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  Murder, I Said

  

  By ScarletteVelveteen, Rio Rancho, NM

  Let loose, The chains, the noose, Being choked to death, A far worse statement; Murder, I said, Was the cause, Of my lost emotions, Fear of a notion, To describe my hurt, To stop my heart....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Innocent Swallows

  

  By ScarletteVelveteen, Rio Rancho, NM

  A bag on my shoulders, From all the smolders, Sins and innocence, Fill the smoky air. Oh! To be rid of this life unfair, Burdens of ash, From the burnt wishes of that; Remains unspoken, The soft voice of the swallow, To whom which, innocence fallows. Fly, fly away dearest friend! The ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Hello

  

  By ScarletteVelveteen, Rio Rancho, NM

  Hello hummingbird, Wings faster than a blink, Hello life of Titanic, You are bound to sink. Hello barbie dolls, Perfection, may I mention? Hello society, Make me change--I foresee tension....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Sister, Do You Know?

  

  By ScarletteVelveteen, Rio Rancho, NM

  Sister, do you know I'm here, Thinking of you? Wondering what you look like, Do you have hair color like mine? Do your eyes change too? I feel like I've known you, My whole life, But have never seen your face. Sister, do you have, The curiosity that I do? Do you wonder what I&#...
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  Our Changing Society

  

  By ScarletteVelveteen, Rio Rancho, NM

  When you walk into a busy city, you'll see people driving to work, people talking on cell phones, using theeir computers, and listening to music. People walk past each otheer withe notheing more thean a passing glance. Let's go to thee same street in thee year 1950, children are playing, p...
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  Creative Trust

  

  By ScarletteVelveteen, Rio Rancho, NM

  If you've never been betrayed, you've never trusted anyone. You've never told someone your deepest thoughts and emotions. You have never turned yourself inside out as though you were pulling out a never ending string of nerves and folding in your skin. Some people are the opposite. So...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  2 + 2

  

  By ScarletteVelveteen, Rio Rancho, NM

  I'm still trying to figure, This everlasting problem in my head, Where 2+2 won't help, And solving for x, Isn't the best, Where the slope of the hill, I'm rolling down, Doesn't cushion my fall, And when solving it all, Just makes it another hole....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Through the Eyes of a Hawk

  

  By ScarletteVelveteen, Rio Rancho, NM

  If I could see, Through the eyes of a hawk, Would I realize the watching, Stalking nature? Or would I see the fear, Of being found? For hiding deep down, Beneath the wings of the predator, Is the jealousy, Of the life of the prey....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Under Your Ruling Thumb

  

  By ScarletteVelveteen, Rio Rancho, NM

  Feeling so ever small, Squish me again, Under your ruling thumb, Suffocate my dreams, Diminish my breaths, Make me feel powerless, Make me feel numb, The pressure continues, Under your ruling thumb....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Problem Child

  

  By ScarletteVelveteen, Rio Rancho, NM

  High off of sleepless nights, Drunk off of scarce love, Shooting with blank stares, Joining gangs of banded funerals, Running away from my fallen emotions, Arrested by my feeble thoughts, Failing the class of society, Cheating on the lies of life, Sent to court by my impaired judgement, Ste...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Screams that Shatter

  

  By ScarletteVelveteen, Rio Rancho, NM

  Reaching for the phone, Leave me alone, Ringing off the hook again, Silence the tones, Desperate screams and pounding, Inside my head, Cover my ears, I don't want to hear, The pain coming from my lips, Screams that shatter, The window panes, Where people sit and stare, They whisper ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Smash, Smash, Smash.

  

  By ScarletteVelveteen, Rio Rancho, NM

  I look at you one last time, Am I really looking, Or imagining the times? I awaken from my dark, silent, slumber, To the desperate roaring of the dirt, Smash, smash, smash, With every rock, My heart weighs under, It screams and cries, Smash, smash, smash, My head tells me no, My tears say...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Girl Who

  

  By ScarletteVelveteen, Rio Rancho, NM

  The girl who is the loudest, Is afraid of not being heard, The girl who smiles outside, Is dying and screaming inside, The girl who excels in school, Is afraid of failing in life, The girl who seems confident, Is so insecure, The girl with a lot of friends, Feels the most unloved, The girl...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Could We?

