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she gathers them up
holding them gently in her arms
there are more every day
like harvesting flowers
pick them when they are in full bloom
she walks barefoot in the fields
in a powder blue dress
big floppy hat to keep off the sun
she gathers them up
and brings them to the boatman at the river
he gives her one of the four coins he collects
for each one he ferry's across
to the gates...
the gates....
one bright with golden promise
the other dark and cold...
she hates the sight of the gates....
she wants her flowers to stay the way they are forever
she walks the battlefield that night
gathering up the fallen soldiers
she is death
come to harvest the late bloom
come to gather the souls for the ferry man
across to the gates of forevermore
When they saw that girl,
With her head bowed down,
Nowhere near the clouds,
Did they wonder why,
She walked down those halls,
With her fists shoved in her pockets?
Did they question,
Her silence,
And cold poker-face?
Did they ponder why,
A young girl like her,
Never talked to anyone?
Did they care that she,
Choked back tears,
Because her life wasn't fair?
No.
They didn't wonder,
They didn't quesiton,
They didn't ponder,
Because they,
Just.
Don't.
Care.
Her inner beauty
Shone so brightly
And was seen by others
blind, she knew not her own worth
9/14/2014
I determine to die loved.
Even if it is only
by myself.
I will learn to love myself before I die.
By Arcassin Burnham




i don't know how i made it far this long in this condition,
don't know the deal with this high,
somebody turn off the lights,
did you forget to lose sight,
come with me lets get lost tonight,
setting examples for different things i like,
heart was good and cool call it frost bite,
just cause you do so wrong,
it dosen't make it right,
but i just wanna stay the night,
societys got their head on backwards,
reverse phychology in brain,
so as possible,
make it quiet.
poetic mafia
There's me.
Reaching for the unreachable
Jumping so high, only to be pulled down by the gravity of fear
Leaping before I look
falling because I thought I could fly.

I assume so much
it only hurts me.

I see the worst in people,
and I try to make it better.
but I only break them more.

I thought I could change the world
but I cant even change myself.

I want to talk,
but I don't want people to listen.

I say too much
I barely talk

I'm too expressive
I have no emotion

I'm too clingy
I'm never there

I just don't know
Tumbling out of bed after a long night out
(my head hurts)
after hanging out with friends at Beach *** Burts...
I put on my office face that morning like a pair of worn out shoes
I'm sad that day/I've got the blues
I let out a sigh
somehow managing to survive the 405
In my car I down my Starbucks
spilling it down my dress shirt
I'm mumbling to myself "***"...
I put a blazer on to cover it up
My boss cheerfully says "Good Morning"
inside my head all I hear is...
(Oh, please ...Shut the f-up!)
Wandering to my cubby I find my spot
pushing papers around all day
it's 5 o'clock n' my brain is shot...
(I should work out tonight)
Instead I find myself numbing up again
because the rat race seems like it will never end
(I need to write that book - I need to write that script)
I need a vacation...
I wanna check out - I wanna get ripped
All of this responsibility feels like such a burden
(I feel like Tyler Durden)
I've got car payments now/and rent to pay
(Do I have a choice...
Do I have a say?)
~Paradise has a price~
to live in the Golden State...
(I'm surviving)
I have to put food on my plate.
© 2014 Krisselle S. Cosgrove
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