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downwards spiral

August 21, 2014
By megthepoet ELITE, Winnipeg, Manitoba
megthepoet ELITE, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Favorite Quote:
"We know what we are, but not what we may be" - Shakespeare




Downwards spiral



 



Anything but up



that is where 



 we are headed. 



Starvation



   smiles in my hungry



stomach as



 the lies roll off of 



my tongue like honey 



      to her loud 



Fire



       alarm ears. 



The letters I hold



            in my throat 



     form into words



 that I know will 



           calm the worry



Of her gut 



punching     heartbeat. 



Dinner time rolls around



And she questions food. 



Asks what I’d like



    To eat. 



Spinning like



       a marry-go-round 



Thoughts travel 



    on a train through my



flesh



Bullets enter 



           my skin 



Over the telephone



Months of pain 



    throw up out of my mouth.  



 


The author's comments:

mother daughter relationship


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