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Ashley Morrissey Jun 2010
She could feel her hair blow softly,
by the breeze that took her breath.
This fall could prove costly,
if it ended in her death.
She was perched in a chair of bark,
her head rested on the leaves.
The stars began to spark,
as she tugged on two coat sleeves.
Her stomach turned and tossed;
her head was spinning.
The night made her feel lost,
and her lantern was steadily dimming.
Sometimes life can get violent,
with all it's roads and realms.
And the only sanity is in silence,
in a world that overwhelms.
One person, one night;
the perfect pit stop.
Through the leaves she saw the light,
she found her smile in a tree top.
Ashley Morrissey Jun 2010
She rides her machine through the road,
the rain is pouring down.
She really can't see much,
but the raindrops on the ground.

Her eyes are wet and foggy,
her heart is at peace.
The air is grey and groggy,
a mix of green and trees.

Mixes of colors swirl around her,
as swarms of cars swerve by.
Angry voices slur,
as raindrops fill her eyes.

She's spinning down this road so fast,
the tires slip and slide.
She feels at peace with her past,
as she takes her final ride.

Her arms are spread like wings,
catching the wind as she soars.
Through streets, people, and things;
as the sky above pours.

The cars are grazing her bare arms,
she feels this is her fate.
She really won't go much too far,
if she keeps on heading straight.

Face to face; a car's ahead,
her fate is seconds away.
Within the instant she'll be dead,
in a street she use to play.

When close to death you hear a sound,
it reflects all life you lived.
Although by fate she had felt bound,
her tires began to skid.

Her machine squealed to a stop,
she flung her arms out wide.
They say a raindrop closer,
and she really would have died.

The streetlights made a spot light,
the haulted headlights made a gleam.
As she headed home at night,
she woke up from this dream.

It wasn't inspired from a tv show,
nor from a tale she read.
It was to teach her to take life slow,
cause the future goes unsaid.
Ashley Morrissey Jun 2010
Pennies in a wishing well,

A shooting star that finally fell.

A dream among reality,

A God that you cannot see.

.. ..

A fat man down a chimney place,

A future soul mate without a face.

A fairy that grants your wish,

All hopes, in time, you relinquish.

.. ..

Pennies in water don’t make your dream,

Shooting stars aren’t as far as they seem.

Reality is harsh, dreams aren’t always led,

In religion you have no closure until your dead.

.. ..

Men don’t come to strange houses to bare gifts,

The one you “love” continually shifts.

Fairies aren’t real; you have to grant your own desires,

“Once Upon a Time” was fabricated by liars.

.. ..

Time is short and reality is cruel,

Live by story books and you’re a fool.

Believe your word and stand by your choices,

In this world we can be the prodigy or one of many voices.

.. ..

Keep your youth but don’t let it keep you,

It’s easier to wait for change than to follow through.

Love with no boundaries, live with no fear,

Maybe your true tale everyone will one day hear.
Ashley Morrissey Jun 2010
I fell in the deep end and I cannot swim.
Cut all of my morals cause I thought they needed a trim.
I tried to find a light but my faith grew dim,
Prayed to the ceilings but I couldn't reach him.

And now I fear I've lost it all.
The final thread,
The final call.

I'm seeing things that don't belong.
I'm forgetting right and learning wrong.
Forgot the lyrics to my own theme song.
My mind's been on vacation for oh so long.

And now I fear I've gone too far.
The truth cut too deep,
It left a scar.

Tried to borrow memories that now I own.
Sealed my lips too long and now their sewn.
Hid the only thing I should have shown,
Go get your hammers, my heart's made of stone.

And now I fear I know it all.
I got so high,
I was bound to fall.

The future was looking as black as my lungs.
Things were getting old, but I'm still young.
So with a mind as twisted as my tongue,
I saw a change and took a plunge.

And now my fear has come to a stall.
I've seen the worst,
I overcame it all.

— The End —