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Best Poems Written by Taylor Bottorff

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Monster Inside Me

The Monster inside me 
makes my knuckles red,
and scratched, 
and leaves burning trails
across my hands

The Monster inside me
lashes out at my heart,
and mind,
and leaves scars inside
and out

The Monster inside me
leaves me shaking,
and my heart pounding, 
and time frozen around me 
in a nightmare

Worst of all,
the Monster inside me 
is always there,
judging,
laughing

Hiding under my bed
and waiting in my closet,
ready to scare the crying little girl

Who can all but scream for help

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I Lie

I lie more the I should.

“What? Really?”
“I didn’t notice.”
“Broken? No way.”

Sometimes they are white lies.

“Just drawing, mom.”
“No, I’m writing.”
“Working on stuff, be right there!”

Sometimes they are deeper then you think.

“I’m fine.”
“Oh, it’s okay.”
“I forgive you.”

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Wrists

I have so many canvases.
                          Real,
                       My hand,
                       My wrists.
         My favorite color to use is blue.
                         Green,
                         Purple,
                          Red.
        Painting gets my mind off the world.
                     And the yelling,
                   And then shaking,
                   And then burning.
           It’s so calming when it’s quiet.
                  Yelling downed out,
            The silver gare of my brush,
                 My shivering hand.
       You can’t make mistakes, just strokes.
                           Over,
                        And over,
                     On my wrists.

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Frozen Heart

Your heart was warm
but, 
something changed,
and you got some common sense,
and froze it over to keep me out