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March 6th 2014, 12:22 AM
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May be triggering on abuse and/or self harm. Let me know what you think.
The yelling echoes down the hall.
On my hands and knees, I crawl
To the only safe place in my home,
But I'm not even safe when I'm alone.
The yelling turns to screaming,
And I only wish I was dreaming;
But as I hear the house come crashing down,
I cover my ears, trying to block out the sound
Of my life falling apart before my eyes,
Yet I smile to conceal all the lies
That I let the world believe about me.
But sometimes, I just want them to see
That I'm not okay anymore,
That it's not safe here like it was before
Because even if I can escape them,
I have another battle to try to win.
Behind the closed door, it calls my name,
And I am torn between the relief and the shame.
I always thought a home is supposed be safe,
Not another place that feeds off of hate.
Well, it turned out that I was wrong.
I'm not alright; I've known it all along.
So when I leave, I'm never coming back-
Leave it behind and let the memories fade to black.
"Just open your eyes and see that life is beautiful..." ~Sixx:A.M.
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Re: NEW POEM. And I need help with a title. -
March 6th 2014, 12:24 AM
I love this! Maybe you can title it "Behind closed doors" or "Home?"
Do you ever get a little bit tired of life
Like you're not really happy but you don't wanna die
Like you're hanging by a thread but you gotta survive
'Cause you gotta survive
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Re: NEW POEM. And I need help with a title. -
March 6th 2014, 04:08 PM
This is wonderful, it pulled me in.  Beautiful job. What about "Unsafe" or "Escape"?
If clarity's in death, then why won't this die?
Years of tearing down our banners, you and I
Living for the thrill of hitting you where it hurts
Give me back my girlhood, it was mine first
The axe forgets, but the tree remembers
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Re: NEW POEM. And I need help with a title. -
March 6th 2014, 05:50 PM
I Loved it. I was going to say something like "unsafe" But then I like Dez's idea of "Behind Closed Doors"
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Re: NEW POEM. And I need help with a title. -
March 6th 2014, 09:44 PM
Thanks everyone. It means a lot to me. Also, thanks for the title suggestions. I really like all of them a lot, but I think I'm going with "Behind Closed Doors."
"Just open your eyes and see that life is beautiful..." ~Sixx:A.M.
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Re: NEW POEM. And I need help with a title. -
March 6th 2014, 10:12 PM
I really like this one, it's really powerful and worded great. I like the title suggestions previously posted so I don't have much suggestions.
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Re: NEW POEM. And I need help with a title. -
March 7th 2014, 12:21 AM
Thank you so much!
"Just open your eyes and see that life is beautiful..." ~Sixx:A.M.
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Re: NEW POEM. And I need help with a title. -
March 7th 2014, 12:35 AM
Awesome! Sorry, I can't really help with a title... I totally suck at thinking of names for my stuff 
Be yourself, because those who matter don't mind and those who mind don't matter.
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Re: NEW POEM. And I need help with a title. -
March 7th 2014, 11:14 PM
I loved this one! It really told a story well.  Something about closed doors was going to be my suggestion for a title, but I see you've already decided on something similar.
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Re: NEW POEM. And I need help with a title. -
March 9th 2014, 07:42 PM
Thanks so much!
"Just open your eyes and see that life is beautiful..." ~Sixx:A.M.
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