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Living sponge

September 29, 2013
By becauseincubus SILVER, Stone Mountain, Georgia
becauseincubus SILVER, Stone Mountain, Georgia
9 articles 1 photo 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Pain is only temporary."

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."

"Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. "

"Don't go through life. Grow through life."


The lowering of my shoulders,
Bowing of my head,
I am a living sponge,
Soaking up every word you said.
My fingernails are torn and bloody,
I bite down when you’re in my presence,
And I’m not sure what to say.
Any word coming out my mouth is wrong in every way.
My attempts to please leave you in a disapproval.
Your shaken head says it all.
Disappointment fills your eyes.
You watch in disgust as I cry
Your voice bellowing above me, is like shooting daggers into my soul.
An internal bleeding eating me whole
“Grow up!” You shout. “You are no longer a child.”
I stand straight, taking your blows like bullets.
But inside, I am crumbling to the ground.
Your mouth forms in to this small twisted frown,
You don’t speak,
But that cold look on your face leaves me feeling weak.
I am soaking in all the hatred, disapprovals, and disappointments
All the names, discouragement and dissatisfaction is now
Drenching somewhere deep inside,
Forming a sea.
There is no way possible to escape.
I will just never be good enough..
The lowering of my shoulders,
Bowing of my head,
I am a living sponge,
Soaking up every word you said.



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on Oct. 7 2013 at 1:07 pm
becauseincubus SILVER, Stone Mountain, Georgia
9 articles 1 photo 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Pain is only temporary."

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."

"Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. "

"Don't go through life. Grow through life."

Thanks so much!

on Oct. 3 2013 at 8:16 am
littlepiepschuim PLATINUM, Las Vegas, Nevada
22 articles 2 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
― Ray Bradbury
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
― Ernest Hemingway

This is great! Truly inspiring and beautiful. It's a sad story, but it's extremely relatable, I love it!