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Best Poems Written by Erin Ballerstein

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The Image of a Girl

im looking at a picture drawn inside my head
its the image of a girl and the life that she has lead
its not a pretty picture filled with pain and lies
its the kind of picture only readable in eyes
the ink is made of tears the drawings on her face
with every line thats drawn its harder to erase
i cant describe the picture in the sadness of it all
i cant explain her tears but i watch them as they fall
shes the kind of artist whose work you never know
because unless your looking her pictures do not show
i watch her listless hand form into a fist
i cant tell what shes gripping but it cuts into her wrist
she draws another picture more detailed than before
but its in a different color because red ink falls to the floor
this one leaves a stain that none had left before
only growing larger as she draws more and more
i can understand why pain is all she feels
seeing how her wounds never seem to heal
they just become more drawings on her wrist and face
ink of blood and tears which is why they wont erase

dated january 2004

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Broken

i look in the mirror
and inspect what i see
but the image that reflects
couldnt be me
the smiles too fake
eyes brimming with tears
so i smash all the glass
along with my fears
i pick up the piece that once was my face
droplets of blood have taken its place
im searching and searching
but noones around
theyve left me alone
with the reality ive found
im crying and crying
but noone can hear
another drop of blood replaces that tear
i laugh at the piece that once was my face
i laugh at the blood thats taken its place
i laugh at the tears i continue to cry 
i laugh and i laugh as i watch myself die

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Wrong Way

slipping further,
falling in,
waiting forever,
for my life to end.
watching everyones face,
determining my fate,
how much longer,
will it take?
two days?
seven years?
whatever the amount,
it wont match the number of tears
falling victim,
to what they say
dont know what to do
but go their way
trusting those
who will ultimately lie
forgetting those 
always by your side
knowing now
as you sit alone
the direction you were following
was the wrong way to go
dont bother to fight it
your already there
dont bother to lie
the truth is aware 
dont bother to give up
its already gone
dont bother to lose
its already lost
you can create a new future 
but cant erase the past
looks like living for the moment
didnt seem to last
whatever your feeling now
is the best way to feel
because whatever the feeling is
the feeling is real

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Even Worse Than Pain

i can feel my anger rising
and i just cant make it fall
im used to it subsiding 
but still my insides crawl
no point to try to stop it
its releasing vein by vein
ripping each one open 
to let my anger drain
i feared that this would happen
but not to this degree 
i have no outlets left
to sustain my misery
i could try to sew them shut
each and every vein
let you think im happy
while inside i go insane
but then i get a feeling 
thats even worse than pain
im feeling every stitch
get ripped from every vein 
i guess that is my punishment
for locking it inside 
accompanied only by my sadness
which also still resides

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Wish

dark despair thunder lighting
hide your eyes
but dont quit fighting
revise demise wonder confusion
keep on calling out to an illusion
running faster
crying softer
quiet won
but its getting louder
more promises
shattered dreams
fighting off days
not good enough to meet
searching for nothing 
turn to torment 
still cant find
what you forget
winning defeat
breaking the bond 
running away 
wont make you strong
emptier reflection 
more closed minded
dont you wish 
you didnt hide it

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Nothing Left

theres nothing more i could have done
just someone else i should have loved
nothing more i could have said
just a brand new me its time to shed
100 times id taken the fall
worthless to mention because you forgot them all
nothing more i will take 
because being fake wont erase my mistakes
nothing more left to say 
its all been said in yesterdays
nothing left for me to do 
because every day the feelings new
nothing more of our reality
it never met your mentality
100 times id givin in
worthless to mention because that will end
nothing left in trying to know
because you will reap what i will sew
nothing more left to fight
because i give up on whatevers right
nothing more you could have won 
because a fights a fight and this ones done
nothing left in promises 
overs over and thats the end

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My Coffin

close my coffin and let me be
because with blind eyes i cannot see
with a broken heart it cannot beat
with empty lungs i cannot breath
nightmares watching over me
with empty dreams of you and me
scattered pictures in my head
fills my beatless heart with dread

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Lost

negative energy tearing at me
pulling me farther from where i want to be
eyes i dont notice staring at me
faces i dont trust watching over me
lies i once believed eating away
keeping each day farther away
tears fade away everytime i cry 
all the memories are lost 
so i might as well say goodbye
everything i had has been destroyed
with all my screams lost to silent noise
all of my sanity ripped away 
by every single word you never seem to say