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Kelsie Cameron Nov 2016
Life is easier and it is harder.
I now have knowledge of myself and can breathe again.
I walk outside and fill my air with lungs and I feel clean.
I feel new.
The world is me, but I am not the world.
I control myself but I do not control others.
I can still breathe.
Asking for what I want is not a crime,
Nor is it a crime when people do not follow through.
The world is me, but I am not the world.
I control my life but I do not control theirs.
I am new, but I am not perfect.
I still have problems, but that is okay.
I am better and I am striving to be better.
I am whole but I still have cracks beneath the surface.
That is okay.
I am okay.
Kelsie Cameron Feb 2015
I am not a true minority.
I am white woman.
I believe in feminism because that is what I experience.
But what about what I don't experience?
It pains me to have a power and to not know what to do with it.
Race is still an issue.
I hear these words all the time, but do I really hear them?
There are people out there who want to be married and they can't. I sit on my social media and say what should be said.
Sometimes.
Is that enough?
I have the power.
So why am I wasting it?
Kelsie Cameron Feb 2015
I ran as far as I could from you.
When I realized running wouldn't work,
I tried to hide.
But hiding never worked either.
So instead I will do nothing.
Because there is nothing I can do to get you out of my mind.
You are stuck in the jail cell that is my mind.
You're imprisoned there and refuse to even try and escape.
If I could, I'd pluck you from my mind and stick you on a post in the middle of a corn field far, far away.
I'd leave you there and never return,
But I cant.
Kelsie Cameron Feb 2014
Sometimes you come in contact with a rarity,
A person.
A person who you know is genuinely good.
There is no single feature that points out their goodness.
No deep look in the eyes,
No single way that their hair falls.
You just take in the whole of a certain person and know that they are good.
Talking to this rarity is only a conformation of what you already know:
This person is good.
This person is special,
and you'll remember them forever.
Happy Birthday!!! I told you I'd write a poem about you. Much love
Kelsie Cameron Jan 2014
If my mind were a piece of paper you'd be scribbles.
Endless circular motions that go deeper and deeper into the paper until the permanent marker broke through it.
The ink of you would work itself into every part of the paper's surroundings.
You'd be different colors too.
My anger, jealousy, happiness, and sadness.
Red, green, yellow, and blue.
You'd be fine tipped and bold tipped.
Piercing  specific places and blanketing every thought that occurred.
If my mind were a paper it'd be covered with your words.
Your words, too many, overlaid upon each other to become unreadable.
There would be none of my own, original, markings.
You'd be everywhere.
You're everywhere.
I just wrote this because I talked to my friend about how we seem to be obsessed with a person if we like them. They're all we think about. I'd love some feedback and constructive criticism since I might read some poetry on Friday
Kelsie Cameron Aug 2013
#2
It was hard not to acknowledge the wide grin on his face.
It bore into the back of my head everyday but I was afraid.
Afraid to finally come out and say it.
He did this to me.
He made me fearful of the norm.
He made me feel worthless.
He made me see myself in a horrible light.
A darkness overpowered me but now I am here.
I am better than him...right?
As time goes on I become more aware.
But I am still afraid.
My intention was for this to be about a **** victim. I am not one (thank God), but I often think about how much that must weigh on a person.
Kelsie Cameron Aug 2013
Sometimes I wonder if you realize that you are the one ruining your own life.
All of the guys that come in and out of your doorway, you know are bad.
They come, and then they leave as they make scars on the frame.
You find a good one you've had all along,
But does it matter now?
He is about to leave for school in another state.
But you decide to persue him as he exits through the door.
Now you may even lose him for good.
How much more heartache will it take for you to realize that your strategy is all wrong?
One day there will be a good man destined to be yours.
But how will you find him if you are always with the wrong ones?
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