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Dying to be BeautifulDying to be beautiful
How far does it go
How deep can it get
How dark can it pull

When nothing holds you together
But layers of makeup on sunken cheeks
And your bones so frail they
Shatter from sobbing
Your heart so weak
You cannot risk loving

Your world so painful,
Through gray misty eyes
From the outline of ribs
To the protruding bone spines
I clearly see, you’re dying
Yes, dying to be beautiful

I wish somebody would tell you
The secret of beauty
It comes from the heart
The inside out
Not the outside in

But still how far will you go
How deep will you get
How dark will you go
Until you realize
You’re dying
Just to be

Winter HeartFrozen solid, her heart will not beat,
Summer over, arctic winds won’t retreat,
All warmth and light has fled,
And you won’t last long there,
Her heart it’s a tundra in winter,
A winter heart, all dead.

The snow falling your love a breeze,
You won’t last long, you'll just freeze
Icicles from the past have froze her core,
Only warm hearts will change the season
Her heart it’s a tundra in winter
A winter heart, you've fallen for

Drowning TearsVerse 1
It’s so hopeless and I’m scared
The light just rushes right past me
Like a whirlwind of despair
I hear a wolf cry, alone in the night
The wolf creeps by, gently whispers in my ear
I shiver, a cloud, with doubt slamming in my face
Why do I feel so ensnared …?

Verse 2
My heart is pounding in my chest
Is it just a dream?
I can’t seem to do the right thing
My whole body rebels
I see the right choice, why can’t I make it?
Something’s got me by the neck
Please take the fear away …

Verse 3
Surrounded by love
How am I ignored?
Blood is flowing down my face,
I feel sick, as I’m knocked

Dread to DareThere she cowers, in the cold heart of blackness,
Scratching claws, stupidity, on iron bars,
Despair only driving her to madness;
Her mind in torment, reminding ageless scars.

Pacing back and forth in her confinement,
She laments like an animal, trapped forever;
Tears grace her cheeks with bitterness not refinement;
She plotted her escape but they screamed, No never!

She’s done this to herself resignation no other
She’s signed up for torment, she’s signed up for hell!
Wandering from one restricting corner to another
Ragged, torn, and crawling filth; they swear, don’t tell.

Her ashen cheeks all sunken and hollow

To Be LonelyIt's a hollowed grave
Six feet under your six feet under and you
Just
Keep
Falling

Clammy hands under screaming light
You blink out sun-dust and stifle a groan
Because you feel so tired and too self aware

Tear up a page in your childhood diary
Your words are swallowed whole so they can be
Just
Like
You

Invisible doesn't feel quite like the right word
There is such a difference between feeling invisible
And knowing you are ignored

Arch your back and cry to the sky
Your bones are breaking beneath the
Weight
Of
Solitude

Heaviness beats in time with your breath
Shackles and chains weigh down your weary lungs
Your ankles

I think, I feelI think, I feel
And sometimes it stinks,
When one thought goes ‘round
Like a little bug, Buzzing
Poking you, prickling you,
Biting you, snitching you
Doing a buggy parade ground
C’mon admit, it’s annoying…
You’ve failed, you’re not good enough
And you think this, I’m enjoying…
They’re better than you, you’re not enough
Soon you realize, the damage already done
You think, you feel, and then you hurt
And oh boy it ever hurts
Sometimes so much
You hope to evaporate
Into the mist on the slough

Again I think, I feel
Things happen so perfect
Like an aurora light
Piercing your soul,

InfectionI'm Unfortunate,
Unlucky,
and Afflicted;
You're contagious,
and I've behaved,
Outrageous,
and rather Unjustly.
Only together a mere while,
And I'm infected,
With every word
of Affection,
that on me you've tested.
Tear me apart
and no longer leave me to suffer,
of this disease you've inflicted;
where I have no choice
But to think of you,
all day,
and in my dreams at night.
Cure me, out of your good will, my lover
for I fear I'm lovesick still.

