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Angela

March 9, 2011
By Anonymous

That pale little hand being led to the bedroom
Those corduroy jeans being tossed to the floor
That innocent smile as he leans in to kiss her
The green of her eyes as they lay down for more
The very same eyes I caught reading Harry Potter past their bedtime.

Those bouncy red curls flattened against the bedspread
Twisted and tangled and coated in gel
Those delicate hands exploring his body
Those tiny girl’s hands, that I knew so well
The very same that shook me awake year after year on Christmas morning.

What happened to the little princess?
The cross country runner?
The sweet baby girl?

The science fair champion:
Arching her back and closing her eyes
gasping and panting and
pulling him closer
To the body I held in the hospital.

The clumsy ballerina:
Being rocked back and forth
Going limp with pleasure
Sighing satisfied
With the voice that asked me for a later bed time.

My rosy cheeked child who loved musical theatre
and wore purple sweaters
is gone.

The author's comments:
A few weeks ago my best friend and I were sitting at her kitchen table just like we do every Tuesday after school and before play practice. Out of nowhere her mother burst into the kitchen holding the bottle of birth control pills that my friend had been taking behind her back. She didn't yell at my friend for hiding the fact that she'd been having sex from her, nor did she break into tears. She just stared at her daughter for the longest time with this penetrating expression on her face. For days it haunted me it was confused, wounded--indescribable. The pain I found in her eyes was my inspired this poem.

Note: The poem is entitled 'Angela' after the woman who's face inspired me. This name has been changed to protect her identity, and that of my friend.

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on Feb. 4 2012 at 4:33 pm
Luna3952 SILVER, Lynchburg, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
All is fair in love and war.
Palsm 114
John 3:17

Ive read this poem at least 10 times this week and i love it!!!!

on Feb. 4 2012 at 1:48 pm
Shortblueeyes224 DIAMOND, Auburntown, Tennessee
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Favorite Quote:
"Are We Happy Plastic People"- Casting Crowns "While we're sung to sleep by philosophies that save the trees and kill the children" - Casting Crowns "It's such a secret place, the land of tears"Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Wow....great work!!

Haylynn GOLD said...
on Jan. 22 2012 at 3:09 pm
Haylynn GOLD, Skiatook, Oklahoma
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This was touching and beautiful, I love the fact that you can express this poem in someone elses eyes. Keep up the good work.

on Jan. 17 2012 at 9:40 pm
MadiMac15 SILVER, Farmington, Missouri
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Favorite Quote:
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life’s realities - Dr. Suess

This is amazing! Great job!

on Jan. 13 2012 at 8:37 pm
long_live_dreamers.37 SILVER, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
A man is but the product of his thoughts: what he thinks, he becomes.

This is probably my favorite poem i have read on here. Simply perfect, simply stunning! Keep up the writing.

on Jan. 13 2012 at 6:17 pm
rainbowgirl BRONZE, Ijamsville, Maryland
2 articles 3 photos 50 comments

Favorite Quote:
My work has been modified to fit your brains. :)

So good, sad and touching. True Genius.

on Jan. 13 2012 at 5:50 pm
Danni_MSY PLATINUM, Dwight, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
Live life to the fullest. You never get out alive anyway.

That's exactly how I feel..

on Jan. 13 2012 at 3:39 pm
writingrox2 GOLD, Rolling Meadows, Illinois
14 articles 2 photos 33 comments

Favorite Quote:
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll still land among the stars.

i thought this poem was really amazing, but i just had to write this as a reply to ella1's comment because my name is ella!!:) ..random

on Jan. 13 2012 at 1:41 pm
Danni_MSY PLATINUM, Dwight, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
Live life to the fullest. You never get out alive anyway.

Just wow! Definitely one of my fovorites one this site!

on Jan. 13 2012 at 11:43 am
WeAllBurn PLATINUM, Vermilion, Ohio
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Favorite Quote:
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." ~Mahatma Gandhi

This literally brought tears to me eyes. So deep, and embracing... Fantastic. Truly speechless, right now. KEEP WRITING!

Ella1 GOLD said...
on Jan. 13 2012 at 11:17 am
Ella1 GOLD,
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Wow, this was great and so true. If you have a chance could you read a comment or rate my poem A Pink Watch, Portal, and Perpetual Sea? Thank you!

on Jan. 13 2012 at 10:44 am
billgamesh11 BRONZE, Grafton, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
"It's always darkest before the dawn." ~Florence and the Machine

OML? What is that? And Oh. My. Goodness. This was AMAZING!!! I can't say anymore than WOW. :):):);)

Nessa13 GOLD said...
on Jan. 13 2012 at 8:15 am
Nessa13 GOLD, Charlestown, Indiana
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Favorite Quote:
"Love, but never fall in love, because things that fall get broken"
-Taylor Swift

OML! This was amazing!! (I love it!)

LovesToWrite said...
on Jan. 2 2012 at 6:16 am
This is undoubtedly your best work.

on Dec. 28 2011 at 4:12 am
rolzpolz98 BRONZE, Pune, Other
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Favorite Quote:
my favourite movie is my life! ( i dont think that is even a quote but still i just like saying it)

that was freaking awesome!!

on Dec. 22 2011 at 9:45 pm
Karles_Ivy PLATINUM, Sunnyside, Washington
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Favorite Quote:
Sometimes the bully isn’t the captain of the cheerleaders or the girl who for some reason has it out for only you; sometimes the worst bully of them all is you.- Karles_Ivy

This is SUPER AMAZING. That's all that needs to be said.

missdede said...
on Dec. 22 2011 at 7:44 pm
missdede, Tacoma, Washington
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Wow, this was great ! I could relate

on Dec. 22 2011 at 2:19 pm
Kingdom_of_the_Forgotten GOLD, Ogden, Utah
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Favorite Quote:
"Time, the cradle of hope.... Wisdom walks before it, opportunity with it, and repentance behind it: he that has made it his friend will have little to fear from his enemies, but he that has made it his enemy will have little to hope from his friends." ~Charles Caleb Colton

This is an amazing poem;I can't help but feel sad and disappointed while reading this. Good job.

Fia-fia BRONZE said...
on Dec. 22 2011 at 12:12 pm
Fia-fia BRONZE, Bethesda, Maryland
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This is purely wonderful. This is so amazingly well written and speaks volumes. It is really sad and extremely moving! Thank you so much!! :)

on Dec. 22 2011 at 12:04 pm
MeganRozalia BRONZE, N/a, New York
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Favorite Quote:
"shoot for the moon. even if you miss, you'll land among the stars"

i iwsh this wasnt anonymous so i could read more of your work.