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Your Perception Of Me |
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tatalinia Member
since 2005-12-17
Posts 137CA, US 
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A thousand pins pierced inside of me and you stand there looking up at me expecting a smile from my face, from my forgotten soul driven into this place me hanging from a wall nothing much left except the picture frame Words scribbled across my body don't come to me trying to forge my life telling me I was this and that, the audacity to join my flight for the life off of this frame When described I was a distinctive character some would say, others may say at one time a smile was all that I could ever show But through the daring phase of it all many would say I was the fantasy they dreamed of daily with eyes shut Truth be told we all know I was just a girl painted into a picture for this world to view Outside of my hiding place I am nothing more then a reluctant canary wondering where my next step will take me and yet you expect me to be the queen of this land when I can't even find my way home So with my last request I bind you to take me off your wall and throw what once was a brilliant piece of work into the fire and burn it as if it never was I can't bare to be another disappointment for your deceiving eyes I do not need shine or wealth, just a pen and some paper for my health |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
Althia...this is a very impressive piece... I loved the metaphor and could feel your hurt and dismay at what another expects instead of realizing what really is. (a lot of people mention my smile as if that is all there is to me...and never look behind it)  M |
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Kahlil Senior Member
since 2003-04-12
Posts 1881 |
This is beautiful writing. I, too, love the metaphors, the richness, the layers. And I love this: "Outside of my hiding place I am nothing more then a reluctant canary wondering where my next step will take me and yet you expect me to be the queen of this land" |
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Clang Member
since 2005-12-15
Posts 222 |
Beautiful....kat. |
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aziza Member Elite
since 2006-07-09
Posts 2995Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy! |
tatalinia, I read this poem yesterday and just had to absorb it. I have since read it two more times - it is really good. I am saving it to my library so I can find it easily to read again. Alison |
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Roniece Dawson-Bruce Member Ascendant
since 2000-01-29
Posts 5689Sydney, Australia |
wonderfully expressed... RDB Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight......... |
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