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SPIRIT
Senior Member

since 2002-12-29

Posts 1745
California Desert

0 posted 2003-01-26 09:10 PM

HAPPILY EVER AFTER

She was Daddy’s girl,
His little princess.
How she loved to sit
On his knee,
Listening to stories
Of faeries and witches
Princesses and princes,
With all the magical stories
Ending perfectly
In lives
LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER.

She vowed
Her life would
Be lived the same.
When she grew up
She would get married.
She would be a mommy,
A very special mommy,
And she would live
In the perfect world
Of HAPPILY EVER AFTER.

When a teenager
Her Daddy died.
She became unreachable.
In her grief,
Her perfect world
Dissolved, disappeared,
Lost within the confines
Of her new friend,
The bottle.
The bottle party however
Soon became a bore,
So then a needle
Joined in,
Just to add a little extra.
Also some snorting
And a whole lot of smoking.
And as her brain ceased
To function rationally
She forgot about lives
LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER.

She stole to feed her habits
She prostituted herself,
And rather than becoming
That special mommy,
She had wanted to be,
She had abortions
To terminate
That which she had
Long ago, longed to have.
An addict,
A thief,
A whore,
A murderer.
She hated herself
For what she had become,
And had completely pushed away
All thoughts of lives
LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER.

They found her dead
In an abandoned warehouse.
The needle still in her arm.
And those who had known her
In happier times,
And had lost her
To her grief and addictions,
Said how they regretted
That she had not lived
Her life
HAPPILY EVER AFTER.

Finally
She was free
Of her despair
Her addictions.
She was safe,
Safe within the
Father’s arms.
He whispered
‘My beloved child
From this time forth
You will live your life,
Your Eternal Life
HAPPILY EVER AFTER.

How different,the dark that scares us,
From the dark, behind our eyes,
That we hide behind to protect us
From the dark that scares us. ©das
[This message has been edited by SPIRIT (01-26-2003 09:19 PM).]

peace
New Member

since 2003-01-21

Posts 5

1 posted 2003-01-27 12:46 PM

Great poem It started of lightly and then really got in to the soul of your writing I enjoyed it.

Ian Hughes
New Member

since 2003-01-08

Posts 7

2 posted 2003-01-27 03:19 PM

I love this. For a long poem, it really passes quickly whilst reading. well done.

Opeth
Senior Member

since 2001-12-13

Posts 1543
The Ravines

3 posted 2003-01-27 04:28 PM

I have written poetry similiar in subject matter as this one. You touched on the subject with much soul and spirit.

lorenlynn
Member

since 2003-01-27

Posts 203
California Beaches

4 posted 2003-01-28 12:14 PM

INTENSE!!!
I really see the picture you write about.

Dr Gonzo
Junior Member

since 2002-11-21

Posts 26

5 posted 2003-01-28 03:17 AM

Well done. This poem flowed very nicely.

sORE
New Member

since 2003-01-24

Posts 6
Toronto

6 posted 2003-01-28 11:26 PM

At first I liked her
then SHE grew, bigger and bigger and
blew up into tiny liquid particles only to stain ME deeper and deeper and
just when I thought she was done
... WE lived happily ever after.

Truly beautiful SPIRIT
sORE

Barbara Trautman
Member

since 2002-10-23

Posts 90

7 posted 2003-02-01 10:41 AM

Your poetry just blows me away. I love it! Barb

SPIRIT
Senior Member

since 2002-12-29

Posts 1745
California Desert

8 posted 2003-02-02 03:26 PM

Thank you for all the nice comments - appreciated.

I be me BUT who does me be?

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

9 posted 2003-02-04 04:50 AM

I liked the way this ended...happily ever after...James

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