Her Own Worst Enemy
Though few would understand
She is all grown up now
But then has she really,
Or has she just forgotten
Deliberately or freely?
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I see her inner children
When she was a little girl,
Her false smile, even then
Shyly hiding behind her curls.
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Her eyes as big as her heart
Her love sheltered inside,
Her tears buried so deeply
Her pain something to hide.
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She had grandeur dreams
Happiness her only goal,
Until every dream shattered
And buried in her old soul.
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The years passed slowly
But I see her sweet teen,
She’s quieter, sadder, wiser
Knowing never to be seen.
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She grew into her darkness
Where nothing was the same,
She took up training dragons
Learning to breathe flames.
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Once she reach adulthood
She understood the outcasts,
As they made the best friends
Not judging her for her past.
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They were the only ones to know
How it felt totally out of control,
They understood the heartache
Borne of a self destructive soul!
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Colleen Millsteed
My first love is poetry — it’s like a desperate need to write, to free up space in my mind, to escape the constant noise in my head. Most of the time the poems write themselves — I’m just the conduit holding the metaphorical pen.
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Bravo 👏
Good job! The only suggestion I might make is a couple places where if you remove the "s" the rhyme works better, like "same" and "flames" or "girl" and "curls". A small edit.