Oh How I Frightened Thee
As I watched you scamper off into the night
Oh how I frightened thee, unintentionally
I was surprised how easily you took flight,
I believed you to be stronger and tougher
But you scampered off into the night.
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I thought I could forgive you just once
But then you scampered off again,
Not tolerable a second time, cowardly
Without the courtesy to stay, to explain.
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You have no place here then, not with me
It takes strength to wander by my side,
As I stroll amongst the bellowing shadows
Where even the lord of the underworld hides.
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It’s unfortunate I intimidate you so badly
As you realise I am an angel with filthy wings,
I’ve fallen into the sacred halls of darkness
Happy in the destruction these halls bring.
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See my halo in its corrosive rusted glory
My pride as it highlights the fights I’ve won,
Yes I’ve slowed as I struggle with its weight
But unlike you, you will never see me run.
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I’ve paid the price of your heartless pain
As I now harbour a soul not quite right,
A little shattered, a little bruised and beaten
Just capable of shining it’s blackened light.
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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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