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There's a mirror in the bedroom
in it stands a dying girl
fading now, her skin transparent
pale beneath her crimson curls.

Standing there beneath her heartbreak
weighted down by the love of man,
enchanted by her slowing heartbeat,
love lies bleeding in her hand.

Deep inside she holds a secret,
words that form a heavy cross
with brittle spine it's weight she carries
fearing judgement, feeling lost.

There's a mirror in the bedroom
at my broken self I stare
shaking now, I'll start erasing
till I am no longer there.
I used to be shy
I have found myself
I've kissed shyness goodbye
I finally see that I have to be bold
There is no point of giving up your life
By giving others your control
That does not mean that I have to be rude
It means I go for my purpose
Not worrying of the falseness of what others construe
I understand that it is time for me to take control
My purpose in this world is to cleanse my soul
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There was a time
When I was young
I did not conceive
Hardships are just a battle to
Prepare for things to come
Now that I am old
A greater purpose has begun to unfold
Now I must keep my memories
In my brain
So The youngins
*Don't say, "She's insane"
When this poem popped into my brain I thought it would have great meaning to contain yet, my creativity drifted away with my memory and it did not sustain!!!!
Words that surround me and cut my flesh, like a little jagged knife. Words that I pretended didn't hurt that ate at me my whole life.

These fresh wounds you leave won't seem to heal, as I pick at open skin. Tear me apart, take a chunk just so you can win.

Damaged already by careless fools, who are to blinded to see. That words have this ability, to completely destroy me.
Sand moves through the hour glass, counting down the past. I gripped to tight and lost it all, praying it would last.

I miss you sometimes so much it hurts, but I look back to see the ruin. The scar still proof of what we had, it was our own undoing.

Sand feels gritty between my fingers, I have to pace about. But frustration of things that went unsaid, makes me want to shout.

I can't make sense of the absence between, just that it always lingers in this space. Memories I still hold next to me, I wish I could erase.
 Sep 2014 Karen Newell
Petal pie
Having hindsight is all very well
But more  foresight would be just swell
For now I will be content to dwell
On my sense of sight and so I tell
Thee for all the wonders
I daily see
I feel blessed
Now come sit
And count them with me :-)
 Sep 2014 Karen Newell
Petal pie
Waxing and waning
Faxing and feigning
        Flexing and texting
Tweeting is fleeting
        Facebooking onlooking
Hello Poetry Goodbye monotony!
Just a silly stream of consciousness! ***
 Sep 2014 Karen Newell
Petal pie
His name purred on her lips; 
She loved the way it
Rolled around on her tongue,
Loosened her vocal chords 

Every time she said 
his name aloud,
It felt as though she were 
Becoming more and more
Well versed in him; 
His character,
His very being
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