  

  By ScarletteVelveteen, Rio Rancho, NM

  Could you live the life, That I have lived, Could you face the lies, That I've had to hear, Could you feel the hurt, That stabs me everyday? No, you couldn't. Could I live the life, That you have lived, Could I face the lies, That you've had to hear, Could I feel the hurt...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Wandering Winds

  

  By ScarletteVelveteen, Rio Rancho, NM

  wandering winds, whisper silent cries, wailing the unheard truth, hiding the unwanted lies, as it blows to each leaf, on every single tree, it sings the untold harmony, of the glistening eyes, as it slowly reveals, the dusty sighs, removing the music, losing the tune, it shows its real s...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  It's a Burn That Remains

  

  By ScarletteVelveteen, Rio Rancho, NM

  You said so many things, So many words that hurt me, You don't know that though, Because I've never told anyone, But the remaining ringing, Of your voice repeating, In the back of my head, I know you don't know, Because to you it was just fun and games, But it's always, ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I See You

  

  By ScarletteVelveteen, Rio Rancho, NM

  I look to you, And I see me, Swinging next you, On that playground swing, But past the memories, Past the fun, I see you, And the pain in your eyes, Even though they haven’t met mine, In a long time, You probably won’t believe me, You probably won’t see, But I only know, ‘Cuz I ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I'm Not a Parrot

  

  By ScarletteVelveteen, Rio Rancho, NM

  I am not like them, I will not follow them, I won’t do it like them, I’ll never do anything like them, Because I’m not a parrot, I don’t copy things, Like a copy machine, I don’t repeat words and mistakes, Like a parrot does, I don’t sing the song, That has been sung by so many...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I know... I don't know

  

  By ScarletteVelveteen, Rio Rancho, NM

  I know my favorite color, I know my favorite song, I know my favorite food, I know that I am strong. I know my dreams, I know what I want, I know I’m smart, But I don’t know a lot. I don’t know my fears, I don’t know my worries, I don’t know my tears, I don’t know why I hu...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Childhood of Lies

  

  By ScarletteVelveteen, Rio Rancho, NM

  Fears became real, Dreams and fairy tales, Became lies, Because slow and steady, Doesn’t win the race, It just puts you, In last place. Who knew, That the Sand Man, Is always there, So still sleep, With one eye open, So he doesn’t feed off, Of your secrets and flaws. The wall t...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Victim of Yourself

  

  By ScarletteVelveteen, Rio Rancho, NM

  Do you realize, How many people you have hurt, How many times you made them cry, How many murders you’ve committed, With your demonic words? Look at yourself, Walking around like you’re better, Your stiletto high-heels, Stab the backs of your victims. Do you even know how disgusting...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  It's Ten AM

  

  By ScarletteVelveteen, Rio Rancho, NM

  It’s ten AM, And I’m waitin’ again, And I know it’ll never come, But I’ll close my eyes, And I’ll think about the times, When everything was right, For me. It’s twelve PM, And the sun’s up so high, I don’t know what to do, I’m about to cry, I’ll just hold the tears...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Unharmed Beauty

  

  By ScarletteVelveteen, Rio Rancho, NM

  Stare at the sunset, It’s flaming colors, Seep into the daylight sky’s, Oceanic blue blood, The fire races across that, Blue bloodied sky, Like a stallion, Running in a field of snow, Waiting for the warm summer, The sunset is like a black hole, Once it has burnt the sky, It sucks it ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Ruined Colors

  

  By ScarletteVelveteen, Rio Rancho, NM

  Colors get watered down, By the water that flows out, From the clouded glass that fell, Trying to dry the once beautiful painting, Is pointless, Those perfect brush strokes, Can only be made once, And there is no salvaging, The muddied colors, That lay on the palette before me, The vibrant...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  You Don't See Me

  

  By ScarletteVelveteen, Rio Rancho, NM

  Sometimes I think, That I’m just an illusion, That I’m not really here, I just take up space, You don’t listen, You don’t even acknowledge me, I try talking to you, But you’re obviously too busy, To answer, So every waterless tear I shed, Every smile I fake, Is a waste of my tim...