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A Warrior Within

The flowers, sweet and guiltless, bloom
with early morning sweet perfume.
She braids her mother's auburn hair.
Naive is she, she's unaware.

Your life is not a fairy tale,
the wolf awaits to see you fail,
and Mother Dearest's sick extremes
lead down the path of broken dreams.

As time goes by you try to fight.
Alone you're cast into the night.
If only you could make them see
your broken heart would be set free.

Your will, so strong, will always be,
"but, Mom, why couldn't you love me?"


09/26/2018

Copyright © James Inman | Year Posted 2018

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Arthur Vaso Date: 10/3/2018 7:00:00 PM Very beautifully written sonnet, I loved the closing, and something I can resonate with. Login to Reply James Inman Date: 10/3/2018 8:42:00 PM Sorry to hear that Arthur, thanks for the lovely visit.

Andrea Dietrich Date: 10/1/2018 3:36:00 PM oh my this is heartbreaking, Ralph. I see you were visiting constance's old poetry too. You are so sweet to visit our poems the way you do. I loved the simplicity and the poignancy of your sonnet here. Login to Reply James Inman Date: 10/1/2018 4:20:00 PM Thank you Andrea, if it weren't for you and BW I wouldn't be here, so I should be thanking both of you. It is amazing what treasures you find looking through the different collections. My poem was written about Chris Hagy's book. A very sad true life tale. I read the Kindle Cloud version on my computer. You can read an excerpt at: https://www.amazon.com/Chris-Hagy/e/B075ZF2LB2 if you have an interest.

Constance La France Date: 10/1/2018 3:23:00 PM James, this is haunting and beautifully penned, I love it... thank you so much for visiting some of my old poems that makes me feel so good, sometimes once penned our poems are forgotten, but you bring them out from their cobwebs to shine once more, it means everything to me to have a poet friend like you, hope all is well in your world. Login to Reply James Inman Date: 10/1/2018 3:31:00 PM Thank you BW, I'm well just busy. Thank you for visiting. I have been going through a lot of changes in the last year, mostly leaving Disney, but I have to live and it was tough at Disney. I love seeing the old writes and you have so many to choose from. You know I love your poems. I've missed you.

Chris Hagy Date: 9/28/2018 10:21:00 PM Wow James...I'm touched :)...thank you for reading my story :) I don't have $ to advertise, so I haven't had many readers yet. It was a weird tale, but it made me a stronger person. Thanks for this sonnet too...I will treasure it :) Have a wonderful day Login to Reply James Inman Date: 9/28/2018 10:39:00 PM Good luck with the book. James Inman Date: 9/28/2018 10:38:00 PM It was heart breaking Chris. I hope your life is filled with beauty now. I was never bullied as a child but I was always alone. I did have a horse for a while and always had dogs and cats (fish, ferrets, bunnies) and of course the pigs and chickens. Lived in the middle of a tobacco field in SC, as well as several other places. My parents relationship was often difficult but they were always there for us six kids.