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your words won't stop this, darling.
Contributed by
burdened
on
Sunday, 4th September 2005 @ 07:42:22 AM in AEST
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there was once a girl,
who desired to twirl,
for she thought better in a whirl,
when her neck was weighted in pearl.
but her mother clentched her shoulders,
and might as well have added boulders
to the weak ankles which
could barely hold 'er;
so father jokingly told 'er.
"there will be no dancing.
none of this nonsense will continue.
stop. stop. stop.
...you're embarassing.
embarassing."
mother always spat.
father only laughed:
"sad child, do not dampen your cheek so.
some day you will see,
and appreciate,
no less,
the delicate urgency
in which your mother dolls you."
then he tapped the pearl:
a heavy guilt that pounded
through a child's dense chest;
so hollow it is behind such beauty.
pale lines appeared from erasing
her cheek's pink paste.
and in biting her lip she could taste,
the awful thick red powder mother
had applied in haste,
for the hope of disposing her daughter's
chaste.
"grow fast, young thing.
for, today we give you away."
mother pushed her alone
through a great door
which lead into a stranger's home.
in spite, she gave a melancholy spin,
and doefully lifting her chin,
slammed the door to lock herself in.
the child existed no more.
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2005-09-04 07:42:22]
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Re: your words won't stop this, darling.
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by edwynne on
Sunday, 4th September 2005 @ 12:16:46 PM AEST
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This is a really sweet little poem, somthing many people can identify with, especially me. I really like the ending 'the child existed no more', it's the point in life where you realise , actually "my parents dont know whats best for me, only I do"
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Re: your words won't stop this, darling.
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by lostinmyself on
Sunday, 4th September 2005 @ 01:45:08 PM AEST
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Awwww...
Parents like this are only really thinking of what they want, not of what the child wants, and that is wrong, I think.
Sure, know what's best for them, but know what they want, too.
The end of this is really sad I think.
Good write,
Phil xxx |
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