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Kia Feb 2013
I am not accepted.
Rejected
as sand deposits
left behind
in the tracks of an ocean wave
They come to my aid
They want to help me; of course they know
what is best
for me
speaking detailed instruction to my eager ears
telling me how to be a part
how to belong
They come over quite frequently now
I've become close enough
to learn their names
They are Fat and Ugly
They often speak of their cousins
Skinny and Pretty
How much better it is for them
How to become them
They only speak of the truth
They know best
Of course they know what's best
for me
Kia Feb 2013
I'm floating on top of water
Hands
mysteriously emerge
from the surface
they envelope me
and try to pull me down
below
I fight them off
they disappear
but they return
time after time I fight them off
but this time is different
The hands have left scars and bruises
Battle scars
My body is sore and broken
The hands pull me under
with little effort
for I have lost
the strength
to fight
Kia Feb 2013
Two different men
are making their way
to their workplaces
One saunters down the street
taking time to
breathe in
his surroundings
the sun stretches its
comforting arms
over a backdrop of a
shockingly
blue sky
each smile is met by
one of his own
meanwhile
the other man
drags his feet down the rough gravel
the atmosphere dismal
bleak, dreary, dim
As a single rain drop hits the top of his head
a horrid look of disdain becomes frozen on his face
As he pushes through the fog
with other men
walking
their doleful expressions
leave a sour taste in his mouth
nevertheless
the two men are
walking down the
same street
Although one may be peering through
rose-tinted glass
and the other through clear
each view is just as
real
as the next
because
reality
is nothing but
a state of
mind
Kia Feb 2013
I can handle fat,
ugly, and stupid but I
Cannot take worthless.
Kia Feb 2013
They say fighting is worth it
But is it
worth
it when you try to
hang on
when it's so much easier to
let go?
hope is a light barely shining
at the end of the tunnel
but the tunnel has been so
long
winding
fatigue from fighting
makes it so hard
not to keep moving forward
but
to head back
in the
opposite direction
Kia Feb 2013
Gravity is a strong force
pulling and
pulling
yet it manages to stay upright
seems to be
I am like an apple display
stable to the eyes
fragile in reality
one false move
causes everything to tumble
down
one apple at a time
then all at
once

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