You didn’t want me for my beauty,
You didn’t want me for my shame,
You didn’t want me for my smiles,
You didn’t want me for your game.
You didn’t want me for my laughter,
You didn’t want me for my tears,
You didn’t want me any ole way,
Unless you could cause me to have fears.
My beauty turned to ashes,
My shame turned to my regret,
My smiles turned to frowns,
Your game made me love to forget.
Bruises inflicted while you showed your power,
Left me crying in the rain,
My head so far down in the dirt
Others could not help but feel my pain.
Today, I took me back when I left you...
I want me for my beauty,
I want me for my shame,
I want me for my smiles,
I want me for I don’t play your game.
I want me for my laughter,
I want me for my tears,
I want me any ole way,
Because I have learned to escape your fears.
Author notes
I know the form is not perfect. However, this was going through my head even before I saw the contest and is so what I would say to him.
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Thank you for your kind comment and I am here to return them. This touched a part of me that so many others can also understand... I made it out of that very same situation a new and seemingly reborn woman. To be honest I didnt just cry when I read this I sobbed because this road you wrote of is such a very long sad dark one to have to travel.
I want me for my beauty,
I want me for my shame,
I want me for my smiles,
I want me for I don’t play your game.
Now I leave saying thank you for this, it made me realize how far I have traveled
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This poem gave me chills~ it's AWESOME~ Thanks so very much for entering my 2nd chance contest.
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BRAVO TO YOU! This is wonderful and deeply moving. It is perfect in what you feel and need to say for courage.
It show a brighter future, which you can still control. Very powerful write.
Stand tall and know you are worth it all and are loved by many.
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A powerful poem of victory over domestic violence.
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I like it
I'm sorry, though, that you've had to go through some terrible stuff... But you're a wonderful writer!! =)
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