The Nicole Schiffman Foundation

In Nicole's words

Nicole had a natural ability to express herself through words.  Although she did not get to fully explore this talent, she put her feelings on paper in the poems below.  Her unique insight on life, relationships, priorities and her own uninhibited self perception will touch you deeply.

Song of Myself

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I sit and I think

What is inside?

Thoughts go round and round

Nothing really to write down

What do I write about myself?

I don't think I know who I am

No one can tell what's behind

My smile, my tears, my fears

Don't want to write what someone might read

Not brave or courageous

Ready to wear my heart on my sleeve

Red, blue, yellow, green so many colors

So many emotions

Boring

The same all the time

Keep people interested in my rhyme

Tell a joke, sing a song, make someone laugh

Fireworks go off

Sends you skipping on the right path

Don't gossip, tell lies

Don't speak of the half truths

People are listening

Watching your every move

Don't worry about the whispers

Stand tall, stand proud

Never let then bring you down

Land of the Free

In the land of the free

What do we see

People being laid off and losing money to corporate greed

While athletes and stars are off on another shopping spree

They say they want all the racism to stop

Yet the KKK is walking down the city block

Women are equal nothing should make them feel low

In every Eminem song he describes women as hoes

Abstinence is the answer to stay healthy and shine

Sex in the City is on at nine

Violence is wrong try not to have a lot of foes

Families sit together to see the Sopranos

What is right, is definitely not clear

It's the Super Bowl you have to drink beer

Before we say Americas so great

Maybe we should get some priorities straight