Tacks And Glue Poem by Leria Hawkins

Tacks and Glue
Date: June 3,2015

The years flew by
While I
Squandered the treasures
Of a perfect fit
While wistfully trying
To mold myself into the shape
Of something new
With tacks and glue
Thinking that I’d somehow fit
In the thick of it
A decade has passed
In just a blink
And it kills me to think
Of all the wasted days
And the multitude of ways
That I sought to change
The little things
In an effort to be
Something more than me
I’ve lived my days
Braving the rain
With nothing more to gain
But a flame
That I can’t control
It’s dampened my soul
Left a hole
A gaping reminder
That while some were meant to love
Others were meant to ache
So I bend and I bend
As not to break
I alone, carry this burden
On my back
I took it home, made it my own
I fancied it a dream
A thin disguise
To hide the truth, cover the lies
That I choose to tell myself
Now bound and caged
Wrapped in strings
It’s transformed my rage
Stained the page
In the blood of my confessions

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