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He Never Saw Me

I was always functional to him, like the way a paint brush is functional to an artist.  It only serves a purpose.

My purpose was to clean, cook and care for our babies, be intimate when commanded and disappear when his drinking buddies came to our house.

He never saw me!

He never saw how I loved to have my hand held and kissed.

He never saw how I loved flowers, just simple ones, picked from nature.

He never saw me when I would wear a dress on a Saturday night in the hope he would take me dancing.

He never understood how tender my heart is and how easy I cry.

He never understood how my mind was hungry for understanding all life's mysteries.

He never understood how I loved to sing songs from the radio, even if I didn't know all the words.

He thought I wasted my time reading books and writing poetry.  He never understood my fascination with the sunrise or how sitting by the ocean recharged my soul.

He never understood how I loved to brush the girls hair when they were little and tell them how beautiful they were or how I played games with the boys because he never did.

He never understood the great sadness that followed me everywhere I went.

I was a book that he never wanted to read.  Maybe the inside of my soul was like another language that he couldn't or didn't want to understand.

I was invisible. 

Then one  day I asked him for a divorce and he saw me.

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Fear

Fear surrounds me like a forest fire 
Consuming all my thoughts
I freeze, no path looks safe to follow
All logic has left my mind

Everything once peaceful and beautiful
Is now life threatening
What has changed so quickly
Everything was fine a minute earlier

I try to calculate how long before I suffocate
I cant find my breath
I cant feel my heart
The world is spinning out of control

The desire to protect my heart 
Calls once again
But it comes at an enormous expense
I have fallen in love

I look around for something familiar 
To bring me back to safety 
I see a cloud and it reminds me that all things are passing
Just wait, just breathe, just be

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Anxiety

Numbness overpowers me
Eclipsing my emotions. 
A tsunami like shadow
Scales the mountainside. 
Blurring my perception
Of any hidden danger.

In vain I try to escape
While stocially my brain
Issues the decree to halt.
The accelerated shadow
Has already transcended
Further then my field of vision.

I stand paralyzed
My senses engulfed in darkness.
Apathy takes its rightful place
Front row and centre.

The desire to feel
Cascades my thoughts.
While, impenetrable
I await the sensation
Of the pin's prick.

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Stolen Moments

Today I unraveled a sweater
I erased the words of a book
I retraced the lines on the map
Of the journey I never took

I untied the lace of my sneaker
I pulled down the zipper of my coat
I removed my X from the ballot
For I never casted my vote

I forgot all the things that I never did
And the dreams that weren't a success
I deleted all of the repetitive thoughts
Of the sentiments I would never express

I pushed back the hands of forever
To a time that I never yet knew 
I erased all the time I'd spend trying
Forever and a day to find you

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Because of You

Because of you

I'm afraid to try
Afraid to feel 
Afraid to cry

Because of you

I'm afraid to think
Afraid to breathe
Afraid to blink

Because of you

I'm afraid to hope
Afraid of these  feelings
Afraid I won't cope

Because of you

I'm afraid to sleep
Afraid to dream
Afraid to weep

Because of you

I'm afraid I must  
Be afraid to love
Be afraid to trust

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Boundaries

I construct them
And lay them everywhere
As man builds a fence
To prevent intruders
To guard his property
So I also do with my heart.

It's a necessary evil
All in the name of protection
We must be ready
We must be prepared
Like a watchman at dawn
To diligently protect
That which we value most

Some do not respect our boundaries
Do they not see them
Do they have need to enter so desperately
That they ignore the warning
Private property! Trespassers will be prosecuted.

Is there any leniency
Any exceptions to who can enter in
Is anyone granted access
Or must they forcibly try to enter
There is more than one way to be raped.

So we struggle
In the blindspot
To push back those who seek to enter
Unbeknownst to us
I lay boundaries
I am not sure as to whether
It's to keep you out or let you in.

