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Sofia Paderes Oct 2011
i’m in the midst of lions.

i lie among ravenous beasts.

men who carry spears and arrows,

are all around me.


but i know i’ll be alright,

your hand is guiding me.

a thousand may fall at my side,

i’ll remain

untouched.
Sofia Paderes Oct 2011
“you have a purpose,”

he whispers gently to me.

his love means the world.
Sofia Paderes Oct 2011
she thought she was alone.

what was once soft and sweet,

vanished.

instead came a dark cloud.


what was once beautiful and true,

vanished.

a broken heart and a twisted mind

came.

and.

stayed.


every teardrop was a waterfall.

the pieces were like shattered glass,

too little to pick up,

sharp.

and.

deadly.


she thought she was alone.

she didn’t see

the small, tiny,

flickering flame

that was there the whole time.


she thought she was alone.

she.

thought.

wrong.
Sofia Paderes Oct 2011
Cold, metal claws clenched bleeding wrists

Injustice.

Weather beaten faces groaned under

The leather snake’s bite.

Injustice.


Reaching out with bony hands,

But slapped away by stronger arms,

Injustice.

Freedom gone, hope dim, shadows creep in and stay,

Long gone justice was.


I tried searching for it, though.

Every nook and cranny,

Every inch of my stone, cold cell.

Even the cobwebs and spiders.

No trace of justice on them,

No trace at all.


They say every scar has a story,

To tell.

Does this spell justice?

Freedom?


To own nothing?

Not even my own body?

To cry out for help but,

Knowing deep in my soul,

That none will ever come.


A living corpse so starved,

I am just a skeleton,

With a thin blanket of flesh,

Knotted and sewn tight ‘round my bones.


I am chained.

Body, soul, and spirit.

Struggling.

Falling.

With no strength to get back up,

And you call this justice.
Sofia Paderes Oct 2011
she twirled

she glided

she leaped

she spun

she kicked

she ran

she pointed

she smiled

she cried

she laughed

she sighed

she jumped

she flew

she moved
Sofia Paderes Oct 2011
an iron ball in

my chest, weighing my heart down

i cry, “forgive me!”
Sofia Paderes Oct 2011
fshooooo

whispering wind

lazy leaves


hmmm

sighing sun

buzzing bees


shhhh

roots relaxing

bored branches


click clack*

toes tapping

blowing breeze
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