margaret atkinson Poems

Light the candle, watch the flame
Feel the heat, sense the shame
Hide the cuts, cover despair
Dress up, then re-dye the hair
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deep in the utter silence, the darkness carassess me
i feel its coldness creep up like a lion creeps up on a lamb
its passion for blood like a madman, it just keeps wanting more
i find myself passionate for the utter silence of the darkness
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sitting in a room
a blade across my wrists
waiting for my doom
which death has brought with a cold kiss
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i wake up to the screams in my ear
i want them to leave but they always come nearer
i hate you, your ugly, and stupid they say
they sit there and just claw me away
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looking back on all we did, i remember very well
you were my childhood sweetheart as much as i could tell
as we grew older things got harder to keep you by my side
then you took miss susie snow to be your lawful wedded bride
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chaos overtakes me
everyone flees in agony
i fall in defeat for the battlefield inside me
i wonder if i will ever be free
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did it hurt when you fell from heaven
did it hurt when she broke your heart
did it hurt when you broke mine
i loved you so much it hurt inside
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Coldness of the mind
The string of life so fine
One stupid mistake and we're done
That's what we get for trying to have fun
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the next time it rains
feel the pain
of all the soldiers
loss and gain
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start a fire in the heart of the beast
and out of the ashes arrives a new me
the beast strives in me i must do its will
my hands are only made to kill
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