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Nicole Austin
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Poetry

Broken Spirit

November 2, 2002

Broken Spirit

Lost in a waking dream

It hurts inside

Broken spirit – broken pride

The illusion fades, for it was just a short story

floating on the hope of all my glory

And in the end there was no end

Just another journey interrupted

Who am I to play a part….

a role amongst the living

Who would want a part of me? ….

To give what I am taking, or take what I am giving

The illusion of what I could be from the start, was my own imagination

I see that now, I created this need, this drive

It was me who brought the script alive with whims and fascination

I would scream, whimper really for help to find the pain

Which hid throughout my body in the shadows like a game

Give me strength god damn it ……

I just want understanding to be sane

Wandering into the night lost and alone

It hurts; a constant pain like in my shoe there is a stone……

of indecision, confusion

Looking back however, I have traveled far, and you know I think I’ve grown

Into what, into who? …… A life on loan

What do I create now at the crossroads of my depression?

What for me will replace the purpose of my burning desire

maybe, just maybe I had to walk through the fire

To clear my vision so that I could see

The images were not really about anything at all

Except my inability to be me

 

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