All in My Mind and No One Will Listen

By Danny Cole

After a short, difficult stint in the US Navy, where I developed paranoid schizophrenia, I lived in several places. I lived in Cleveland, Ohio, and the surrounding area, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and Boulder, Colorado, before settling back with my parents. I wrote this book while living with my parents in the 1980s. I felt I had a story to tell, and I had no one to talk to. I told my story with words. I really do not always know what is real and what is not. I have good word association skills and like writing a little to try and say a lot. I wrote this book exclusively in bars and diners. I wrote because, though I was around people, I was alone. This is how I could talk to myself. I wrote my feelings about the experiences I had lived through in my life. This book is a window into my heart and soul. I hope these poems will have meaning to you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Inspiring Voices
• Release date: Aug 30, 2012
• ISBN: 9781462402922

Danny Cole

I lived in Boulder from 1980 till 1984. I suffer from schizophrenia. I am from a small town in New Jersey. I am a high school graduate. I served a short time in the US Navy. I had an unusual experience living in Boulder. I tried to write an interesting story. For years I have read newspapers cover to cover. It was like a hobby, but it kept me company. I have been hospitalized for my illness more than once. I also participate in a day treatment program.

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ISBN: 978-1-4624-0291-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4624-0292-2 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2012915115

Contents

No Dark Peace

A World Someday

Danny’s Lost

Don’t Quit

Nowhere Usa

Tranquill

Only One Home

Taking Credit Gaining Power

Hopefully Talking

Not A Winner

Just Know Why

A Love

No Lines

No Job

To Sing

Children Grow

Just Believe

Same Mistakes

Just Caring

We All Need Help

Time To Stop

No Money Needed

Give More

Trying To Quit

They Haunt

Just Truth

Overcome

Talking To Loud

Forgive Those

Too Little

Awaken

To Be Timid

Natures Kisses

Forgive A Few For So Many

Why Stop A Life

The March

Keep Trying

The Jealous

To Moody

The Dating Game

With Payment

What’s A Choice

To Many Ideas

A Happy Day

Can’t Be Recognized

No Plan For Home

In Our Mind

Our Feelings

Let Me Forget

Overcome Just Overcome

Wrong Information

Thier Own Thing

The Top Bouncer

Try To Give

Don’t Let This Night End

Western Challenge

A Little To Often

Too Sexual

As Children Grow

Crime Failure

High School Truths

No Hope

Too Few

Hopefully Over

What Is True

A Peaceful Field