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MAW, age 18
My hands shake
Violently
My body turns itself into a
Rocking chair
My legs
Bounce
I sit in this stall
Rocking
Shaking
Bouncing
I huddle over
My breasts brush against my thighs
And I rock
And I beg myself to breathe
And I beg myself to stop these tears
And I dare not make a sound
Not even a
Gasp
Because there’s this paranoia that if I do a
Gasp
Will turn into a
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Here are a few more posts for the Nat’l Poetry Month contest. Have you sent in your submission? You have until the end of the month. Click here for info about how to enter and PRIZES: http://samanthaschutz.net/site/?p=597
BPD in OKC, 29
I can’t sew
I’m lost,
but I know I still love you.
I may be dead inside,
but I’m still living for you.
I am broken,
but you don’t know you broke me.
My heart keeps bleeding,
but I can’t sew myself back together.
I see no hope,
but I am not giving up.
Times are tough,
but things can always get better.
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Colleen Kennedy, age 15
The Unknown
I don’t know what’s going to happen next
And that alone makes me scared to death
My hands will eventually start to sweat
I’ll lose my breath
And all the while my heart will be beating fast
I wish I could make this calmness last
But not now
Not again
Inside I’m screaming
Can you hear me?
Am I going crazy?
‘Cause I can’t think clearly
I’m losing control
I feel like letting go
How can I cope?
Tell me
‘Cause I don’t know
Right now just leave me alone
I don’t want your touch
You can hold me later on
God know’s I’ll need it then
When the after depression starts sinking in
I’ll just wait for these feelings
To subside
These tears
To dry
The fact they always have
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