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Haunting Memories

Haunting Memories
                         The Safety Zone



    It feels like I have wind chimes in my feet
        The tingling feeling is that intense
            Pins and needles keep pestering me
                But obedience is my best defense

                    Every single step is a painful memory
                        Of the childhood I never got to see
                            Walking on glass eggshells metaphorically
                                Watching my feet continually bleed

                                Too young to understand what was happening
                            So obediently I tried to be brave
                        Every night I had to cry myself to sleep
                    I hadn't even lived yet but wished for my grave

                Punishment handed out like it was an offering
            Like my pain was some sort of sadistic prize
        Hiding away in the backyard that covered me
    Holding my breath and closing my eyes




                              bmdavey@05/18/16

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Chelcie Darling

Date: 9/17/2016 3:56:00 PM

Great job!! I really liked your poem!

Brian Davey
Date: 3/25/2017 8:51:00 AM

Thank you

Bl Devnath

Date: 5/31/2016 10:39:00 AM

Congratulation my lovely friend for your beautiful win. Loved always, bl

Brian Davey
Date: 6/3/2016 5:46:00 AM

Many thanks BL

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 5/28/2016 3:23:00 PM

Thank you so much for entering my contest.... Brian... Linda

Brian Davey
Date: 5/28/2016 6:35:00 PM

Thank you for hosting another great contest my friend!

Funom Makama

Date: 5/23/2016 12:58:00 PM

Wow! This is awesome, awesome and so awesome. This piece is heartfelt and deeper than deep.

Brian Davey
Date: 5/23/2016 6:24:00 PM

Thank you for your praise I appreciate it very much

Bl Devnath

Date: 5/21/2016 6:44:00 PM

Excellently done, a very deep thought. My favorite too. A +7. It's reality for many, i can feel. Loved always my lovely friend, bl

Brian Davey
Date: 5/23/2016 2:42:00 AM

Proud to make your favorites list BL, thank you for your wonderful praise

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/21/2016 5:29:00 PM

about my sad dizain, it actually IS my way of thinking, and I am a huge fan of writers like Stephen King! Anyway, I saw this poem before, so let me hunt down one I have not yet seen!!

Brian Davey
Date: 5/23/2016 2:41:00 AM

I didn't mean it in a bad way I just really had never read too much of your work geared towards that type! I apologize if I misspoke which I know I did now because of your split personalities poem I just read for my contest!