In Pieces
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In Pieces
By Julie Ellinger Hunt
By Julie Ellinger Hunt
1.
you call out,
no one wants to help you,
you call out again—
this time, I'm there
I pull off your halo and throw
it back down to Earth.
In its place I put myself.
2.
I say goodbye to you when I
know you'll never leave my mind.
You and the sweetest eyes
I've ever seen.
I've been scorned,
told to never speak your name,
yet all I see is you.
And feel your lips on my own.
3.
I detest knowing you as like I
detest the taste of rain,
you are that thorn in my side
now, once the arms that
held me
up, though brief ... nonetheless,
you held me ...
4.
curtains close again.
blackened stage.
the audience takes their seats,
a thousand rows of head bob and
weave.
They care little about who you and
I even are,
why we are what we are,
yet they comment
and taunt.
the curtains open.
they ooooo and aaaaaahhhhh
I pull out my middle finger
and just dance.
Posted by Annmarie at 9/21/2011 11:14 PM 
Categories: words to linger on
Tags: Julie Ellinger Hunt dream life love identity survival
Categories: words to linger on
Tags: Julie Ellinger Hunt dream life love identity survival
I like this one, Julie!
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