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A Little Rouge For Your Cheeks
I am strong therefor I will be hit with all types
of headache and heartache, and I will learn from them
and take from them and weep for them and will have to
travel to the back of minds and hearts, even my very own.
Today I stare at my naked face in an old cracked mirror
and I see myself as I've always seen myself, missing.
I smack myself, not in a crazy psycho way but in a wake up
feel something way, I do it hard enough to feel the sting,
deep breaths and not much more, I turn away from the Picasso
the looking glass has made me into and I slowly walk back
into who I have to be for now.....
Strong becomes a normal numb,
yet some wish they had this strength
and I envy how they can fall down and someone will
pick them up, they truly haven't a need for strength,
it's those who were left for dead, those who when they reached
out no one was there and in that moment they knew,
they had to be strong in order to live...
Who wants pancakes?
of headache and heartache, and I will learn from them
and take from them and weep for them and will have to
travel to the back of minds and hearts, even my very own.
Today I stare at my naked face in an old cracked mirror
and I see myself as I've always seen myself, missing.
I smack myself, not in a crazy psycho way but in a wake up
feel something way, I do it hard enough to feel the sting,
deep breaths and not much more, I turn away from the Picasso
the looking glass has made me into and I slowly walk back
into who I have to be for now.....
Strong becomes a normal numb,
yet some wish they had this strength
and I envy how they can fall down and someone will
pick them up, they truly haven't a need for strength,
it's those who were left for dead, those who when they reached
out no one was there and in that moment they knew,
they had to be strong in order to live...
Who wants pancakes?
Published 25th May 2014
| Edited 26th May 2014
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lmmfao, I was thinking of my reply to this somber message just as I read the last line, and I about fell out of my chair laughing...the contrast was perfect...
enjoyed...
enjoyed...
25th May 2014 6:37pm
Having purpose and seeing it through-Quite the feat Popeye!!!
Lots of butter please!!!
Lots of butter please!!!
Anonymous
25th May 2014 8:21pm
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25th May 2014 9:15pm
Stellar! :) Love the power to overcome and smile shared in this piece. Kudos, Ms Nikki.
Thwack! Just smacked myself.
Thwack! Just smacked myself.
Anonymous
26th May 2014 5:34pm
You took me by surprise in the end.
Yeah, Id love some pancakes
(you will have to make heaps of them, lol)
Yeah, Id love some pancakes
(you will have to make heaps of them, lol)
28th May 2014 00:06am
3rd Jun 2014 5:00pm
24th Jun 2014 2:15am
Moving it forward! Water picks up momentum and a moving target is harder to hit.
