A Childs Anguish - pipTalk Forums

How to Join	Member's Area	Private Library	Search	Sanctuary		Login
Main Forums	Discussion	Tech Talk	Mature Content	Archives	A home without a wall, Our haven without ends, A circle we all call Our Family of Friends!

Open Poetry #12

A Childs Anguish

Lisann
Member

since 2001-01-31

Posts 350

0 posted 2001-02-23 09:13 PM

IN THE EYES OF A CHILD

I WROTE A POEM FOR YOU
I WROTE IT ON MY WRIST.
I USED A RAZOR FOR A PEN.
I SIGNED MY NAME IN BLOOD.
BUT YOU DIDN'T SEE IT.
I WANTED YOU TO SEE IT.
YOU DIDN'T ASK ME QUESTIONS
EVEN WHEN YOU SAW MY HAUNTED EYES.
YOU DIDN'T ASK BECAUSE YOU
WERE AFRAID OF THE ANSWER.
I WANTED YOU TO FEEL MY PAIN.
MY FEELINGS ARE LIKE
THE LONG STRING OF ATTACHED SCARVES
THAT MAGICIANS PULL OUT OF THIER MOUTHS----
THEY SEEM TO GO ON AND ON AND ON,.
EACH TEAR THAT IS CRIED
ATTACHES TO ANOTHER
AND THEN ANOTHER
AND THE SADNESS
NEVER SEEMS TO END.
ANGER PUSHES AGAINST THE DAMN
THAT HOLDS IT BACK
WITH SUCH FORCE
THAT IT CRUSHES ME AND MY SURROUNDINGS.
THROUGH MY WRITING,
I DISCOVERED I HAVE AN INTELLECT
THAT IS NOT STUPID
AS YOU HAD SAID,
BUT ONE THAT IS UNSTRETCHED
A HEART THAT CAN FEEL MORE THAN PAIN,
AND A BODY THAT ONCE AGAIN BELONGS TO ME.
OOps sorry I wasn't looking at my keyboard when I wrote this so I didn't notice that my caps lock was on.

	⇧ top of page ⇧
All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format.