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Lisann
Member

since 2001-01-31

Posts 350

0 posted 2001-07-19 02:23 PM

Buried under a blanket of darkness
Lies a small pink bud.......
Baby girl,
soft,
pink,
fragrant.
Surrounded by a golden yellow glow.

Enter the horror, terror,
A perverse man
Known as "daddy"
His abuse,
and lies,
and secrets
Bury the rose
Under a blackness
Of pain and shame.

Years and years pile on top of each other
Until,
By the time she's an adult
She's become a fake
A plastic,
artificial person.

Whatever you want from her
She'll do----
The best that she can--
She works so hard
To make others happy.

The blanket of pain is whitewashed
And appears to be happiness
But,
Deep inside it hurts.

Enter the healing touch
Of a friend.
From the purple haze
A blue light breaks through the blackness
To illuminate the small pink bud.

The work begins--
Slow,
Tedious,
Painful,
Each step reducing the facade.
Melting the trashy,
Plastic petals.
Bringing the true rose
in the warm glow of love.

Love, support, healing, nurturing,
Allows this bud to begin to grow
Slowly,
The woman unfolds
To Finally break free-
A PERFECT COMPLETE ROSE.

MARK V SHELDON
Member Elite

since 2001-06-21

Posts 3015
In a corporeal internship...

1 posted 2001-07-19 05:53 PM

...with a fragrance to be appreciated by all, I might add. There is always potential lying dormant until someone special discovers it and waters it... Congradulations.

-MVS

"When you tell the Truth, you never have to remember what you just said."
--Del Casher

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

2 posted 2001-07-19 05:56 PM

Well... I agree with Mark first of all and would add... it is with growth that we learn to bloom, and we rarely have the choice of where we are planted...sometimes in stones, sometimes in fertile ground... I would say those that grow in stones...are a bit tougher... and the smell of success..a bit sweeter.

Congrats on making it

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

3 posted 2001-07-19 05:59 PM

A wonderful message for the blessing of healing...James

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

4 posted 2001-07-19 07:30 PM

a fine piece here and I love the beginning of the promise of this stanza:

Enter the healing touch
Of a friend.
From the purple haze
A blue light breaks through the blackness
To illuminate the small pink bud.

Auguste

Member Elite

since 2000-02-16

Posts 3953
By the sea

5 posted 2001-07-20 01:21 PM

I thank your friend for the support he/she has given, allowing you to bloom to the realization that you are a perfect rose. Good work, Lisann.

Michael

Michael Auguste~
There is more depth to the heart than the mind can comprehend and it only has boundaries when we choose to fence it in.

Songbird
Member Elite

since 1999-12-15

Posts 2184
Missouri

6 posted 2001-07-20 10:03 PM

Thank you for sharing your journey..you are not alone..healing does take time and patience and effort..but like a garderner caring for the roses the blooming is worth it.

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