born into country life to two ordinary parents
raised protestant and to be a good girl
high school came, peer pressure, virgin no more with high school sweetheart
college life, hell raiser, free spirit
living life on the edge, drugs, drinking escaped to Florida
city life, hard working, baby to raise
moved to Indiana, marriage, son and heartbreak of adoption
Ohio home sweet home hoping for better luck and happiness
daughter in school, new husband, new start, baby boy on way
home owner, good job, writing like crazy!
I was speared by a Cupid star gazer
More likely the devil's hell-raiser !
With much mischief, his darts,
like his poems, would impart
a wit that's as sharp as a razor !
It's time for his shame to repent !
The Soup wants to charge you some rent
Your arrow and name,
that flared with hot flames,
died out, and I'm here to lament !
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For Skat's Contest: "Heartbreaking Poet"
Her face is deceptive, looking innocent
Though she is far from it, a real hell-raiser
Her dark powers covers all, she’s competent
The witch holds her own, she is a life chaser
Though she looks demented and fearfully bleak
She only has these charms if I let you seek
Her evil wisps come down on all that she can
I bring her to life for I’m the Hallowman
Russell Sivey
He was a legend with a great lifetime ahead.
Was a hell raiser who would never die in his bed.
To live fast die young was his motto instead.
Actor extraordinaire was rebellious in his head.
Was a hell raiser who would never die in his bed.
He was a rebel without a cause a group he led
Actor extraordinaire was rebellious in his head
Speed was something from which he never fled
He was a rebel without a cause a group he led
To live fast, die young was his motto instead
Speed was something from which he never fled
He was a legend with a great lifetime ahead
Penned 21/05/2013
James Dean
Ha, is Life a joy killer?
A sore loser? A penny pincher?
A dream wrecker? A home breaker?
Or is it a wisecracker? A joker?
A safe cracker? A bushwhacker?
A hell raiser? A heaven buster?
Or maybe, a trekker? A way marker?
A banker? An anchor? A timer?
Nah...Life is God's supreme Lekker!
YESTERDAY IS GONE AND TOMORROW IS THE STRAIGHT AHEAD BUT I AM SCARED.
AFRAID THAT I MIGHT COME UP AGAINST SOMETHING THAT I CANNOT BEAR SOMETHING THAT I CANNOT OVERCOME.
BUT I LOOK UP TO THE SKY AND I REMEMBER WHO BROUGHT ME OUT OF SO MANY STORMS.
WHO HELPED ME WHEN THE RAIN DIDN'T STOP FALLING WHEN THE ROAD GOT ROCKY WHEN THE DEVIL TRIED TO KEEP ME DOWN.
WHEN HE THOUGHT HE HAD THE VICTORY WHEN HE THOUGHT HE HAD ME AROUND HIS FINGER.
BUT THE HOLY GHOST SPOKE FROM HEAVEN AND SAID THAT IT'S NOT OVER YET.
I HAVE THE LAST SAY OVER ALL THIS I FELT THAT I COULDN'T GO ON.
I FELT THAT I WASN'T WORTHY ENOUGH I FELT THAT I HAD DONE TOO MUCH.
THAT I HAD BEEN MORE OF A HELL RAISER ANGRY AT THE WORLD ANGRY AT MYSELF.
LOOKING INTO THE MIRROR SEEING A WOMAN THAT I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE A PERSON WHO WAS MEAN AND HATEFUL.
WANTING REVENGE ON THOSE WHO HURT HER STRUGGLING WITH FORGIVENESSS AND LOVING AT THE SAME TIME.
SHE WAS HURT AND CONFUSED SHE FORGOT HOW TO LOVE, HOW TO BE A PERSON OF MORALS BUT SHE KNEW SHE HAD TO PROVE HERSELF ALL OVER AGAIN.
BUT WITH JESUS AT HER SIDE SHE KNEW SHE COULD DO ANYTHING.