Allison Barnett

I'm ready, so ready
to release the beast I master
The cords in his arched neck tremble
berating my control
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The Pain is the worst pain in the world
It is not merely the pain of a broken arm,
that heals with time
Nor is it the pain of a starving child,
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Petals falling falling falling,
they land, ever so light on their feet.
i hardly feel the soft touch of botanic fingers
as they curiously caress my skin.
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So here is another poem for you
telling you how my love was true
But you decided to throw it away
and in the whole matter i had no say
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What good is a day without you?
What is it worth?
Nothing. That's what.
I'm not sad, no tears will mark my face.
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i just dont understand anything anymore
i see my mothers angry mouth
forming hard shapes
that produce such harsh sounds
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there is so much noise here
it rumbles through me like an earthquake
and throws off my senses
the final bell chimes at long length
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i walk alone through these brimming hallways
they spill over with friends and comrades
as i weave through them all, my head is held high,
but make no mistake, i am not proud.
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Tick tock
Tick tock
it goes
like a clock
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The dark angel came to me
the night I died
His identical ebony wings unfurled
like sails on a hell-bent pirate ship
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never ever have i known anything like this.
it is like magic,
the way his hands hold me,
as if they are parched, and must drink of my skin
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Im sorry, i just cant control it sometimes
The pain of my past threatens to return
when this present one is rekindled.
The hot waves of anger you feel rolling towards you
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Sweet little nothings whispered like a song into my yearning ears.
The words cascade into a waterfall of music,
with the rythm pounding on the rocks below.
I stand before this fantastic view,
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I'm ready, so ready
to release the beasts I master
A sloitary prompt will open the floodgates
to drown all those in the torrents path
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I can't ocntrol the inner vibrations,
so I just sit in the silence
and wait,
for what i don't know.
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I want this oppresion to end.
I want to bend and break these invisible bars
that have webbed around me until i forget the bars,
forget the cage.
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With the candles lit,
and the fire dancing
I went to retrieve
my tank of destruction.
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harsh words, steel glances
frostbitten voice that is not her own.
what has happened to the sun-bathed friend i once knew?
where has she gone?
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