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        <title>aww come on ppls!</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2008-04-21T04:29:44Z</published>
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            <p>hey wheres everyone at?</p>
<p>i dont usually have the time to post but i sometimes get the chance to read a couple.. where they all at?</p>
<p>i hope you arent all to busy to post. </p>
<p>hope to read some soon :)</p>
<p>have a great day :)</p>
        
    
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        <title>The voices</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2008-04-15T02:34:55Z</published>
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            <p>A familiar voice pounds in my head,</p>
<p>repeating phrases I&#39;ve never heard said.</p>
<p>It says&#160;I won&#39;t be good enough, no matter what I do</p>
<p>It says that I should just give up, because I don&#39;t know&#160;<em>what</em> to do.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>Over and over again, I question my sanity,</p>
<p>I guess that proves its there.</p>
<p>But&#160;I can&#39;t help but to wonder...</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>Whose voice is this, that fills my mind?</p>
<p>I&#160;know it but it doesn&#39;t come with a face.</p>
<p>I begin to obsess,<br />My life is blurring, it&#39;s becoming a haze.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>As I sit alone in the silent safety of my own bedroom,</p>
<p>the words echo in my mind.</p>
<p>I say them aloud, and the voices match,</p>
<p>perfectly synchronized.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>All this time it was just me,</p>
<p>Obsessing on my own self doubt.</p>
<p>It was my own voice, calling to me.</p>
<p>My own voice, pulling me down.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>Once again I apologize for not writing as much... I have been VERY caught up recently in.. teenage drama, school, family, and I haven&#39;t been able to find the time to write as much or as well, let alone type it up and post it... And I am truley sorry.&#160; But thank you so much for those of you who are regular (or as regular as I allow you to be lol) readers and continue to check up on my writings... I have not, nor will I ever, give up the art of poetry. It is my life, my passion, my &quot;talent&quot;, and I love it above all other things. Thank you to those of you who realize this and continue to take the time to read my work :).&#160; I appreciate it SO much. :)</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>Now, with that out of the way, I am in desperate need of feedback for this one.. When i finally had the time, i sat down in my room, and wrote... i got to the final line, re-read it, and didn&#39;t quite think that it seemed final.&#160; It seemed so unfinished at the time, but my brain was all of a sudden blank of all ideas.&#160;I got to school the next day and in first hour my teacher gave us about 20 minutes of free time.&#160; In this time&#160;I picked up my pencil and read over the work I started the night before, once again unable to write another word.</p>
<p>But this time it seemed so much more...complete. I like this poem a lot, but I&#39;m not sure if my &quot;writers block&quot; (if thats what you want to call it) caused it to seem so complete.</p>
<p>So let me know. :) thanks again for taking your time to not only read my poetry, but to read my little sidenotes as well. :)</p>
        
    
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        <title>Memories</title>
    
    
    
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            <p>Mommy and Daddy fighting,</p>
<p>Ashley smoking in our room.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>Playing on a playground at school,</p>
<p>crushing on the cutest boy in the first grade.</p>
<p>Mother May I, or Red Light Green Light were my favorite games.</p>
<p>I attended church every Sunday.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>As most others, I have memories, good and bad.</p>
<p>I have dreams I awake from with a smile,</p>
<p>And nightmares that stick in my brain.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>But despite these memories and dreams,</p>
<p>I live for the present,</p>
<p>that will someday be the future,</p>
<p>and be left behind as the past.</p>
        
    
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        <title>I Don&#39;t Love Him</title>
    
    
    
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            <p>People say I&#39;ve fallen,</p>
<p>that I&#39;ve got it bad.</p>
<p>No! They&#39;re all wrong!</p>
<p>Just because my mind never drifts form his face, his voice, his words.</p>
<p>Just because when he&#39;s around, he&#39;s the only one I see.</p>
<p>I&#39;m not in love!</p>
<p>I don&#39;t love him,</p>
<p>I can&#39;t love him.</p>
<p>He&#39;s got her. </p>
<p>There&#39;s no room for me.</p>
<p>So you see, I cannot be in love with him.</p>
<p>Because he&#39;s not in love with me.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>I wrote this poem a while back.. but never posted it. </p>
        
