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2.3k · Dec 2012
Sweatshop.
My fingers bleed.
Back hurts.
Breathe fumes.
Never sleep.

I can't be a mother.
A child.
The breadwinner.
A human.

I make 13 cents.
Every hour.
Everyday.
For what?

I'man exploit.
A worker.
Mental.
Broken.

I've been hit,
Broken down,
Touched.
*****.

They steal from me.
My hope.
Education.
My life.

I can't eat.
I can't sleep.
Get back to work.
Or get lost.
1.1k · Dec 2012
Perfect Mediocrity.
Music sang the the soul.
Of a little girl,
Who's only goal,
Was to play.
Anything from,
Beethoven to Bach,
Mendelssohn,
And Debussy.

Art opened the heart,
Of a lost older girl,
Who didn't know,
What was true,
She painted,
From morning,
Till night.
Alone in her room.

She wanted to write.
The words fresh,
In a fragile mind,
Afraid to say,
Or tell,
The story,
Of pain.
And Triumph.

The notes of the music,
Started to mesh,
The paint,
On the brush,
It faded.
Words lost,
In translation,
Losing meaning.

She chose a safe path.
One without risk.
Without pain,
Or seeming,
Completely alone.
She needed,
Perfect mediocrity.
1.0k · Dec 2012
stuck.
Stomach is tying,
In an interlocking knot,
A constant reminder,
Of an eternal promise.

I am young.
Perhaps a little dumb,
But love is  dumbstrucking,
And a bit niave.

To promise a half.
Your better half.
To never deceive,
Is a heavy choice.

But here i am.
Taking the plunge.
And promising.
I'll stay stuck in love.
751 · Dec 2012
stuck.
Stomach is tying,
In an interlocking knot,
A constant reminder,
Of an eternal promise.

I am young.
Perhaps a little dumb,
But love is  dumbstrucking,
And a bit niave.

To promise a half.
Your better half.
To never deceive,
Is a heavy choice.

But here i am.
Taking the plunge.
And promising.
I'll stay stuck in love.
616 · Dec 2012
Perfect Mediocrity.
Music sang the the soul.
Of a little girl,
Who's only goal,
Was to play.
Anything from,
Beethoven to Bach,
Mendelssohn,
And Debussy.

Art opened the heart,
Of a lost older girl,
Who didn't know,
What was true,
She painted,
From morning,
Till night.
Alone in her room.

She wanted to write.
The words fresh,
In a fragile mind,
Afraid to say,
Or tell,
The story,
Of pain.
And Triumph.

The notes of the music,
Started to mesh,
The paint,
On the brush,
It faded.
Words lost,
In translation,
Losing meaning.

She chose a safe path.
One without risk.
Without pain,
Or seeming,
Completely alone.
She needed,
Perfect mediocrity.

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