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Best Poems Written by Briana Collard

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The Feeble Heart

You wish to reach the deepest parts of me
To lure the abandoned child from her eternal sleep
To protect my shrouded frailty and soothe the storm within
But through no fault of my own, I could never truly let you in
You will underestimate my devotion, and burden my heart
Shatter my delicate trust, and at your hands, I'll surely fall apart
It would be wise for me to forget
Your eyes, your arms, your lips upon my neck
The heart knows no rationale, unlike the mind
But it holds the answers that logic unceasingly struggles to find
It's in my nature, it has always been my way
To seek comfort in solitary darkness, I find no refuge in the light of day
In my earliest years I discovered that no matter which love I chose
Far too many thorns mar a single rose

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A Complicated Sadness

These monsters live
Neither under my bed
Nor at arms length
But inside my head
I know not from where they came
The day the sea became the sky
But I will soak their teeth with poison
Until these tears should dry
I ask what meaning there is to such misery
And why I must know its name so well
And why I see glimpses of heaven
From amidst the brimstone, where I dwell
There was a time, the sun smiled upon me
For a moment, I knew what I lived for
Once, there was a song that sang in me
That sings in me no more

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Superman

Swollen eyes haven’t lost their spark
But now I see
Alone and afraid, even you face the dark
That tragic day
Destroyed all but your spirit
What was stolen
And gone forever, I couldn’t admit
My hero still
As a man, human to the core
Papa dearest
You’re not superman anymore

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The Ghetto

My steps, I take them slow
As I walk through the ghetto

For me, it’s not a foreign sight
To my left, and to my right
The same set, the same scene
A broken home, a broken dream
There is no sign of solid land
On these streets of deadly quicksand
What I have again found, I dread
The dead are living, and the living, are dead
Where will these souls go,
When this is all they know?

My steps I take them slow
As I walk through the ghetto

There, I met a man
On the corner, hat in hand
His name, I can’t recall
But his eyes, they said it all
He spoke of Jesus and such
I heard, but didn’t listen much
I found it rather odd
A vagabond, praising god
Here is my curiosity unmasked
“Where is your god?” 
Boldly, I asked
He leaned toward with quiet fear
“Not here,” whispered he, “not here.”

My steps, I take them slow
As I walk through the ghetto

I pass the sign of no return
What I’ll find, I’ve yet to learn
I will leave, but thankfully 
It will never leave me
I look behind once more
And stand before my proverbial door
Here begins, a better world
For this rugged ghetto girl

My steps, I take them slow
As I walk beyond the ghetto

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Phases

Darkness falls
Separate, are heart and mind
Melancholy calls
And governs for a time
December, it is
In my icy heart of hearts
I await spring’s kiss
To oblige the cold’s depart
I fear not the frost
Will be forever present
I merely pay the cost
For delight well spent
The flowers will come
Then die, and come again
Somber days are some
Harm done, the sun will mend
The pieces of my being
On scales, always they lie
Tomorrow is worth seeing
Should I laugh, or cry

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Numb

Let me be numb
Totally and utterly
I have grown tired of 
This guest called misery
I know not the cause 
Of this dreadful sorrow
The same I’ve said for joy
This I know
Those words I spoke
I take them back
It is easy to disparage pain
When it is what you lack
I long to bottle this heartache 
And toss it into the sea
And if I cannot know the joy 
That once smiled upon me
Then let me be numb
Totally and utterly

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Better Off Dumb

Trapped in a box
Most cannot see
Blinded by pink ribbon
Analyzed and appraised before we speak

Stupid girl
Why do you live in fear?
You're a million lies and every one's for sale
You'll find no sympathy here

Don't scrutinize my behavior 
You're too ignorant to see me for me
I'm safe in my own skin
I could care less what you see

Just a woman
Up for comparison
In a mans world 
Perhaps I'm better off dumb

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Heart of Glass

My heart remains on my sleeve
The same heart that is in your teeth
My skin remembers your fingertips
Your taste is still on my lips
You quickly came, and quickly went
I’ll never know what all this meant
It seems like ages ago, the day we died
Still, you have my heart, and my pride
All wounds are said to heal in time
But you have yet to fall off my mind
And I find myself spending every day
Keeping your memory out of the rain
Do I dare be so bold to ask
How you melted my heart to glass
I could be grateful or equally sad
To lose the best thing I never had