Short Scratch Out Poems

Come ,step into my head
words,ready to be read
like music ,comes and goes
and shifting colurs ,flow;

Write,then change,and scratch out,
begone,away with doubt;
Come.listen to my choice
to then discern my voice.

Note Title derived from Yeats quote about poetry....

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Alone,
Covered in my own selfish sins.
With this knife, 
I will scratch out my flaws.
A new me lies below the surface.
A formless being.
A symbol of perfection.
The sting awakens my deepest reality.
Vivid colors burst into view.
The hopeless girl,
Will soon be no more. 
As I take this plunge,
Into an eternity of darkness....

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Why don't I write the day away and pretend it never happened
Why don't I leave it on a page in a book that will never make it on the shelf

What if I change a couple words,
 a couple sentence, will anybody notice?

If I scratch out the ending or change the date, does that still make it mine?



Looking for helpful comments ( constructive critics)

Form?...

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You can never act rationally 
In fear and hate
They show you no sympathy
As they toy with your fate
Shielding you eyes 
From the truth of your life 
Growing off of your cries
Thriving off of your strife
Slowly and softly
Getting under your skin
Till they burn viciously
Like a fiery sin,
That you can never scratch out
And you can never douse down 
No matter how much you shout
You’re still going to drown...

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She thinks she is all that my sister and I said.
She was blonde and magnificent. We wished her dead.
She came over to see us and she was funny and kind.
Scratch out those mean thoughts; please never mind.

She became our best friend, and the boys were attracted.
The ones she tossed aside could more easily be retracted.
We saw it was a huge advantage to have her as a friend.
She’s a terrific a boy magnet, whom we never lend....

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