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Follow Through

Blank sheet, taunting me 
Daring the person I used to be 
To blurt it out, let words flow free 
But too deep into my insecurity 
I have drowned, no hope for me 
What happened to my pen and pad therapy

My safe place, infiltrated by doubt 
Nothing from within, brave enough to come out 
Generic pairings of letters seeking clout 
Simple ramblings, who knows what they’re about 
Any ounce of approval, no matter the amount 

Rusty thoughts like the abandoned Tin Man 
Cobwebbed brain needing “oil can” 
Hoping out there is just one fan 
Follow through, girl, you made a plan

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She Was Only 16

She didn’t know any better 
Was the excuse of the day 
And 16 is hard enough 
Without sibling children in the way 

“I didn’t birth these urchins,” 
She screamed for no one to hear 
But mom and dad were out the door 
In good spirit, full of cheer 

Selfish 16 year-olds rarely do as told 
And such was true that day 
She took the money they paid her
And she was on her way 

The girl across the pond would do 
So she handed her a twenty 
“I’ll be back before they’re home,” 
For a good time, she had plenty 

And in that smoke filled barn
With laughter, booze and boys 
16 year old had few cares in the world 
Except for that tell-tale noise

She tried to drown it out 
But she knew that she was wrong 
And it didn’t matter even a bit
When they played her favorite song

For the noise in her head grew louder
It tugged it shouted it pulled 
She knew she had to get home, quick 
Her mother could not be fooled 

She steadied her hands on the wheel 
To relieve the stranger sitter 
But the gravel pulled the car from her 
And that’s when it hit her 

Broken glass around an old oak
Sirens blaring from afar 
That one poor choice cost her family
More than just a car 

And In the passing days 
Hushed whispers full of half truths 
Sobbing, crying, asking why? 
16 drunk on 90 proof 

They say she was babysitting
Left the kids all alone 
But she’s not here to tell her side 
She resides beneath granite stone

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Not My Daughter, B

Well, You Kept me up until 4 again 
but i’d do it every day 
because when I brought you home 
I swore to keep the boogie man away 

I could do with the monster in your closet 
or the goblin hiding under your bed 
But I was ill prepared for
The Demon that resides in your head 

I prayed to God it would skip you
Made promises I could not keep 
Naively I blamed hormones 
and silently I would weep 

The D word stole my baby 
I’m trying to take her back 
But that nasty, ugly monster 
Was quick in his attack 

Depression, you stole people I love
And I know they’re forever gone 
But not my child, not my light 
You think you can keep her but you’re wrong 

Tell her romantic lies 
create cruel visions in her mind
But i’m a much worse monster 
A mother’s love, you’ll soon find
Is nothing to be messed with
Victory is mine


*The title? Harry Potter fans know...

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Lessons Learned Too Soon

I sat at your table
I’m sure, I was 5. 
The first time I learned 
About being alive. 

Helicopter landed in 
The field, Right out back.  
No time to finish eating, 
Rushed out, forced to pack. 

Stayed with a neighbor 
I barely knew 
And then the next day, 
Said goodbye to you. 

And when you’re  5, 
One minute your there, 
Healthy, alive. 
And the next your gone, 
I visit a stone. 
No one tells you 
How to be alone

Because some lessons
You shouldn’t have to learn at 5.