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RevengeIsMine
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0 posted 2008-10-13 08:19 PM



Hiya Guys!,
More writers class assigments, since i've had to finish working i've kinda put more effort into my classes. Okay so the other night we were asked to write a piece that focused on abuse. Now for me there was a million things i could write about but the tricky part was we had to listen to a song and somehow make the poem completely different to the lyrics but yet some how include the title and the main focus point. So i gets my song, and it's from some chick i'd never even heard of before.. Anyway after listening to it on repeat for about 40 times i came up with this.

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Rattlin' Bones


When I was just a little girl
Of Maybe two or three
You started being a bad daddy
Started doing things to me

It started with some swearing
Then a bruise here and their
Then it got really ugly
And each time you didn’t care

You didn’t hurt me all the time
But when you did it made me sad
You left a stone by my bed
Every time you did something bad

Now I’m all grown up daddy
And you’re old and even gray
So I came back to visit you
I’ve got to be strong today

You were sitting at the kitchen table
Mum was making tea
Then I handed you the stones and said
“You gave these to me!”

They were packed up in a garbage bag
Far too many to count
Daddy’s eyes split down the middle
He couldn’t believe the amount

You told me one day I’d want to leave
Escape from a life so black
But the truth is daddy
All these stones hurt my back

These stones remind me of the past
And how I’ll never be like you
I left them at home once daddy
And I almost hurt somebody too

I don’t wanna be like you dad
So I’ll drag this bag of stones
Until they bury me in the ground
With all the dust and rattlin’ bones


Oh BTW the song.. Kassey Chambers - Rattlin' Bones!
And the foucus point i had to keep was Stones

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1 posted 2008-10-14 04:43 PM


Wow!! You better get an A++ or else I'm flying down there and showing that instructor of yours a thing or too! lol Cause this poem is amazing! It made me realize a lot in my life and in what I have to do to move on from my experiences.

"These stones remind me of the past
And how I’ll never be like you
I left them at home once daddy
And I almost hurt somebody too

I don’t wanna be like you dad
So I’ll drag this bag of stones
Until they bury me in the ground
With all the dust and rattlin’ bones"

Amazing work hun. Keep up the work and if your instructor tells you any different then give me a call. I'll be there in no time. :P  

-Zach

"I'd rather be anything but ordinary!!"

freeand2sexy
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2 posted 2008-10-15 06:33 PM


I have to agree totally Amazing!!!

"Life is too confusing, but I like it that way!"

Leanne <3
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3 posted 2008-10-22 04:59 AM


this was just unreal
enjoyed every minute of reading it!!

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