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Rags

Song of the Shirt

by wordless within 2/1/2013

written by wordless within

Today I lay awake trying to will myself to my chores, with a man whom I am not inspired by, with a child I have no motherly passion for I do today entertain my weary mind while I work with the song of the shirt.

With fingers weary and worn, With eyes heavy and red, A woman sits in unwomanly rags, Plying a needle and thread, In poverty hunger and dirt, She lifts her head and sings the song of the shirt

“Work Work Work

While the cock is crowing in the dawn on the roof

and Work Work Work

Till the stars shine on the roof

To this life I […]

2/1/2013 2 comments

New Poem

by TheFacelessPoet47 1/30/2013

written by TheFacelessPoet47

I die inside so you can smile

I limp to my room so you can run a mile

I wear rags so you can have style

I cry inside so you can play outside in the leaf pile

I can break this family with one phrase

I could end their naive daze

Mom won’t think its just a phase

and it wont just be my heart set ablaze

But quiet ill stay for the sake of them all

I can take the pain no matter how big or small

I can “Trip” down the stairs and fall

I can get hit in the face with a “Soccer ball”

I live in hell so you can live care […]

1/30/2013 1 comment

False strength.

by U.N. Owen 3/28/2012

written by U.N. Owen

You come from a family that throws the word love around like it is going out of style.Â Hugs and kisses aplenty.Â Very stable as far as emotional content.Â Ah but there is not always food.Â You have to attend school in rags. Your friends enjoy their toys and games but you have little or none.Â Not because they lack, but to teach you independence. To teach you discipline. To teach you responsibility.

Oh and when you are attacked an abused on multiple occasions over several years, you are told to suck it up and man up about it.Â Because you are a boy and not […]

3/28/2012 3 comments