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Childhood Memories


Bounce, bounce
Goes my red, shiny ball
Brilliantly bright
Like the lollipop I just ate
Slick and smooth
It rolls down the hall
Sweetness still lingers upon my tongue
Sticky with laughter
My sparkling sphere falls into the hands
Of the dark, dusty corner
Where the goblin resides.
I will not venture
To a place such as that
When my tiny, sandaled feet
Quiver with fear
Sweaty fingers grip my yellow summer dress
Dropping my lollipop stick
As I stare at the place
Where I lost my red bouncy ball
Frowning lips stained with cherry syrup
Longing for it to once again
Be held within my staying hand.

Haunted


Damp, abandoned, haunted
Misery,
Drifting ghostly figures
Hazy shadows of death
Etched letters faded on grey stone
Within the grasp of decay
Amongst the forgotten land
Quickening steps
Through chilling fog
Wilting flowers in dirty vases
Crouching crickets chirp
Watchful eyes blaze
Fearful shivers
Moist mildew  
Cemetery

Death To My Heart


My falling heart has reached the ground
So hard and cold, it shatters
With the depths of winter ice surrounding
The broken pieces strewn about
Frozen and unfeeling they lay limp.

The vultures circle overhead
Black shadows against the grey sky
Waiting to find the death that lingers
Remains of my broken relationship
All a lost cause.

A foggy future lies before me
Do I dare travel further?
I walk the cobbled trail alone and unsure
I walk the cobbled trail alone
I walk the cobbled trail
I walk.

Chains of Regret


With wasted time lingering on my cloudy thoughts
Sleepless nights lying upon my heavy eyelids
Why did I remain and let him lie to me?
I am trapped in these chains of regret
Lost in the milky way of time, I lie impaired
Attempting to move onward into the future
Yet never progressing any further than the day before
I am trapped in these chains of regret
Facing my potential I stare upon numerous locked doors
That whisper of stories untold
Tempting me to fulfill my fate
I am trapped in these chains of regret
Longing to find a new path
Being taunted by my thoughts of him
That cannot be shaken from my weary mind
I am trapped in these chains of regret
No matter what adventures I face
None seem to matter to my restless mind
Where only thoughts exist and reality is lost
I am trapped in these chains of regret.

Betrayal


I didn't anticipate how he'd lie
But the truth laid under his grey veil
What remains hidden behind his excessive pride?

With new colors of pain my heart is dyed
In a tainted hue beyond repair
I didn't anticipate how he lied.

Weakened inside, I have a slumping stride
Walking within a recurring nightmare
What remains hidden behind his excessive pride?

How could this be, after all that I've tried?
With his selfish heart he had the affair
I didn't anticipate how he lied.

Or how much I cried
Now lying in this pool of despair
What remains hidden behind his excessive pride?

Now I need to put our relationship aside
And venture forward in the fresh air
I didn't anticipate how he lied
What remains hidden behind his excessive pride?