Broken doll
With tarnished eyes
And limbs all bent
In different directions

Broken bear
With ears torn
And button eyes
Gone and forgotten

Rocking chair
With chipped paint
And both arms
Lost to splinters

Your life
Came from
A loving maker
Who shared you with a child

A child
Who's warmth
And laughter grew
Because their growing hearts had you.

-ARI

Help
The kids
Theyre dying;
Their minds breaking.
For theres not enough laughter in the world.

-ARI

I hated to be touched.
I could not stand the feel
Of another's hand against my skin.

I hated company.
For I was too afraid
Of what others were capable of.

I hated to be loved.
I never did believe
Those three little words too often said.

I hated myself.
For I found no worth;only anger
Trapped inside my ever open eyes.

But then,

You came along.

Now I love to be touched.
Only by your loving hand
Often stroking my rosy cheeks.

I love to be around people.
For you taught me how to find
Those you would never mean any harm.

Now I love to be loved.
For you taught me how to feel
All the good more than the bad.

Now I love myself.
For you taught me how to find my soul
Behind the darkened shards of broken glass.

I thought I wanted death.
Then you came along;
You taught me how to live




For you taught me how to breathe

Go
Run
Faster
Quickly
You
Must
Escape

Don't
look
Back
Never
Stop
Being
Afraid

For
Beauty's
Nothing
More
Than
Society's  
Torture

-ARI

Hair falling from her scalp
Like the fraid ends of a rope
Finally giving up.

Flesh peeling from her bones
Like a bright red apple
Being skinned.

Liquid pouring from her eyes
Like the angry summer clouds
Screaming for peace.

Fear twisting 'round her thoughts
Like rusted barbed wire "tattooed"
Inside a gnarled tree.

-ARI

I'm sorry my sweet darling
I should have held your hand
Pulled you close to me
And asked you for a dance.

-ARI

Beauty is the Beast
That creeps beneath my bed.
Weaving together nasty thoughts
To place inside my head.

Beauty is the beast
That wakes while Im asleep
Her red eyes 'ever beaming
Sharks teeth 'ever gleaming

Beauty is the beast
Burrowed in my bony chest
Cat claws scratching at my ribs
I swear beauty never rests

Beauty is the beast
That sings my soul to sleep
With the promise of her lullabies:
A little waist and perfect thighs

Beauty is the beast
Once creeping beneath my bed
'til beauty braided with the thoughts
Now waltzing in my head
-ARI