Everything I NeedI never took the time to look around
Until I realize, in despair I’m found

I fret and worry like Peter on the sea
Until to Jesus Christ, I forever plea

Then to heaven, aye my heart is free
Now in this world, my heart no longer be

I set my gaze to greener rolling hills
And feel His Word how my lungs it fills and fills

I look up to azure skies
To think about how the angel flies

Eyes are sure to find a budding rose
How Christ’s love it grows and grows

In the morn, wetness of the dew
Hearing birds sing so lovely and I'm all new

Try to think not as much of me
Just want to love them all no matter who they be

Most important thing

Superficial MeThe External Struggle Inc.
435 Insecurity Drive
Planet Earth, America

February 1, 2013

The Internal Self Co.
P.O. Box E. Heartland Drive
Planet Earth, Reality

Dear Internal Self:

I know you are good
I know how you're able
I know you are beautiful
And quite capable
I know you are strong
I know that you're graceful
I know you’re perseverant
And wholly faithful
I know you're secure
A moral silhouette
I know that you will forgive
And forever forget
I know that you're smart
I know how you've been brave
I know that you’re respected
And always behave
I know you’re thankful
I know how you're friendly
I know you are flexible
And

Memory's PainCut my chest open,
let me bleed.
Find my soul
and set it free.

Tears of red,
cries unheard.
Leave me be,
life's a blur.

Alone she treads
now forgotten,
mist in moonlight,
a mirror broken.

Find withered dreams
in torn up pages,
for death is gained
in memory's pain.

My Story of FallingThey caught me off guard,
My façade was down,
There was nothing I could say,
That would change what they thought.

They knew now,
They knew how I felt,
It was plastered on my face,
The sorrow,
Mixed with pure insanity.

It all happened so quickly,
They sent me away,
Hoping I might change,
But they knew,
They knew I wouldn't,
I couldn't.

It was too late,
I had already lost it,
Lost everything.

So I became one of them,
The people I once despised,
I joined them,
I watched as we drained the colour,
Turning everything to our perfection.

I saw more people changed,
Their eyes so dull,
So cold,
Just.
Like.
Mine.

So thi

Running from the PastBare thunder-charged hooves
Pound heavily upon the earth's aching back
Clear cutting impressions in its skin
Baring down on it without mercy

From the flaring contempt nostrils
To the free floating mane through tail
The animal clear in his intention
Battles in flight to the horizon

His breath streaming gaseous steam
As blood rushes freedom through his veins
The earth's poles impress upon his spirit
But his anger and strength surpasses

Every hoof leaves a bloody trail
The earth breaking with each stride
Miles and miles of painful change
Is repaid by a snort and a spiteful neigh

The beast has put acres between
Its captors, its dark eyes are

LionessShe’s not a weakling
Nor a coward
No broken heart
Not even soured
She’s a Lioness
Sure footed, powerful
The Lioness

She walks as queen
Despite dismantled face
A mark unforeseen
Experience, commands respect
She’s a Lioness
Wild and free, says don’t mess with me
The Lioness

She’s not a killer
Nor a flower
Her stride, it’s a thriller
Like an action film
She’s a Lioness
Keeping you all on the tips of your toes
The mighty Lioness

You’re comfortable with her
She makes you feel safe
She stands mind tall as a balsamic fir
She looks out for the great and the small
She’s a lioness
So beautiful an

ListenCan you hear me
Listen
Listen to my cries
Hear me
Feel my pain
See your neglect
Understand what you've put me through
Hear me roar
My anger bouncing off the wall
My sadness ringing in
Your deaf ears
Can't you hear me
Do you just not care
Listen to me
Listen
Don't walk away
I'm not finished
If only you'd hear me
If only I could make you see
Why won't you listen
Why don't you care
Do you not see the tears
I'm shedding
You're the one that's made to care
It's your job
Why can't you just listen

Maybe you can't hear me
Yeah
That's it
I'm just not loud enough

Dare To Dream"Dare To Dream"

Dare to dream of ships and kings
Of rings of gold and pleasant things
Of skies of blue for miles long
Of finding new ways to be strong

Dare to dream of fighting sharks
On a new life which you embark
By boat or plane or haunted train
Hurry now; it leaves today

Dare to dream of huge success
Of values and money to invest
And if to you now I may confess
I have dreamed of you to ease my stress

Dare to dream of happy times
Of worlds existing without crime
Of fountains of candy spewing drops
Of exotic tastes; it never stops

Dare to dream of great adventure
That you one day will find your treasure
Hidden beneath dep

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Like thick smog choking the room
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Where vagabonds leave their unkempt trace
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Young LoveOur love is young, our love is wild,
It’s free like the heart of a child;
We’ll kiss through the pouring rain,
Even though they stare with disdain;
We’ll interlace our fingers,
Not ever daring to let go;
Our love is young, an overflow.

