tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74358806747405928892024-02-08T11:36:23.529-08:00Awakening Sleeping GiantsA little corner in the world. A place to unleash my wit, creativity and anxiety without awakening sleeping giants.Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828722123051296675noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435880674740592889.post-5182579946918489812019-01-13T12:08:00.002-08:002019-01-13T12:08:23.394-08:00StruggleUnzip this skin and leave me bare<br />
Naked and cold<br />
Locked in the depths of despair.<br />
<br />
Watch as they pass by me with a jubilant stare.<br />
I should charge you admission for that glare.<br />
<br />
But you turn to me with that halfhearted smile, pity<br />
and disgust in your eyes. I hear the snicker as you walk on by.<br />
Don't you know I see through the facade with tears in my eye?<br />
<br />
I want to scream at you and let you know that I'm just like you!<br />
I laugh, I cry and I love deeply...maybe even more than you.<br />
<br />
But you will never see me the way I see you. I'm only seen for my body<br />
that fits perfectly in a zoo. So walk away and be thankful you don't<br />
have to carry the weight of so many who ridicule you.<br />
<br />Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828722123051296675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435880674740592889.post-87036022024482725972019-01-13T11:59:00.001-08:002019-01-13T11:59:41.915-08:00In the MirrorShe looks familiar to me.<br />
A close resemblance to who I used to be.<br />
<br />
Maybe a few years older with a touch of gray.<br />
All so familiar except the emptiness her smile<br />
fails to hide away.Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828722123051296675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435880674740592889.post-36778819711557604982015-07-02T17:03:00.000-07:002015-07-02T17:04:51.750-07:00Break Me<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Break
Me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Trace your finger against
my surface.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">And feel how the smooth
grain slides velvet against your skin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">As your fingers continue
to explore my texture, your eyes begin to close.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Relishing the softness,
your touch begins to exploit me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Evidence of the rough
underneath begins to form on your fingertips.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">And your eyes widen to
the blood outlining the remnants of your lies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><br />
Flinching, you recognize the jagged surface you have unveiled. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Your head lowers before
your eyes lift to meet mine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Though the cracks you’ve
uncovered may be many</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Know that you failed to
completely break me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828722123051296675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435880674740592889.post-69358457900141874222014-06-11T10:50:00.002-07:002014-06-11T10:50:35.133-07:00Cherish<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Cherishing every year we share, I<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Hold you close each day and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Reach for another moment where <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I can turn each minute into a <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Sacred memory for us to share.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 200%;">And when we grow old, I’ll <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Never look back and regret any<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Day spent loving you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Always know that you have <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Made me whole and that it’s <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 200%;">You who has given me the reason to breathe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 200%;"> --A<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828722123051296675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435880674740592889.post-31586152677088424132014-06-11T10:48:00.001-07:002014-06-11T10:49:10.663-07:00Forever <div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Run
away with me to the place<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Inside
my heart, where I <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Cling
to your dripping chest that’s<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Kissed
with sweat from the love we made.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 200%;">And when
I gently run my <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Nails
across your chest, know that my<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Desire
for you burns deep inside.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Kiss
me feverishly, pull me gently<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Into
your loving arms and caress<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 200%;">My
face as I look lovingly into your eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 200%;">
--A<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828722123051296675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435880674740592889.post-56708577994462308302012-09-28T08:24:00.001-07:002012-09-28T08:24:25.048-07:00GoneGone<br />
<br />
Why did you go?<br />
Why can't you stay?<br />
Its questions like these<br />