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Who Am I

And then it happened

She awoke one day and she was painfully aware that something in her had died

Something she thought was the strongest force on the earth.  Something she thought was indestructible.

She thought her feet were rooted securely in his unwavering strength.  But his disrespect, his coldness and his impatience started to cause the foundation to crumble

The begging, the crying, the pleading for his attention caused her to no longer recognize herself in the mirror.  Followed by his unending silence and indifference to her needs.

Sleep no longer came.  Only thoughts of self hate for allowing someone to treat her so badly.

All in the name of love.  The same love that a month earlier had caused her so much joy, now caused her to drown in wave after wave of grief.

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The Univited Guest

Why did you come to visit
why can`t you let me be
my hopes, dreams and aspirations
I now no longer see

My children lost their mother
My husband lost his spouse
dirty laundry, floors and dishes
you stole our tidy house

You came without a warning
just like a thief in the night
turning my life upside down
I had no chance to fight

Clouds, rain and thunder
everyday`s a storm
my thoughts have raged against me
I recognize no form

Everything has frozen over
I`m trapped beneath the ice
for someone to pull me out of here
I think??? it would be nice

Morning, noon and night
everythings a blur
it’s hard to form my words at times
you’ve left me with a slur

It’s hard to keep my head up
under the weight of defeat
I often measure the success of my day
by whether I brush my teeth

You come without a warning
you bring a nasty blow
nothing but destruction
for everything in tow


I know one day you will leave me
when there is nothing else to steal
the last thing that you want from me
is my ability to feel

One foot in front of the other
one breath in and out
I will again return to me
I pray without a doubt

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The Question

Why do you always look at me
With that question in your eyes
The one that always wonders
How come you never try

Why can’t you just go exercise
Your face is filled with doubt
You shake your head and wonder
What do you have to be depressed about

You have a job
You have wealth
You have a family 
You have your health

Go watch a funny movie
Or read a funny book
Change your way of thinking
Clean your house or cook

Lace up your dusty sneakers
Go walk around the lake
I’m sure to God you will feel better
If my advice you would only take

I have a lot of patience 
For you my dearest friend
A lack of understanding
Makes it hard to comprehend

It’s not a way of thinking
It doesn’t come from any place
The loss of feeling in my life
Takes up a gigantic space

The things that you find so easy
Are the things that make me blue
To ask me to forget that I am sad
Is liking asking me to remember someone I never knew

It’s not a situation
It’s not anything I control
It’s not my choice to wake up
Trapped in this black hole

Sometimes my thoughts are anxious
Sometimes my heart is faint
The color of distress in my body
I will never be able to paint

Sometimes it’s hard to breathe
Sometimes it’s all a test
Sometimes it’s hard to hold the hand
Of the person you love the best

Some days feel like a battle
Some days feel like a chore
Some days you stop to wonder
Will I ever win this war

So as you read this poem
My sneakers I will take
And I will force my body 
To walk around the lake

I will have a beautiful smile
For everyone I meet
I will look them in the eyes
And never miss a beat

No one will be the wiser
No one will think I am sappy
I will leave them all wondering
Why is she so happy?

So the next time that you look at me
With that question in your eyes
Think to yourself I am happy for her
Look how hard she tries

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Unknown By a Crying Soul

Little fingers, little toes
Little tiny button nose
Your body and mine will never touch
Upon this earth I miss you much

I’ll never smell your little head
I’ll never tuck you in your bed
I’ll never nurse you at my breast
Never dress you in your Sunday best

You’ll never see the light of day
You’ll never walk or run or play

To hold you now is my true wish
To press our lips into a kiss
To gaze into each other’s eyes
What color they are remain a surprise

First day of school will never be
You’ll never get to climb a tree
No first job and no first pay
No kiss, no date, no wedding day

All of this you’ve been denied
I can’t go back oh how I’ve tried
Little baby that I never knew
My heart stays broken longing for you