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though she  walks  a beautiful  road
    that  is  not  all  there  is.

bathed in brilliance
    flowing through her  being  as  if  it
      were  in her veins.

courage surges from  every orifice:
       a  warrior,  underestimated,   unappreciated

   head  among the clouds
      sun kissed eyes   blind
to  the  adverse

        lips graced  with  a  wisdom  beyond  the  years
  worn
       refined
radiant patience brushed  over  her skin

so though she walks  with  flowers  in  her  hair
     beauty   is  not  all  there  is.
 Feb 2015 Sophie Hartl
Kate
Crippled
 Feb 2015 Sophie Hartl
Kate
She takes her defeats silently
So as not to inconvenience the others
She keeps them inside
Because she is the happy one
But what happens when one looses their identity?                  
She is torn
Between
Resigning, done trying
Sad is what she's become
Or rising triumphant,
The return of the sunshine
That seems so distant in the meantime
Blocked by thunder clouds of something that could have been
And
loneliness
(Because although she is surrounded by friends                                
And people she loves
She takes the defeats silently.)
 Jan 2015 Sophie Hartl
Luna Elora
There's a reason nobody really looks fear in the face.
There's a reason nobody wants to look into the mirror
They're ashamed to be who they are
There's no reason for someone be so young and so broken
I am young and broken.
Underneath every ones skin is a layer of regret
A regret so deep it pours into ones blood.
Rattles your bones.
and reflects back from your sunken eyes, crying for help.
Screaming actually.
None of this is actually a poem.
It makes no sense really.
Yet it speaks so loudly you can't possibly ignore it.
I have a ghost. The skeleton in my closet, he's become my best friend.
 Jan 2015 Sophie Hartl
WickedHope
You said you cared once
I wish you'd keep telling me that
Instead of *there's nothing I care about
Last night.
Hahaha, I'm going mad.
I'm full of *****.
Kiss me before I **** me?
****** knees and knuckles
Falling over in the back,
Cigarette burns on the cushion,
I ripped holes in my jeans
And my face was being kissed.

Got sick halfway home,
Lines of blow and I lost my jacket.
I wish I didn't fall into this,
Wish I didn't jump in.

Felt like the winter and I made a connection,
Except I was dead on the inside,
Not the outside,
But we both looked so lovely,
You could barely even notice.
My heart is never valid in the presence of panic
yet I will still take a pen and drag it along paper
as if it were a stamp of my own approval
I will stay up late trying to make my screams sound like poetry
tuning every octave of my pain into a rhyme
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