Our love is young, love insecure;
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A day without a mingling kiss,
Together our sincerest wish;
We play footsy at the table,
We’ll kiss through study hour;
Starring, saying “You’re an angel”.

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Judgment passes before the consort,
Sins spread before you on a plate,
Cover your face in gnawing shame,
Not prepared to admit your mistake,
Not willing to say, “I was to blame”.
“Innocent! Innocent!
Spare me!” I was framed.
The evidence is clear;
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Perfect you say, to all laws
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One petty mistake
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Billowing over us in our bed
Smoke encased us in its coffin
Our minds blurred like treading tires
And we’re in desperate need of oxygen
Flames draw near to lick our wounds
Hungrily nipping like bloodhounds
As the heat waves across the room
But it’s not friendly despite its costume
Our eyes sting painful from the truth
As we struggle with passions from our youth
We were balanced now suddenly clumsy
Can’t stand because we’re love drowsy
Knocking over lamps tripping on our clothes
Time is the healer? But it only gets worse as it goes
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Quietus I pursue
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They weigh me down,
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From ‘round my stiffened neck
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by *roselynedwards, Nov 20, 2012, 9:28:14 PM
Literature / Poetry / General Poetry / Free Verse

Everything is so messed up
I’m so confused
I should be crying,
But instead I’m laughing
Laughing…
At death.
Laughing…
At my last breath.

When the world is backwards
I’m so confused
The sky is ground
The north is south
And I find myself swinging
From the cobblestones
And with dirty hands, walking
Gripping with knuckle bones

Why is it, turned all around
I’m so confused
Yes means no
Wrong is right
And I’m enthralled with hurting people
Destroying their souls
And living, but actually dead
And somehow hurt consoles

At this rate I’ll be
Falling down to heaven
Or flying up to hell

To really understand this world of opposition
And upside-downs
When I try to call my friend
Turns out she’s the enemy
And when I think I’m singing
I’m actually really cursing
And all around me
They all just do the same

When normality's are no longer normality's
I’m so confused
When Beauty is ugly
And scars are lovely
Gets pretty hard to disguise the outside
When one day you realize the inside is outside
More to add to the jumble when
You love what you hate and hate what you love

Everything is either upside down or backwards
Confusing…
What goes up never comes down
And what goes wrong never goes better

Everything is so messed up
I’m so confused
I should be laughing
But instead I’m crying
Crying…
Because I’m alive
Crying…
Because I survive.

Twistedby *roselynedwards

Literature / Poetry / General Poetry / Free Verse

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=SirWombat14 3 days ago New member Hobbyist Writer

This is.. . Wow... and when I read your comment saying that you think your writings are just scribbles YOU ARE WRONG. This is a twisted, deep, and emotional. Keep up the good work

*MabusTheDark Jan 26, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Life is quite a maze of contradiction. There are some seriously powerful emotions going on here, and it's great that I could read this.

*roselynedwards Jan 26, 2013 Student Writer

Thanks for the comment

I'm glad you read it even though most of the time I think most of my writings are just worthless scribblings on paper lol

*MabusTheDark Jan 26, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

They are only as worthless as you give them weight for. ^_^ I thought this one was good.

*SuperGirlSwag Nov 25, 2012

beautiful

*roselynedwards Nov 25, 2012 Student Writer

thanks

~nosferatu4444 Nov 25, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

"When Beauty is ugly
And scars are lovely"

best part of the poem

also I think the rest is pretty good but it might work better as a song.^^

*roselynedwards Nov 25, 2012 Student Writer

yea, it was late when I wrote this and I was upset and confused so it kind of flopped onto the page rather suddenly, with not much pre-thought, as a consequence of this the whole thing is rather unpoetic but it's free verse so I didn't pay special attention to any rhyme scheme, and quite honestly I don't really want to change it except for a few lines I put that seem pointless and I'll probably either remove them or replace.

Anyways thanks for the comment...and I suppose you may be right about turning it to lyrics but, I suck at lyrics and I don't write music very well so I wouldn't know where to start.
Again thanks ! I appreciate your opinion!

~nosferatu4444 Nov 25, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I said these work better as lyrics for a reason, so I don't get how you can say you suck at lyrics.

and music works perfectly in colabs so maybe you just have to find a musician

*roselynedwards Nov 25, 2012 Student Writer

lol yea that's the trouble i'll need to find a musician

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