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    Poetry Collection One: Shadow Self Persona

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      But like I always say

      I've never asked for much

      Just anything nice, kind words, a smile

      any good things to come back my way

      would be great

      would be a surprise

      I've never known true kindness

      I live by karma, I believe in karma

      to give what I'd love to receive

      But out of my two lonely decades

      of living here on this hell planet

      if living is what it’s called

      I've received very little in return

      from this world, or it's people

      I give all I am until I turn blue

      just to be like God

      and I try to appreciate every given moment

      and every little thing

      I see and hear

      all the things around me

      and I give praise

      For being able to breathe

      But lately I haven't been able

      to breathe here

      instead feeling like I’m being drowned

      Attempt To Disappear

      February.16.2004

      a black painted lie

      smudged upon the wall

      the awkwardness of it all

      the truth

      fighting the game

      life wasn't the same

      all was just over

      from now on it's true

      the attempt was made

      final jump over that edge

      some blood was spilled

      some hidden

      threatening eyes kept staring

      there were no more words to speak

      it was out there for all to see

      everything was damaged

      it couldn't have hurt more

      more blood to be spilled

      there was no more pain to feel

      just numbness

      a third degree burn

      there were no more feelings left to hurt

      no one understood a thing

      until everything just disappeared

      Because Of Him, Who I Hate

      March.08.2004

      because of his selfish request of her

      which she did not deny

      grows inside of her now

      a life that will be denied

      what I quietly keep to myself

      are the gut wrenching painful tears

      a huge mistake, to me this is a very big deal

      she holds this life inside of her

      and she just wants it gone

      she tells me in confidence as she drinks and smokes

      I already knew just looking into her eyes

      I honestly don't know how she feels inside

      the strength and sensation of life

      but I think she needs to think it through

      instead of pretending it just doesn't exist

      I think she needs to just think about her

      instead of following some man’s rule

      Forever, Sweet Thing

      Feb.24.2004

      You can, bleed from me.

      Let it all drain.

      Take away, my life.

      Take my blood, from me.

      Kiss me.

      Whisper sweet things.

      Lie to me.

      If it will cause me, pain.

      Don't let, me sleep.

      Keep me awake,

      with you.

      Hold me,

      hold me in your arms.

      Don't drop me, please.

      When I am boring and limp.

      Don't just toss me, away.

      Like some other dead or dying thing.

      Press me to your own cold body.

      Hold me to your own dead heart.

      Keep whispering to me.

      Let your last words, to me be.

      "I'll love you forever, my sweet thing".

      So don't drop me.

      Don't forget me.

      Do not replace me.

      Only try.

      To bring me back.

      Lay me down.

      Sweet thing.

      Keep me warm.

      Kiss me.

      Live, some life without me.

      But don't replace me.

      Because you said, you loved me.

      Forever, I'll be.

      Your damned, sweet thing.

