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When I was born my mother drew for me a line in the sand She told me this was the standard and I nodded my little head I learned to trace that l..

The world is moving around me I can feel it but somehow I am disconnected From it all Everything keeps happening as if everything is fine Whe..

My strangled cry of "help me" is swallowed in the silence No one can hear me I'm all alone Lonely and scared again I thought I was done here

I've got a secret that I don't need to tell you a secret that's plain to see It's out in the open because I'm not a good secret keeper like I nee..

Dismissal is the best time The blank stares snap to attention The room is lively, bustling I ponder at times, why it is eyes clse when i speak Th..

So relieved that someone has finally heard my voice squeak through the sound and find a place within the noise Someone has heard my call for help..

Sweeping the door open Amidst the bustle of students Your cheery "class is over" face I catch Memories accompany that face In the previous quarte..

Slipping through the door Before you slammed the gas Books jumbled on my lap Fumbling with my seat belt Silence Tension Awkward I don't ask Si..

Each poem I write is a captured moment, a scene, a promise Slipped carefully into a bottle Sealed tight with a cork And dressed in a ribbon Each..

"Go to sleep." You tell them Roughly attemping to quell the small questioning spirits but Father, how can they? When you're barking at high leve..