that I face each day.<br />
<br />
One moment you're here<br />
the next you're gone, I didn't<br />
see it coming, but I feared<br />
it all along.<br />
<br />
I miss you each day,<br />
I search for your face<br />
it used to warm and protect<br />
this place.<br />
<br />
But now you're gone and<br />
nothing is the same, except<br />
the wail from my heart<br />
yearning for one more day.Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828722123051296675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435880674740592889.post-84952536769132271732011-07-31T14:23:00.000-07:002011-07-31T14:59:11.527-07:00The RoadSilent screams fall on deaf ears<div>while reaching for you.</div><div>She is engulfed in the void</div><div>that has replaced miles</div><div>trodden down a one way street.</div><div><br /></div><div>A fork in the road leaves you</div><div>left with which way to take.</div><div>Reminders of you falling down </div><div>her face, as you leave your love</div><div>stranded in this desolate place.</div><div><br /></div><div>She's crawling on skinned knees,</div><div>with yearning hands, reaching for you</div><div>as you turn and leave her</div><div>lost and alone</div><div>consumed with regret</div><div>living without you</div><div>in a past she can't forget.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828722123051296675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435880674740592889.post-55705229698570440842011-03-07T11:14:00.000-08:002011-03-08T14:34:57.712-08:00A Mother's Love<div style="text-align: left;">--For Kim,</div> <p class="MsoNormal">Warm, soft breath against her breast,<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Swaddled tightly, a love none like the rest.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Unconditional love from first breath,<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">she’ll never leave him, even in death.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Silently she whispers, calming his fears</p> <p class="MsoNormal">her soft hand gently wiping his tears.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Her presence meek but never mild,<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">for there is no other love like a mother has<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">for her child.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">--Angela Burdett<o:p></o:p></p>Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828722123051296675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435880674740592889.post-71641832022822214172011-01-26T19:19:00.000-08:002011-01-26T19:26:18.710-08:00TimeThe cold, bitter, endless wind<div>blows through the cracks of </div><div>this old house. Nothing to shield </div><div>against this new friend.</div><div><br /></div><div>A house that was a home, now</div><div>sitting idle with no warmth. The</div><div>presence of life lingers, but yet is</div><div>only a shadow.</div><div><br /></div><div>Your spirit lingers and reminds me</div><div>of your presence. The flapping plastic against</div><div>the windows shield me from the pain. </div><div>For its only been a small amount time,</div><div>and nothing is the same.</div><div><br /></div>Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828722123051296675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435880674740592889.post-13915061647313641862010-06-19T19:42:00.000-07:002010-06-19T19:58:47.503-07:00WhispersSwaying like a whisper in the wind, her tongue <div>falls silent against his breath. Growing listless </div><div>and solemn, the undying flame falters. </div><div><br /></div><div>He said it was a Tuesday that she left, but</div><div>her hardened heart grew cold months ago. </div><div>She grasped and crawled to him, calling out </div><div>but he only answered with the smooth backside of his hand</div><div>striking, like the cold winter wind.</div><div><br /></div><div>His words echoing, he seems so far away as I watch her</div><div>gasp and claw for the last seconds of life as the vile venom </div><div>spews violently from his mouth.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828722123051296675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435880674740592889.post-63583959000844673522010-04-02T20:06:00.000-07:002010-04-02T20:12:25.270-07:00RelentlessIt comes like a thief in the night<div>quiet, unknowing, creeping</div><div>like shadows from the unknown.</div><div><br /></div><div>A shadow forms of what once was and</div><div>leaves a trail of relentless sorrow</div><div>hovering above his bowed head.</div><div><br /></div><div>He doesn't wait for her</div><div>his bitterness like bile</div><div>spewing from his wicked tongue.</div><div><br /></div><div>Soon she will vanish, just a trace of a kiss</div><div>left softly whispering against his lips. His tongue </div><div>mangled with words of what could have been.</div>Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828722123051296675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435880674740592889.post-50834610761355127262010-03-26T15:09:00.000-07:002010-03-26T15:24:43.002-07:00After YouBeyond the gasps and the stillness of breath<br />He lies in wait, beckoning death. But she does not come.<br />Her presence too late. <br /><br />The light pales in silence,searching the shadows.<br />Desperately clinging between the here and there.<br />The stillness lifts. <br />Her silhouette pulling him to the slumbering<br />softness of the kiss lingering on her lips.<br /><br />His shadow dredges along the wall,fingers screaming despair.<br />The tears raining shadows in the lingering air.<br />She stifles the silence with one finger <br />and pushes him into the depths of hell.<br />With Cheshire glee.Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828722123051296675noreply@blogger.com0