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Best Poems Written by Ellie Sutton

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Autumn

The light lingers not
Amber hues of autumn fade
Winter encroaches

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'social' Media

We all want to be liked
To have people see
The version of ourselves
We choose to be
And say, yeah
That's someone I admire
I aspire to be like
We all want someone
To look back on
The snapshots we've accrued 
Over years of holidays, 
Boozy nights,
And picture perfect food 
And say, look
Here's someone who got things sussed
We all want someone
To validate our lives
To comment that we're doing just fine
You're great
You're pretty
Your smart 
Well, I guess that's a good start

We all want someone
To click that damn thumb
And validate the effort
Of keeping the mask on

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Lifeboat

The tide is pushing hard
I fight back as best as my aching body allows
But the waves continue to crash
Swirl and smash around my head
The water wastes my senses
I am disorientated, delusional, disintegrating
Drowning.
Gravity has lost all reason
There is no up, no down, no direction
This is my existential epiphany; I just exist
My body is ready to concede
To be freed from the whims of the waves and the tide
Do not help me. This will not subside.
I am done.

And when I've lost all sense, all sight of light
And the blackness is creeping, closing in
And when the tide reaches new found height
And I'm losing, I'm lost, I cannot win

Then, once again, my Salvation is here
He firmly pulls me from the deadly waves
I hold him fast, and he subsides my fear
My lifeboat, rescuer, the one who saves

He steers a true course, he makes a way
A constant path through the blackest of sea
And all of a sudden, night turns to day
I see clearly the waters surrounding me

They thrash and they thrive, they chop and they churn
But I am above them, safe and secure
With my lifeboat, my guide, I once again learn
With him I am safe; my Saviour makes sure

So I will hold on to the promises you made
As long as life endures, I know my lifeboat saves

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Fight Or Flight

Fight or flight?
My body enquires
No, I laugh
I've just woken up

Do you need me now?
My body presses 
No, I explain
I’m just off to work

I'm sure you need me
My body insists 
No, I assure
I'm just with a friend 

You must need a hand 
My body decides
No! I argue
I'm just driving home 

Don't ignore me forever
My body threatens 
No? I whisper
I just want to relax

I'm here, I'm ready
My body compels 
No! I cry
I just want to sleep



Good morning, sunshine
You look tired today
But, no fear
I'm here again 

The shake of your fingers
The race of your heart
The blood pulsing, forcing
Itself through your veins 
The quiver of your voice
The sickness in your stomach
The restlessness
Insatiable
I'm here again
I'm raring to go

Please, no, I beg
I'm just trying to live

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Bess

Veiled from the world the Queen did keep
A 'bastard' girl who cost her sleep
Though tethered down and kept from sight
Still she shone forth as purest light

A brazen heart (to match her hair)
Beat in the breast of 'maiden fair'
She fuelled her lusts for life with love
Of country, and of God above

She sought no spouse to guide, for she
Was wise enough for her country 
As fire and ferver burned within
Ne'er a fool charmed his way in

Her sister, on her ravaged throne
Felt only fire for her betrothed
Yet failed to birth a princely son
And ruled and died in fear, undone

And thus, Bess ruled as Princes do
Absolute, and mightily too
And whether truth, or rumour stark
Purity did become her mark

For she who held her own did learn
By passion, one could easily burn 
And thus she led, her heart beholden
To England; and their reign was golden