

An Abuser Will Not Change His Ways

Your Guardian Angel

Long Ago

If Walls Could Talk

His Lies No More Do I Believe

Heartaches by the Number

A Nightmare

Doctor

How Did He Make Me Feel?

No One Knew Cause She Was His Wife

Accidentally on Purpose

Could You?

I’ll Just Hide Away

Abuse

I Think of Him

Bubbles

Silent

His Punching Bag Walked Away

God Painted Me the Way He Wanted

Forty-three Years Ago Today

She Ran So Fast

An Abused Wife

Miles Away from Home

His Baseball Bat

Tell Me Why?

Dark and Gray

Living in Hidden Pain

The Shadow of Abuse

My Life Is Like a Maze

What Did I Do Wrong?

Abuse!

I Didn’t Ask I Said Please No

A Crime I Didn’t Commit

The Life of Abuse

As She Looked Up at Him

Fourth of July

Pain Is!!!!!!!!!!

If Many Tears You Never Wept

On the Eve of New Years

As the Police Came Back

I Would Tell Any One

What Do You Say?

What Color Describes You?

Hope Dreams and Believe

Dear Lord Help Me Hang in There

Our Wedding Day

Big Foot Prints

I Now Have Bubbles Around Me

Angry Eyes

Like a Storm

I’m Sorry

I Have Faith I Believe

I Had to Learn to Jump Fast

I Don’t Think You Know

I Was Abused and Shattered

God Loves Even Me

Shut Up He Said

I Turn to My Ink

If I Had a Rose

I Give Thanks to the Lord

As I Waked an Abused Line

Wrapped Up in Tears

Thank You Lord

Wishing Upon a Star

When Angels Are Around

It Was Gods Love

I Love to Paint and Draw Too

It Started with a Little Push

The Lord Helped Me Through

4th of July – New-Years Eve

Giving Thanks

God Painted Me the Way He Wanted

I Took It to the Cross

Seams of My Life

About the Author

About the Book

Chapter I

Inspirational Poems

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God’s Coloring Book

Sometimes as I sit and look

How the world is like God’s coloring book.

The sky He colors blue or gray,

Brownish yellow he colors the hay.

The grass he colors green,

Just the right colors it seems.

Leaves he paints yellow, red and brown

As they fall to the ground.

The snow so pretty and white

Are like dark gray clouds at night.

Many beautiful different colors of flowers

For God holds all power.

He colors every flower, every leaf and weed

A box of crayons or paint they don’t need.

He colors every thing just right

Some He colors dark and some light.

Some purple, red, yellow and some blue

A rainbow He makes for me and you.

Flowers We Will Pick Some Day

Flowers we will pick some day

For the Masters bouquet.

When our battle on earth is done

We will be the ones

To walk on roads of gold

Carry no more heavy loads

We will never get raped or beat again

Someday our battles on earth we will win.

Flowers we will pick some day

For the Masters bouquet.

We will sit by Jesus side

No more dark secrets to hide

We will be happy in Paradise

Every one will be so nice

No more being called bad names

No one playing mean abused games.

Flowers we will pick some day

For the Masters bouquet

Plenty of love there will be

For everyone, even for me.

No more fear

No reasons for tears.

Because Jesus Died and Now Lives

Every Eye Shall See Him

He wants our hearts to hold him within

Everyone eye shall see Him.

The Lord is the only one

He made the stars the moon and the sun

He made the water he made the sky the ground,

He made everything just look around

He made the people, He made the flowers.

Yes the Lord holds all powers

He made the leaves he made the tree’s

He made the world for all to be

He wants our hearts to hold him within

Every eye shall see him.

As you start each day

Take a minute to pray

Turn to the Lord he is always there

Even when we have too much to bear

When we’re down and blue

Remember the Lord helps us all through

He loves us all

Big or small

He wants our hearts to hold him within

Every eye shall see Him.

Footsteps in the Sand

God gave us a choice you see

A choice He gave to you and to me

To live for him

Or live in sin.

He carries us when we fall

He is there for us all

When you feeling blue

He will help you through

His footsteps in the sand you might see

For you, there He will be.

God wants to come into your heart

Then He will never part.

God wants us to share his word of love

To join him someday in Heaven above

No matter who you are God loves you

With a love forever true.

If you don’t God turn to him today,

He will hear as you pray

His footsteps in the sand you might see

For there He will always be.

He will never turn from you; please don’t run from him,

In your Hear let him Enter In.

We All Are Made from Gods Loving Hands

We all are made from Gods loving hands

Don’t matter if we are black, white, yellow or tan

He made us from clay

He made us in His way.

So why can’t we be?

A loving family

Why do we have hate?

Why so much heartache?

Why can’t we all love God above?

Share all his love.

It is day some places and other places night

Why with each other do we fight?

We all are made from Gods loving hands

Don’t matter if we are black, white, yellow or tan.

We are all sisters and brother,

God wants us to love each other.

Why is there so much abuse, so much rape and pain?

Living life for God is so much to gain.

Why so many killings and doing so much wrong?

God helps us all to be strong.

So many children killing, children no play

Many children not learning about God or to live His way.

Many turn and hide the truth deep down

Pretend God isn’t around.

We are all made from Gods loving hands,

Don’t matter if we are black, white, yellow or tan.

National Day of Prayer

National Day of Prayer,

Let’s all reach out everywhere.

Let’s all in our own way,

Turn to the Lord and pray.

Dear Lord please we need you back in our schools,

We need to teach to all the Golden Rule.

We need protection over the one’s in the military,

Fighting for our country to be free.

We need to stop abuse especially child abuse, we need more laws,

Dear Lord for our Nation upon your Holy Name I call.

Many children are homeless and starving out of a garbage can,

Dear Lord we all need your loving hand.

Many babies are being born and then thrown away,

Dear Lord we need you in our lives night and day

So many killings children too,

Dear Lord our Nation needs you.

Candles are lit all over the world,

So many lost boys and girls.

National Day of Prayer

Let’s all reach out everywhere.

We need to read the Bible everyday,

We all need to pray in our own way.

Our Nation is falling in two,

Dear Lord we all need you.

Dear Lord we all need you

Together we will stand tall

Without the Lord our Nation will fall.

Do You Know His Story?

Do you know his story?

Have you ever thought he might give God all the glory?

For finding food in a garbage can

Do you know the story behind that homeless man?

Maybe he was your neighbor at one time

Maybe he always walked a straight line.

One day an accident might have happened to him,

He might have tried but can’t find a job again.

A homeless man might be

A man who in God he believes

He has no where to sleep

Out in the cold he just weeps.

Do you know the story?

Have you ever thought he might give God all the glory?

He might look like a bum,

You turn your head and run.

He asks for a dollar or two

What do you do?

In your heart you want to help but thoughts come

Can you trust him some?

You wonder why can’t he work why is he begging strangers,

Did you ever think that homeless man could be an Angel?

Why Must Someone Suffer?

Why must someone suffer we wonder,

Family members hearts just tremble

When someone close to us is very ill

We don’t understand God’s will.

It breaks our hearts to sit by and do nothing at all,

Makes us want to hit our head against a wall.

We don’t understand why it