broken barbie dolls, empty tissue boxes, and last nights idea of perfect.

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electricxheart
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since 2004-09-05

Posts 184
far away from home.

0 posted 2004-09-05 04:59 PM

hey - my names kelly. i'm new here to the board. i've been writing poetry for about two years now and i enjoy it very much. this is my first post, any comments are appreciated. =)

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broken barbie dolls, empty tissue
boxes and last nights idea of perfect

if i hand you a piece of my heart will you
help me put band aids on all my little cuts
and broken pieces?

let the faucet run and no one will ever know
you walked upon our bathroom tile.

if i could say the things i wanted to say, i
guess maybe the tip of my tongue wouldn’t
taste so stale.

but i just cried and i’m sorry all i can offer
you is an empty box of tissues and a face full
of swollen eyes and mixed emotions of a little
girl huddled in the corner.

did anyone ever tell you she’s lost?

yeah, the news came around today, i thought
you should know.

lately i think i’m starting to resemble one of my
broken barbie dolls sitting alone on the dusty
shelf of my basement.

she lost ken so she’s making a date with the
spider webs.

broken but beautiful, her smiles still attached.

i’m sorry your idea of perfect isn’t me, after all.

i think reading too many fairytale books results
to anything but a happy ending.

but smiles aren't always real and eyes aren't
always a window to your soul because some
times a smile is just a motion and sometimes
your soul is just a bare reflection of someone
who isn't really there at all.

kelly landis -

SEA

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Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

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with you

1 posted 2004-09-05 06:05 PM

welcome Kelly

"if i could say the things i wanted to say, i
guess maybe the tip of my tongue wouldn’t
taste so stale."
"but smiles aren't always real and eyes aren't
always a window to your soul because some
times a smile is just a motion and sometimes
your soul is just a bare reflection of someone
who isn't really there at all."

wow, I liked these parts the best...very good

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

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Listening to every heart

2 posted 2004-09-05 06:28 PM

Welcome to Passions! I am looking forward to seeing more from you.
Please, check your E-mail for a Special Greeting!

Midnitesun

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Gaia

3 posted 2004-09-05 06:32 PM

oh, such a soulful write!
Welcome, to the blue pages where we all love to read
a heart and soul, in words.

Dark Angel
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since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

4 posted 2004-09-05 06:45 PM

Welcome!

but smiles aren't always real and eyes aren't
always a window to your soul because some
times a smile is just a motion and sometimes
your soul is just a bare reflection of someone
who isn't really there at all.

These lines really spoke to me.

Enjoyed.

The clouds never expect it when it rains, but the sea, changes colour, but the sea, does not change.
~Stevie Nicks~

Titia Geertman
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since 2001-05-07

Posts 5182
Netherlands

5 posted 2004-09-05 08:54 PM

I second all the above.
Welcome!

Titia

Like scattered leaves...my words will flow

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

6 posted 2004-09-05 09:46 PM

WELCOME TO PASSIONS KELLY!
Much enjoyed your first post.
I am looking forward to seeing more of your work.
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

~ Summer can't be over...
I still have the sand in my shoes. ~

Nightshade

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since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

7 posted 2004-09-05 10:55 PM

Welcome to Passions!
Enjoyed your first post~
Have fun here!

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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displaced

8 posted 2004-09-06 01:08 AM

Welcome to Passions!

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

9 posted 2004-09-06 01:23 AM

Kelly, first of all, WELCOME! You're going to like it here. Secondly....wow, did you have a great deal to say here! I have been where you were when this poem came out, and I know exactly what you mean....all so very true....too many fairy tales! It takes awhile...but you will find that you are really better than Barbie and the only one you really have to please....is yourself. Best regards......jo

Kaoru

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since 2003-06-07

Posts 3892
where the wild flowers grow

10 posted 2004-09-06 01:53 AM

Good parts in this poem, welcome to passions.

ShiningWindHaze
Member

since 2004-09-06

Posts 138
California, United States

11 posted 2004-09-06 09:42 AM

"she lost ken so she’s making a date with the spider webs." This was funny to me. I know the poem isn't funny..In fact it's quite sad, but that part was just funny to me. Maybe I'm just too tired. Lol I just drove for five hours to my moms to visit and haven't gone to sleep the three hours that I've been here.

Lucie
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since 1999-06-20

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Houston

12 posted 2004-09-06 09:47 AM

Welcome to Passions! I like the poem and hope to see much more from you!

And know that soon, just as ShiningWindHaze, you'll find yourself still visiting Passions, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE!! hehe.. drove 5 hours.. and still had the energy to read the blue.. heheheheh.. thats just funny to me!!! DROVE 5 HOURS to do what HE does at HOME!!! HAHAHHAHAHA

Remember me with a smile on your face, or please don't remember me at all.

Greeneyes

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In Your Poetic Mind

13 posted 2004-09-06 09:58 PM

Welcome to Passions electricxheart....we are glad you're here! I hope you will enjoy your stay with us.....enjoyed this, and look forward to more....

Please check your email for a special greeting

Kindly~

Greeneyes

I don’t want the world to see me
cause I don’t think that they’d understand
When everything’s made to be broken I just want you to know who I am

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