    
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        <title>Lucien Smith  (a friend of mine )</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2008-04-11T00:22:22Z</published>
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            <p>A writer&#39;s blood pumps through your veins.</p>
<p>Potential is the beat of your heart.</p>
<p>Intelligence-insightfulness are the throbs of your brain.</p>
<p>And with your talent, you&#39;re off to a great start.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>You&#39;ve had a rough time,</p>
<p>living a rough life.</p>
<p>Worse than most.</p>
<p>But you&#39;re getting through it.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>And I know&#160;I dont know the half of it.</p>
<p>I missed out on those big chapters and so much more.</p>
<p>But despite of this,</p>
<p>Still hear my point.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>Life will take you all over the place,</p>
<p>in circles and spirals that seem to go no where.</p>
<p>It may be hard,</p>
<p>but dont let it bring you down.</p>
<p>That spiral will always have a way out.</p>
<p>You just have to look from the right angle.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>So what I&#39;m trying to say,</p>
<p>you&#39;re wonderful just the way you are.</p>
<p>Don&#39;t let a harsh life turn you to the worst.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>Stand up tall,</p>
<p>Look life in the eye.</p>
<p>And let it know that there&#39;s a silver lining,</p>
<p>and you will survive.</p>
        
    
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        <title>Never-ending story</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2008-04-11T00:16:39Z</published>
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            <p>Why do you torture me?</p>
<p>Why do you take joy from my pain?</p>
<p>We&#39;re supposed to be sisters, family.</p>
<p>But you continue to do this again and again.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>Who do you think you&#39;re fooling with your fake smiles and caring tenderness?</p>
<p>Me, apparently, cause I fall for it every time.</p>
<p>But no more. I&#39;m done.</p>
<p>No longer will I be taken by your lies.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>I look back, to some of my first memories.</p>
<p>You were my hero, my idol!</p>
<p>I didn&#39;t just want everything to do with you,&#160;I needed it.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>So what happened to that girl?</p>
<p>The girl who was always there for me,</p>
<p>the one I miss so badly.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>I guess she&#39;s long gone, disappeared a long time ago.</p>
<p>And I guess it&#39;s too late to try to find her again.</p>
<p>Or is it?</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>Could she possibly be in there still to this day?</p>
<p>If I dig deep enough will i find the soul that once controled what is now &quot;Ashley Nicole&quot;?</p>
<p>I don&#39;t know.</p>
<p>And I dont believe I&#39;ll try to find out.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>Cause I&#39;m tired of living in your never-ending story of fables and lies.</p>
<p>I&#39;m done.</p>
<p>My part in this fairy-tale is over.</p>
        
    
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        <title>Ashley Nicole</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2008-04-08T04:46:36Z</published>
        <updated>2008-04-10T21:03:39Z</updated>
    
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            <p>ok so the background info on this poem is my sisters name is ashley nicole.. but she didnt like that so we call her nicci...&#160;&#160; she used to be the BEST sister EVER.. and now she is HORRIBLE!!!! she lies to me CONSTANTLY.. she is breaking a court order to be with a 16 year old guy that i was dating when they hooked up... shes never home and when she is she argues constantly.. she cant hold a job down, she is 21 almost 22 with two kids that got taken away from her by DCFS...&#160;&#160; shes just horrible and i miss the girl she used to be.</p>
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<p><em><u><strong>ASHLEY NICOLE</strong></u></em></p>
<p>What happened to the girl I used to know?</p>
<p>Where did she go? </p>
<p>Why did she leave?</p>
<p>What happened to the girl,</p>
<p>my sister,</p>
<p>before all this.</p>
<p>Before you left your family,</p>
<p>before you seemed so crazy?</p>
<p>I want her back.</p>
<p>But no.</p>
<p>Shes gone forever.</p>
<p>And she REFUSES to come back.</p>
<p>What happened to the girl that was once my hero?</p>
<p>You arent her anymore,</p>
<p>no matter how i wish you were.</p>
<p>You care for you,</p>
<p>and you alone.</p>
<p>but you try to make it seem otherwise.</p>
<p>i love you Nicci, I always will.</p>
<p>And when you REALLY need it,</p>
<p>I am here to help.</p>
<p>But not as a sister.</p>
<p>As a caring stranger.</p>
<p>Cause for now,</p>
<p>I have no sister called Nicci,</p>
<p>only an acquaintance called Ashley Nicole.&#160;</p>
        
    
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