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Letter To Dad

Racing thoughts pass through my mind, 
 visions of a happier time. Happier you ask, 
 why yes is my reply. 

Years ago when I was young, 
 when I was without a care. 
Before the age of six when my world was fine.  
Up was up, right was right. When I didn't fancy flight. 

It was easier, simplier then.  Everything was as it should be.
A little house with a family, 
 a momma and a daddy to tuck us in at night. 

It all changed without worry of how we'd fare.  
It didn't matter what would we care.

No one asked if I wanted to move, 
 no one asked me what I wanted to do. 
I suppose I would've begged for you to stay. 
But that choice wasn't mine. You took it away.
With borrowed hopes and dreams you dashed.

You and momma couldn't make it work. 
She took us and you took a shirt.  
(A fair trade?)

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Again (One Night Stand)

Again,
 I am nothing more 
    than a vessel being filled with his selfish desire
I am again in the position of allowing another to use me 
Will I ever find true love?
Am I destined for this?
Love is elusive, 
  right now any way
Tonight I am his possession 
   Tomorrow he will forget, I will be just another 
  whose name he doesn’t know

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I Sense It

i sense it 

the stares, 

the judging

you see me 

as though i am 

not there

you comment to 

one another 

what's wrong 

with her

because i choose 

a different 

way

i don't  

think like 

you 

i must be 

wrong 

you're always 

right

the god that you

pray to

the god that you 

seek

lives in my heart 

too 

yet it seems 

to me 

that you 

think that he 

only lives 

in you 

it must be so 

because 

heaven surely 

knows 

that 

you all are

right 

and I am 

wrong, wrong 

wrong

i sense it

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Wounded Bird

The bird sits on the ledge,
 wanting so much to fly further than the edge of the yard.

The poor little bird fancy's a long holiday, 
an excursion far, far away.

It's wings have been clipped preventing longer flight.  

It must content itself to sitting on the ledge and dreaming. 

Maybe one day its dream will come true.

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Suicide

Death becomes her lying there, 
 her brunette hair perfectly framing the silky interior.
The lacy white pillow perfectly props her up for all to see. 

Though death has taken her life and stolen her soul. 
We must admit she still has a glow. 
It is as though her radiance was to bright to extinguish. 

Her life wasn't easy, 
 she had more pain than she could bare. 
You wouldn't know, she hid it well within her heart 
 so only she knew the enormity of it all.

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Last December

Last December I called you.
You, who I haven’t heard from 
 in over twenty years.

You, who hasn’t thought to call. 
Does that mean that you didn’t think of me? 
Me, your only daughter.

Last December three days after Christmas I saw you.
You looked so old, the years that had passed were evident on your face. 
The lines around your eyes made you look so sad.

Last December I hugged you. 
You hugged me back.
As I held onto you I felt like a child again and felt safe.
I trusted your embrace. 

Last December I told you that I loved you. 
You said it too. 

I had never heard you utter those words before. 
(Did you mean it?) 

Last December I was happy.

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Letter To Dad (Part Ii)

You stayed gone for so long, 
 you missed it all. You didn't even know number three. 
He would come after you flee. 

We were forced to move ahead, 
 not much time to remember. Growing up instead. 

Late at night when it was quiet, 
 and all was in bed. I would wonder where you were. 
(Did you even think of us?)

When I was twelve maybe thirteen, 
 I got this notion in my head 
 that I would look for you.
Someone I remember had said 
 you moved back to Oklahoma. 
So, I started there. 
We had gone on a trip,
 my first look was in the phone book.

I continued,  for some time. I scavanged through all mom's things
 for evidence of you. Some small token that would lead me to where you were.
I gave up not long there after. 

I wouldn't try again until I was seventeen. Now it seemed I was wiser, 
I asked for assistance.  My grandmother was the sleuth,
 she uncovered the truth. 

You arrived as did I, 
 we didn't know the other would be there.
I didn't even get out of the car,
 the door wasn't even ajar. 
Even now after all is done the choice was yours although I had begun.
When to see you should've been mine, but that decision you took this time.

After that weekend without seeing you I opted to call. 
We spoke a while, mostly chit chat. Nothing was said  about why you left as you 
did. 
For a moment though it was just as it should be,
 a daughter talking to her father. It was nice. 
You wrote soon after, 
 the words you penned weren't what I was after,
 it was a disaster. I struck the match and burned your words. 
I forgot and moved away faster.

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Who I Am

I am  
 Unique,
 Incredibly, painfully shy
 Captivating

I am
 Funny, some say a natural comedian
 Witty and insightful about most things

I am
 Artistic --
 Drawing with a pencil 
  and painting with my words

I am
 An only daughter 
   to Ronny and Debbie 
 A sister to five brothers

I am
 Sensitive,
 too sensitive at times

I am 
 A friend to many and an enemy to few

I am the way I am for a purpose, and although
 not defined I know who I am.

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In Heaven You Wait

I feel a stirring in my soul to adopt internationally.  Somewhere in China there is a 
woman that will give up her daughter for a better life.  This is something I wrote 
for that child to be.

In Heaven You Wait

Before you are mine you are God's precious child.  He holds you in His heart until 
the day when I will hold you next to mine.  

Before I ever utter a lullaby to calm your fears a thousand angels have composed 
the most beautiful music just for you. 

Listen carefully and take comfort precious child you are loved.  Until we are a 
forever family in heaven you wait.

(c) 2006/12 Lanna Carpenter

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Left To Die

My heart lies empty
 its contents have been drained

You did that!

You came in as I slept 
 and dissected my body

Prying open my chest
 revealing to your sick world my beautiful heart

With your rusty dagger you plunged it in deep 
 causing my sweetness and light to burst forth

Now I lay before you
 a tangled mess 

You and your cohort laugh over me
 and dance your twisted dance 
 reveling in your handiwork

Knowing that you destroyed a life

That you helped create so long ago