      Facing The Haunted

      January.04.2010

      my mind is literally black - darkness

      there are so many thoughts - no colour

      i sit and stare at the walls - lost

      what have i done - what have i become

      what am i doing - wrong

      why is there no sense - no happiness

      i am smart - beautiful - humorous

      all those great qualities i admire - i desire

      but i sit alone, sleep alone, live alone - haunted

      Dripping Tips

      September.30.2003

      the tips of my fingers

      are black from this sin

      they have started to drip

      deep red blood from within

      i've tried to forgive them

      but it's too hard to forget

      so i've started to wish things

      that i know have only let

      the darkness consume

      Can't

      February.19.2004

      can't think of anything

      can't defend myself

      to you

      can't keep trying, to pretend

      it's all okay

      when in reality, my reality

      can't keep acting, pretending

      when all i am

      just darkness

      emptiness

      loneliness

      they all look

      they stare

      they pretend, they pretend to listen, pretend to care

      but if i died

      sometimes

      i wish i died

      they would not care

      i know, i know

      i can see it

      in their eyes

      there is no emotion

      no connection

      i mean nothing

      they stare at me

      put me down with words

      they laugh at me

      because i am not them

      i am not perfect

      can't keep trying

      so hard trying

      making it all right

      making it all good

      living for everyone

      living for everyone else

      can't keep being

      something other than myself

      Don't Touch Me

      Sept.17.2011

      so cold is your touch

      so many words unspoken

      sitting at the surface

      in just one glance

      please don't touch me

      as your touch is like ice

      it burns on my skin

      leaving scars within

      your love is empty

      i can feel every lie you've told

      what leaves your lips

      scares me to the bone

      i once called you home

      now please leave this place

      looking at you makes my skin crawl

      please don't touch me as you leave

      Can Be Only Mine

      July.24.2011

      a distant cry

      only whispers i can hear

      my thoughts, my pains, my flaws

      can be only mine

      nothing to share, i'm too preoccupied to care

      can't get too close

      fighting, struggling

      uphill battles, that are plainly imaginary

      another language plagues me

      even i don't understand

      but maybe i was meant to be

      someone

      in a different time and place

      but who am i to question this

      to only try to keep on going, living

      struggling and hearing my voices

      Box

      January.12.2002

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    nbsp; Inside a box.

      Trapped inside.

      No way out.

      Nowhere to hide.

      It's hard to breathe.

      Nowhere to move.

      Can't say a word.

      Such a cruel world.

      Useless feelings.

      Stupid broken body.

      Trapped inside.

      With no way out.

      My eyes cry tears.

      My mouth screams fears.

      Hearing nothing.

      Useless emotions.

      Stupid people.

      Cruel world.

      Nowhere to hide.

      Trapped inside.

      Inside this tiny box.

      Horrid Occurrence

      December.21.2010

      You can't even look me straight in the eyes.

      You've said such horrible things about me behind my back.

      I was wondering, what happened to this love you had for me.

      You used me, spit me out, then blamed me for everything that went wrong.

      You make my stomach hurt thinking of you, I want nothing to do with you.

      If this is love, if this is friendship, then I want to forever be alone.

      I'm glad to not be walking on broken glass any longer, worrying I'll do something wrong.

      I no longer have to shield who I am, just to be with you, that is not really love.

      You can't even look me straight in the eyes.

      Somehow your reaction points out the truth, that it was not one person who broke this.

      Can't Quiet The Chaos

      May.07.2004

      quietly sitting, in the corner of the room,

      dressed in black, dressed to be unseen.

      quietly motionless, reading, thinking,

      the words are so loud, in my head.

      there is a lot of man kind chaos all around,

      all surrounding, so many human voices,

      so much screaming pain, so much going on.

      i cannot quiet the chaos, there is too much noise in my head.

      the words in so many languages buzz around me,

      i can feel them stick to my skin, i feel trapped and cannot escape.

      so much noise, so many words, i cannot quiet the chaos.

      Broken And Numb

      July.18.2011

      numb, to the touch

      i keep trying

      to push my skin to experience

      any sensation

      sensual, pleasure

      but i truly feel numb

      emotionally, physically

      so much more than can be explained

      in a conversation to a friend

      i know there would be no understanding

      something is broken inside of me

      How Can Two Ever Be One

      May 01.2012

      I sit in silence, slightly shaking from the intensity,

      I'm in awe of the show unfolding before my hands.

      I blame everything on him, just like I always have before,

      it is him who will not accept me, or love me no matter the disagreement.

      But how can I not think this is yet again all my fault,

      my choices, my views, my actions, my pain, my jealousy, my silences…

      Holding things against him, against men in general.

      But in this reality, what really is there to expect,

      my too high a expectations only shatters things before they begin,

      but not before I fooled myself into falling in love and seeing my dreams come true.

      Two different worlds, for real not just figuratively.

      I have no idea how two souls are ever supposed to coincide.

