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9/12/2012 2:36:16 PM Linda Barr Posts: 1	SwedishFish wrote: I am the witch of the Northwest, I am ugly and crippled inside, I have a crooked nose and cockroach eyes, a bitter heart and a head full of lies, I can cast a spell or you can hear me cry: I am a liar, a cheat, a peddler, a whore, A ghost, an illusion, hidden in the cracks of my psyche is pain, hatred of self, I define myself through my self-loathing, My body, moonlit and thin Is an alter, an expression of my hate My wild hair hiding crazy eyes, A tired face and a sullen smile I have been used, I have been abused Constantly reminded of my failures and past shame I run, and run, and run but can't escape I am cursed, a wretched being And I have only myself to blame edited by SwedishFish on 9/11/2012
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9/16/2012 4:23:37 AM Amy Green Posts: 8	Well, if you wrote this for a song for a rock band... then you did well. To me, as a poem, there is nothing memorable in this. Nothing original, new, or slightly intreaguing. I DO like, however, the line of "cockroach eyes"
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9/19/2012 8:34:06 AM Lynn Dolly Posts: 133	) I diiiig! It's so dark...right on!
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