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Haunted

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Always,

The girl with ghosts in her eyes.

Haunted.

Certain words are spoken

And her gaze is broken.

She is gone.

Triggers deep inside tripped by

A sentiment.

Shame ensues.

A song

And her heart is racing.

A car backfires

And

The longing,

The ache for safety carries her away

Into the

Other side

Where no one can reach her.

Choking as she tries to speak,

Tendrils from her gut

Pulling her breath back inside.

Back to hide.

No,

Mere

Words will not do

For they cannot be found.

Unforgiving Walls

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I close my eyes,

I breath you in.

Beauty becomes my soul.

Your arms embrace me,

Hold me still.

My breath,

For once,

Is whole.

My heart is beating

A rhythm true.

A sound I’ve held so tight.

My soul is lifting

Weightless.

Free.

Never has it been so high.

I am singing a new song.

One my heart vaguely recalls.

One that has been hidden

Behind

Unforgiving

Walls.

The Storm

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She stood in the kitchen and looked out the window.

She gasped at what she saw.

Her shoulders dropped and her arms went limp.

Hanging her head and turning her gaze to the floor

She whispered softly to herself,

“I just don’t think I can do it anymore.

I

Cannot make it

Through

Another

Storm.”

A silent, lonely tear rolled down her cheek.

Then she felt his hand on her shoulder.

“My precious Angel,

Why do you cry?”

“Look at me here,” she replied.

“My clothes are all tattered and torn. I am a mess and still weak from the last storm.”

He stood in front of her then

And with a loving hand lifted her chin so

He could meet her eyes and softly said,

“When the storm comes, and we know it will,

Whatever you do this time just hold me tight and

Don’t

Let

Go

Like you have done before.

Together we can love through anything.

You don’t have to stand alone like you always do.

You have never had to do it by yourself,

But you instinctively let go.

Don’t let go.

Hold on.

Hold on.

Hold on through the storm.”

Untrusting

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After years

Of feeling

Battered and bruised,

Tired and used

She reentered the world.

Uneasy.

Hesitating with every breath.

Shaking with every step.

A little bit at a time.

Her eyes were so untrusting

For she knew what you see is very rarely,

If ever,

What you get.

Behind every smile

There might lie

A very darkened heart.

Self doubt filled her mind.

For she knew the sky was blue

But since she could remember,

She was told otherwise.

To the point where she did not believe

Her own eyes

Anymore.

Her gut in knots,

Never knowing when she might get caught in a moment of happiness

Just to have it stolen.

There she stood,

Head held high

Ready to give the world

Another try.

No Going Back

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You thought you could keep yourself locked up inside.

Hidden from love.

Hidden from life.

But that was when you were with the others.

Before.

When you were kept from the warmth of the sun

And the caress of the moon.

Now,

You have opened your eyes.

Now,

You have tasted love,

Tasted life.

You ran against the forces

Within yourself

And won.

It has begun

And there is no going back.