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Madelyn Landis Apr 2017
The still water sits
The still water waits
For someone to stare
But, not to glare
At what it's reflecting


The still water cries
The still water stays
Forever in silence
Despite the several quakes
That disrupts its thinking

The still water breaks
The still water falls
Its waves crash on the shore
It is very hard to ignore
The loud disruption of the peace

Nobody looks
Nobody cares
They all turn away
They cannot be swayed
For they are not Still Water
Madelyn Landis Apr 2017
Inside its burning
Inside I'm hurting
Please someone let it rain
Calm my burning pain
Calm my insolent thoughts
Please let it rain

Outside I'm hidden
Outside I've ridden
The imperfections from beneath
I've made a mask
To cover up the past
Please pull off this sheath

Can't you see I'm hurting
Can't you see It's burning
Why won't you let it rain?

I've asked for rain you've brought a storm

Please make it stop I never asked for a thunderstorm

Inside its pouring
Inside I'm restoring
All the memories you've washed away
Madelyn Landis Apr 2017
Deceiving were they
Peering out of every corner
They would never stay
Despite the desperate mourners

You took your broken hearts
And traveled on your way
You took away all the parts
Never could you say
How much it hurt you
To turn your back and leave
There was nothing I could do
But lay and grieve
Madelyn Landis Apr 2017
Oh how could you turn away!
As I was pouring out to you
Everything I've learned
How I was suffering-
You turned your back
You faded away!
You took what you wanted and left
I was stranded alone- all by myself
As a result of your cruel theft
Madelyn Landis Apr 2017
It was yellow
Cool colored yet bright
Warm colored yet dark
And the essence of its glow,
Was forever sharp
The vivid images replay in sheer silence
The palpitations of thoughts overwhelm
Reality emerges- only to shed a layer of tears
Till new emotions overcome the old
Madelyn Landis Apr 2017
I stare at the moon-from the moon
And look myself in the eyes
Through the mirror
Where my thoughts reflect
The meer image of curiosity
The lack of answers lingers-
Yet my imagination grows
Like the depths of the ocean
I plead to know
And then I sleep...
And then I dream....
And then I am safe.
Madelyn Landis Mar 2017
A slight skim
A simple trace
A quiet peace
A harsh taste
A bold expression
An abstract mind
But a head so detailed
You can hardly ever find
What you're looking for
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