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Razor Blade Princess

She couldn’t see her pretty
When she peered into the mirror
Dark mascara, sad face 
in the corner of her eye a tear


Her heart undiscovered 
For her no one cheered
Black clothes pale complexion 
She was encased in her weird

No daddy to kiss her
He didn’t choose to stay
She thought if she was perfect
He wouldn’t have gone away

A Razor Blade Princess
Red lines on her wrist
Nothing else made her feel real
The pain was her bliss

There were boys who used her
Pretending with their kiss
She gave of her body
To Bobby, Bill and Chris

Then one evening
The Princess cut to deep
A Royal Red River
Ushered her off to sleep

All the kids who knew her
now say they were friends
I guess it’s a way to cope
Everyone just pretends

Now another girl stares
At her reflection in the mirror 
Yes plain can be pretty
When people know you’re here

Copyright © | Year Posted 2021




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Date: 1/9/2022 6:58:00 PM
First hand experience with this subject Richard. I knew someone who was a cutter. She had two loving parents who were themselves going through a difficult time. Job loss for the father and years of depression for the mother. Luckily she managed to get through it and is an amazing young woman.
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Date: 3/8/2021 12:16:00 PM
Hi Richard~ What a title and quite a Poem. I have known outwardly "sane" people off themselves. Stuns me totally. I avoid playing armchair psychiatry or minister......that's an easy out. Nonetheless, great poem. Pangie
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 3/8/2021 1:12:00 PM
Thanks Dear. Hugs Rick.
Date: 3/5/2021 7:30:00 AM
We all try to cope in one way or another. Some wrong coping mechanisms have fatal results. You wrote this well.
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Date: 3/5/2021 7:57:00 AM
Thanks dear. Hugs Rick.
Date: 3/3/2021 1:20:00 AM
Wow, This pack a punch. No escape from your truthful pen, My friend.
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 3/3/2021 6:40:00 AM
Thanks again Harry. I appreciate your visits and comments. ;0)
Date: 3/1/2021 3:56:00 PM
hard-hitting write on a tragic situation that's becoming increasingly common..thanks for your comments on my work
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 3/2/2021 6:54:00 AM
My pleasure Charlotte. Hugs Rick.
Date: 3/1/2021 6:44:00 AM
Sad that these things happen when sometimes it could be avoided if the right efforts were applied when she was young. Good work describing the situation. Thanks for the visit to my page. Sara
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 3/1/2021 7:50:00 AM
My pleasure Sara.
Date: 2/28/2021 4:52:00 PM
Hello Richard … insecurity, doubt, and the feeling of unworthiness creates too many of these situations. Very sad but also brutally true in your well written poem - thank you Richard - Lindsay
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/28/2021 10:05:00 PM
Much appreciated Lindsay. Blessings Richard.
Date: 2/27/2021 6:03:00 PM
So sad, but true to life, Richard. A little TLC make's a life's worth of difference. Well done! ~ gw
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/27/2021 10:01:00 PM
Thanks Gershon.
Date: 2/27/2021 7:11:00 AM
To have inner beauty is sometimes far more important, as outer beauty makes one conceited and egotistical. Unfortunately the Razor blade Princess had no self wroth, used and abused and left alone, she overdosed, so sad. So well penned my friend, Hugs and blessings, Jennifer.
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/27/2021 7:47:00 AM
Thanks for commenting Jennifer. Hugs Rick.
Date: 2/26/2021 9:21:00 PM
Oh my... this is SO sad Richard, with a message. Inner beauty outshines the outer beauty, which many do not understand. Great thoughts. God bless. ~ Ani
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/27/2021 7:48:00 AM
What a perfect response, thanks Anitha.
Date: 2/26/2021 3:30:00 PM
Wow, a powerfully tragic poem that depicts what happens too often in our world, well done Rick!
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/26/2021 4:14:00 PM
Thanks Tania for your kind comment. Hugs Rick.
Date: 2/26/2021 2:46:00 PM
Thoughtful, your lines are always seamless, Richard, will a person pause & connect with respect following this reading....I can do my best! Poetry can change the world, my friend, as you have artfully demonstrated!
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/26/2021 4:15:00 PM
Wow, thanks James. Great comment my friend.
Date: 2/26/2021 8:21:00 AM
How sad it is that people cut themselves this way. Then all the others pretend they had been friends with her. Makes my blood boil, Richard. I wish we could help young people before they resort to self-mutilation and even death. A thought-provoking poem. Very well composed. Best wishes, Carolyn
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/26/2021 8:23:00 AM
Thanks for such a great comment. Hugs Rick.
Date: 2/26/2021 6:10:00 AM
You spoke the story of many. Love.... Lack of it....suicide. powerful write. Take care, Rama
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/26/2021 6:25:00 AM
Thanks Rama, I appreciate your comment.
Date: 2/26/2021 4:34:00 AM
Sad yet so true...much peer pressure to compete. Powerful lines Richard:...I guess it’s a way to cope Everyone just pretends...and... Yes plain can be pretty When people know you’re here
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/26/2021 6:26:00 AM
A very thoughtful response Vijay.
Date: 2/26/2021 4:11:00 AM
What a tragic story!! & who well you narrated it... Wish her parents were there... Alas, we have sorrows and pains everywhere
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/26/2021 6:27:00 AM
Yes and during Covid more people are feeling disconnected and alone.
Date: 2/26/2021 3:31:00 AM
Very powerful. Kind wishes, Kai
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/26/2021 6:27:00 AM
Thanks Kal.
Date: 2/25/2021 10:18:00 PM
Sad story. Seems this was not the fist suicide attempt. Pity her parents were not more attentive. A well described fatality. Unfortunately there are many like her.
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/26/2021 6:28:00 AM
Thanks Victor, there are many young people who use cutting as a way to deal with emotional pain.
Date: 2/25/2021 8:10:00 PM
WoW! Richard, What a well-written write on such a sensitive and real issue. This story is true worldwide. It's hard to love self when you've never known love or felt it. A moving story that brought tears to my eyes- Alexis
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/26/2021 6:29:00 AM
What a thoughtful and sensitive response. Hugs Rick.
Date: 2/25/2021 7:16:00 PM
So well done, Richard!
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/26/2021 6:30:00 AM
Thanks Kim. ;0)
Date: 2/25/2021 4:10:00 PM
Your excellent poem tells heart-wrenching truths about cutting and suicide, Richard! Janice
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/25/2021 4:44:00 PM
Thanks Janice. Hugs Rick.
Date: 2/25/2021 3:40:00 PM
A sad situation and one you often hear about and those sharks who take advantage of those who are vulnerable get sorry when the inevitable happens. Powerful write Richard. Tom
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/25/2021 4:45:00 PM
Thanks Tom. I appreciate the visit.

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