OK, first off, they don't all rhyme, some are just random thoughts from my mind. I don't even know what some of them mean. And they don't have names, just numbers. These are just a few:

#68

What frustration you must feel when I do now fall in line

This is not how you expected me to be

That was then - haven't I grown up yet?

You don't seem to understand that I am 100 years older than you

Raise your voice and maybe I will obey

Refuse to speak

Then I might see the error of my ways

How could I?

Very easily

This is MY life

I'm not sorry if it doesn't match your white ideal

Try to bend and shape me until I think like you

Somehow...you'll make me fit

As if I am something that you try on

Just try to fold me into a neatly gift wrapped box

Then maybe you can give me away

#69

I am fingerprinted

I have smears and scatches

And a few stains

I am not new

I am hardly clean

Forget about pure

I come as is

No exchanges

But you may be able to return me...if you hurry

#79

You twist and turn away

As if my words were
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rocks

I can't say anything that you haven't heard before

Believe me

There is nothing that you can say to change my made up mind

This day will turn into night

That will collide into another useless day

And I will always feel the same way

#15

There comes a time when you can no longer fake a smile

When your mouth aches from forcing your lips to curl

Just to make him happy

Because you know he's watching you

ALL THE TIME

You're not sure just how far his rage may take him

You are scared

Somewhere there is a voice screaming inside you're head

"Just get away!"

Before you are in too deep

But you are already trapped

You're sure that someday you'll walk away

But for now you stay

Your mouth hurting worse than ever

#21

I looked away because I thought "They are all the same"

He fell and broke like glass

I just tip toed home

Careful not to cut myself on a sharp piece of him

#25

Once upon a time, I cared

Once upon a time, I'd wait

Once upon a time, I tried

Now it's just too late

So run

Run away

That's the only thing I could ever count on anyway
maryjanemama Reviewed by maryjanemama on . Some poems...if anyone cares to read OK, first off, they don't all rhyme, some are just random thoughts from my mind. I don't even know what some of them mean. And they don't have names, just numbers. These are just a few: #68 What frustration you must feel when I do now fall in line This is not how you expected me to be That was then - haven't I grown up yet? Rating: 5