The Perfectly Imperfect Me

It seems there's always been
A crack within my heart of glass,
That leaks out poison issues of my past,
And is too sharp in my memory,
So the pain will always last...

However...

I am perfect,
A fractured beauty to behold,
It seems that a heart of glass,
With a poisoned past,
Can still have a center of gold

Even those against me,
If I see them crying,
I won't look away,
But extend my hand in friendship,
So they might learn what I learned more easily

Breaking free,
I am a phoenix,
With my last breathe,
I'll rise from the ashes and set the world ablaze,
Each pain leaves its mark,
But I will defy fate and make it mine!

A patchwork of scars,
That is my true skin's brocade,
I might be swathed in pain,
In lies,
Other's hatred,
Human despair,
A web of lies,
Deciet,
Secrets,
And my own god-forsaken darkness.
But I'll still hold my head up high,
Towering above the perfectly imperfect aspects of myself,
And take my own path down the uncharted road before me

Even those against me,
I won't let them be conquered by life,
I'll show them that even when the world fights you,
When it seems like there's no light to be found,
I'll show them that there is no such thing as eternal night
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Brown Avatar
October 27, 2011 at 6:03 AM
I stopped back today to see if you had written anything new Raven. I hope you will write and share more with us. Love, Carol
Scianna Avatar
October 11, 2011 at 6:14 AM
Really descriptive. Nice write up. Keep it up!
Poe Avatar
October 11, 2011 at 7:15 AM
Thanks! ^^ I usually have trouble doing really descriptive poetry, so I'm glad I did so well on this one.
Mcknight Avatar
October 8, 2011 at 1:10 PM
you raise your head kind sir while I bow mine.....
Poe Avatar
October 10, 2011 at 10:01 PM
^^; Um, I'm actually a girl... Don't worry about it though, everyone thinks I'm a boy if they read my real name before they meet me so it doesn't bother me.
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