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Be Still

September 24, 2009
By Shenkel15 GOLD, Pevely, Missouri
Shenkel15 GOLD, Pevely, Missouri
15 articles 1 photo 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
Welcome to a celebration of truth, beauty, freedom, and above all things, love.~Moulin Rouge!<br /> <br /> Every person has a mask; you have to look beyond the mask to see the person~Unknown<br /> <br /> Reality is a lovely place, but I wouldn&#039;t want to live there. ~Adam Young


Be still and listen to her barely breathing,
The action of automatic reflex,
A great feat on her part,
As she slowly spills out into the winter night

Details of happiness, love, and pain collide,
Making it hard to get up again,
To face the harsh, seething world,
As it comes back to sink its teeth into her

But once more her sun rises,
Another time her life goes on,
Then she ails and cries and cuts,
The cycle never ends

Her life is gray and bleak,
As she watches the sun go down,
Mother Earth shapes her features,
Hard, rough, lined, beautiful

She blinks away the tears,
Sheds the coat of darkness,
And breathes calmly again today,
Until she hides away again


The author's comments:
This could be considered everything-her death inside is anything from a broken heart, to drugs and alcohol, to family fights, and loss of self-esteem or the loss of a friend.

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Shenkel15 GOLD said...
on Oct. 6 2009 at 3:46 pm
Shenkel15 GOLD, Pevely, Missouri
15 articles 1 photo 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
Welcome to a celebration of truth, beauty, freedom, and above all things, love.~Moulin Rouge!<br /> <br /> Every person has a mask; you have to look beyond the mask to see the person~Unknown<br /> <br /> Reality is a lovely place, but I wouldn&#039;t want to live there. ~Adam Young

Thanks for all the good comments! I really appreciate it, because writing is like my whole life mapped out ahead of me!

kmp(: said...
on Oct. 6 2009 at 8:43 am
This is a really greaat poem. you should definantly keep writing more and more. (:

burch13 said...
on Oct. 6 2009 at 8:33 am
Somebody is going places:) you're an amazing writer. The choice of words is just the cherry on top. Never stop writing.:)

on Oct. 4 2009 at 10:49 pm
Brokenlover GOLD, Albany, Oregon
11 articles 0 photos 23 comments
Somebody is going places:) you're an amazing writer. The choice of words is just the cherry on top. Never stop writing.:)

on Oct. 4 2009 at 8:30 pm
music_lover PLATINUM, Park City, Utah
25 articles 0 photos 51 comments

Favorite Quote:
MY quote: &quot;Without music, life would be absolutely pointless.... Music is my life and it always will be!&quot;

Wow! This is really deep and full of emotion! I like your word choice too! Keep writing!

on Oct. 4 2009 at 5:17 pm
VivaDakota396 BRONZE, Arlington, Virginia
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Everything goes back to something.&quot;

this was so beautiful! I can tell there was something real behind this for you.