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 May 2013 Lily Mills
Mari Kiser
Sometimes, I feel like
I’m not good enough
For you.

You will use me, cast me aside,
Drown me, and wash me out
Clean me of imperfections.

I cannot breath. It’s unclean,
Murky in this place
You banish me to.

*****, Misty, Icky, Dark.

You go to my friends. They are different.
Older or Younger, Skinny or Thick.
Am I not good enough?

After a while, you’ll pick me up-
Dry me off and glance at
Me.

Narrowed, exact, trimming, forgetting.

You then decide you’re right.
I can feel the feeling uzzing through me.

Your strength.

Next you glide me away, using
Me. Even more than before.
You let your true being show. Ugly.

Hitting, dabbing, thrashing, scribbling.

When you finish, I’m nothing more.
I’m drowned once again,
Right back to where I was.

I’m cast away, waiting for you.
You got a new one you like better.
But I’m still waiting.
Waiting for you to use me once more.

Used, drown, unwarned, unneeded.

by you.
This poem was created based off my life and also the object of a paintbrush.
Hope you can relate!
I'm covered up in layers of the other peoples' skin
And I am losing track of just how deep I've gotten in
To you it sounds absurd because you cannot comprehend
That hid among the living are the ones who will pretend
See, they can take a day and manipulate with ease
The shining of the sun and the coming of the breeze
For they will place their shadow over that which isn't theirs
And try their best to claim that the truth is everywhere
The eyes inside my head are the ones that follow suit
I'm looking into everything and I'm pining over fruit
It's only when I fail to remember what I've seen
That I can take a second to uncover all of me
I know this very well but it's hard for me to grasp
My vision fully blooms in the things that I see past
"A pleasure is full grown when it is remembered."
- CS Lewis
 May 2013 Lily Mills
Teigh
You and I,
are woven pieces of ribbon.
Connected from opposite ends of the globe.
Kept apart by 14 hours,
yet inseparable in our hearts

But we're broken

Ripped apart by circumstance
hearts slashed and wrists soaked red

We can't keep each  other alive
when one of us is already dead

And yet,
neither of us know which

For tho our love for our friendship is infinite

Secrets still lie within.
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