Stained
I wash my skin repeatedly
Trying to erase the stain that no one can see
I scrape away the dead skin that lies
Rotting on my flesh
Searing into the epidermis
Infecting the open wounds you left
I rub until my skin is red, raw
Seven layers of mistrust and lies
There is no blood left to fall
On the wet linoleum that my feet root to
In the reality of who
I never knew I could be
I strip away the black dirt
That weighs on my soul
Buried in cold earth
Shoveled by your hands and infidelity
Vows the ashes and dust
Settling gray on my being
The mirror unfolds nothing but fiction
It paints nothing visible from my reality
I am stained .
Can you wash me
In your tears?
Author notes
Rambling Free Verse
Written March 31st, 2005
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Superbly Created!
Okay, just about 2 years have passed since your heart wrote this, and I had to come and read a piece of you! This one, how in the world did I miss this one, is written with wonderful images, and the words are just wonderfully flowing to make a great poetry itself. You've made scarce, almost scary! Wonderful to be immersed in your poety!
Rena~
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very intense and very emotional great imagry inbedded in this poem thanks so much for sharing
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awesome
i really like thatttttt. greeat jooobbbbbbbb. -
Wow! Rambling??? This is beautiful, sad but beautiful! I love it!
TD -
Sadly depicted with fine choice of words, flow and rhythm is fabulous, this is a magnificent piece, truly is! Bravo!
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The mirror unfolds nothing but fiction
It paints nothing visible from my reality
I am stained .
Can you wash me
In your tears?
Wow. this was really one of those -cant read it fast, or slow enough.- great write!!!
-lizz-
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Amazing write. One thing that I would have done different is I wouldn't have made it so choppy. I mean it works that way, but I think that it would have been more intense with either more words or fewer words. Other than that, it was amazing. Thanks for sharing. Take Care
--Shelly
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Wow. Get out of my head.
I expect you realize I wrote something along the same vein recently. I believe you read it.
This is good.
"In the reality of who
I never knew I could be"
I'm going to send you a link to another of mine.
Another similar thought there.
Wow.
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The pain thats shown in this peice is deep and soulful. What happed to this poor person/ iT sounds almost like rape...
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this was different i really like this alot. it has great description and flowed really well. it also painted a good picture in my head...sounds like something i've done anyways great job and keep writing. i love your shiznit.
love,
ellie
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Outstanding
Amazing...the images and emotions evoked by this write are incredible! Simply amazing!
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