      Nothing To Stop

      February.14.2004

      There is not enough time

      On any clock

      To just suddenly stop

      Me from being with you

      There is not enough space

      On this wide earth

      To bring us to a stop

      Just because of someone else

      There is not enough air to breathe

      Or tears of mine to be shed alone

      Whenever I think back on

      You saying you choose him over me

      There is not enough time

      On any clock

      To stop me from running

      To stop me from talking

      To stop me from being with you

      I've Lost Time

      May.27.2012

      it is deafening

      the noise, the silence

      this place in my head

      i sit... sitting... waiting...

      watching the hands on the clock

      i look away, then back

      i've lost time, i've lost more of me

      there is so much going on

      all around me, people talking

      against so much chaos inside me

      i sit... sitting... watching... waiting... thinking

      there has to be more than this

      this tormenting confusion

      it is deafening in my head

      i waited for so long to be here

      why are the little things bothering me so much

      why am i losing myself in this time

      My Open

      November.05.2002

      My star that holds the sky up

      The moon that cries at night

      I can hold myself all alone

      But that won’t get me a new life

      A shining light inside of me

      Brightens up all of my words

      People sometimes hear me speak

      But I always just end up hiding

      I see things outside of me

      And what other people don't

      I am different and cleaner

      Most people just don't care

      My light that shines upon the earth

      To be seen by anyone who seeks me

      Is sometimes blocked out by the darkness

      That keeps fighting the light inside of me

      My star that holds the sky up

      The moon that cries at night

      I can hold myself all alone

      But that won’t get me a new life

      Masochist

      January.17.2011

      My definition of a masochist...

      My mind wandered, aimlessly, through thoughts in my head, of nothing really in particular.

      As if I was sitting on the bus on my journey to work day in and day out, mindlessly numb.

      Instead I had a tattoo needle shredding the tender skin on the inside of my left arm.

      Carving, igniting life into my body where there was only numbness to the touch, now marked by ink.

      From the outside in, I feel like it was trying to change me, to become part of me.

      Digging into my skin, cutting, sharp dragging motions, I felt pressure course through my extremities.

      I wasn't nervous any more like I was earlier, I was content with the happenings.

      I wasn't scared, but my palms were sweating and I wanted to whimper.

      I could feel this man’s cool breath on my warm skin, I could feel his deep concentration.

      I tried to focus on something, anything, but was failing, as streams of pleasure washed over me.

      Because of my no reply to his question of surprise why I was showing no signs of pain.

      I just quietly smiled to myself, thinking, if you only knew.

      If Ever I Found Out

      August.17.2004

      If I ever find out,

      who had torn me apart

      I'd let them all know,

      and I'd turn the sun blue

      With all the pain inside,

      I'd finally let it all out

      I'd let the world know,

      who tore me apart

      There will be noises,

      and I will be very loud

      I'll scream my lungs out,

      to fight to the top of the world

      No more secrets,

      no more secrets to hide

      Into Those Eyes Is The Beginning
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      August.17.2010

      looking into your eyes

      face open, searching for grace

      innocence

      starting from scratch

      all over again

      i'm so frustrated, i'm so damaged

      i don't think i can do this

      is it okay, to speak again

      with so many prying eyes

      they don't care, they only wish to control me

      subdue me, take me and break me

      create me into a monster

      i'm so close to cracking

      but i hold onto what it was like

      looking into your eyes

      i just want to start all over

      make this all work out

      but in this world so separated

      big dreams are just fantasies

      all i need is you, all i want is you

      help me become me, and I'll make my way

      back to you

      back to looking into your eyes

      Is Now

      May.21.2002

      tomorrow is now

      as the clocks tick away

      the darkness is coming

      and i am blank as to what to say

      tomorrow is now

      surprising as hell

      the truth is gone away

      and there is nothing to tell

      tomorrow is now

      and yesterday is gone

      what have you learned

      and what have you gained

      tomorrow is now

      who do you love

      who would you die for

      and who is your forever

      tomorrow is now

      who can you really trust

      are your friends worth your time

      is your time spent well worth

      tomorrow is now

      have you really lived

      did you remember to breathe

      and did you mean it when you said "i love you"

      tomorrow is now

      what have you learned in this life

      have you helped anyone out

      or have you written down your heart

     

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