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Vanessa
You were my idol
my first hero;
A teenage girl in her prime of 'cool'
and everything I wanted to be
I guess I made it irresistable
for you to take advantage of me
~Because that's exactly what you did~
Took a sinless
bright-eyed little girl
and molded her
to serve
in your sick world
She complied with your
requests
demands
desires
without understanding
or being told the price
just so happy
to be
in your shadow
You took pride
in your wicked lessons
Late nights
spent at home
practicing
'cause I knew you'd ask
to see my progress
So eager to please
and gain your approval
Damn!
How pathetic!
I guess I was born
with daddy issues!
Your obedient little captive;
my days spent
naked in your cage
That was your favorite game
I can still recall the
sight
and
smell
of that damp, dark basement
cold concrete slab floor...
pillows..
curtains..
and always a locked door
Kool-Aid and polaroid
photo shoots
123...I'll do you and
you do me
ABC...BDSM
Barbie doll re-enactments
Crude tools and implements
Learning to write the alphabet
and how to pleasure myself...
whatever that meant
~Goddamn these nauseating photographic memories~
I wish they
would've stayed
locked away but
the repressed
resurfaced
one day
I'll be okay...
it's not like
I was violated
with a dick
Virginity intact
still clean and pure...
right?
You make me sick!
I was just
a kid
when you poisoned
my mind......
My twisted mind
And now the line
is blurred between
hate
and
appreciate
'cause now and then
I quite like
that I'm not
alright;
they call me a
'switch'
Strained sympathy
pity and empathy
For I know the cycle
didn't start
with you
Someone before
poisoned you too
It must have been
confusing
I am sorry, I truly am
The difference between
you and I
is that I would never
bring this infliction
on anyone else
..ever..
To never be satisfied
with the conventional
was the heavy price
I paid
for your games
So come closer
dear cousin[i][/i]
because I really do think
you just need a hug
and I promise
it's from the heart.....
from mine
.....bleeding....
to yours
as my sharp blade
shreds and
tears you
apart
~Now be a good girl and keep quiet, the pain will end soon
my first hero;
A teenage girl in her prime of 'cool'
and everything I wanted to be
I guess I made it irresistable
for you to take advantage of me
~Because that's exactly what you did~
Took a sinless
bright-eyed little girl
and molded her
to serve
in your sick world
She complied with your
requests
demands
desires
without understanding
or being told the price
just so happy
to be
in your shadow
You took pride
in your wicked lessons
Late nights
spent at home
practicing
'cause I knew you'd ask
to see my progress
So eager to please
and gain your approval
Damn!
How pathetic!
I guess I was born
with daddy issues!
Your obedient little captive;
my days spent
naked in your cage
That was your favorite game
I can still recall the
sight
and
smell
of that damp, dark basement
cold concrete slab floor...
pillows..
curtains..
and always a locked door
Kool-Aid and polaroid
photo shoots
123...I'll do you and
you do me
ABC...BDSM
Barbie doll re-enactments
Crude tools and implements
Learning to write the alphabet
and how to pleasure myself...
whatever that meant
~Goddamn these nauseating photographic memories~
I wish they
would've stayed
locked away but
the repressed
resurfaced
one day
I'll be okay...
it's not like
I was violated
with a dick
Virginity intact
still clean and pure...
right?
You make me sick!
I was just
a kid
when you poisoned
my mind......
My twisted mind
And now the line
is blurred between
hate
and
appreciate
'cause now and then
I quite like
that I'm not
alright;
they call me a
'switch'
Strained sympathy
pity and empathy
For I know the cycle
didn't start
with you
Someone before
poisoned you too
It must have been
confusing
I am sorry, I truly am
The difference between
you and I
is that I would never
bring this infliction
on anyone else
..ever..
To never be satisfied
with the conventional
was the heavy price
I paid
for your games
So come closer
dear cousin[i][/i]
because I really do think
you just need a hug
and I promise
it's from the heart.....
from mine
.....bleeding....
to yours
as my sharp blade
shreds and
tears you
apart
~Now be a good girl and keep quiet, the pain will end soon
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Re: Vanessa
5th Sep 2012 10:46am
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18th Sep 2012 6:48am
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5th Sep 2012 10:53am
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Re: Vanessa
5th Sep 2012 11:28am
Ell, wow ... this is poignant and full of raw emotion. It hurts to read it, makes me feel what I so deseperately don't want to feel. Its length is just right, prolonged torture that it endures, remains even today. The betrayal comes thru, the shattering of innocence. I so love the vow to break the cycle, refusing to to do it to others - dare I saw a glimmer of hope. All in all makes me rageful for reasons you know. Though full of such ugliness, this is by far your best work that I've seen.
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18th Sep 2012 6:51am
Thank you so much Mark, that praise means a lot to me coming from you. There's not much I can say we haven't already covered in PM...I couldn't even come back to this page to reply to the comments until now.
Much love, my kindred spirit
Brandy <3
Much love, my kindred spirit
Brandy <3
Re: Vanessa
Anonymous
- Edited 5th Sep 2012 11:36am
5th Sep 2012 11:31am
I'd have to agree with LeColonel here, your emotions really stand out through your use of powerful poetic imagery, the overrall description of this poem and what it is about had me on edge for more, I enjoyed this piece, I hope to see more work from you.
May I suggest structuring your poetry in a more compact 4 stanza like setting? It may attract far more readers, as this has worked for me.
- Vegan.
May I suggest structuring your poetry in a more compact 4 stanza like setting? It may attract far more readers, as this has worked for me.
- Vegan.
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re: Re: Vanessa
18th Sep 2012 6:57am
Evan, for you to say you were on edge for more is very flattering for me! I appreciate that and the time you took to give me some constructive criticism. I do see your point and I think in general that is a good way to go, especially in how it comes across to the reader, etc. but I have to agree with Falco in that for this subject in particular, the only way to go really was free verse. Also considering I'm not extremely experienced, free verse was easier for me to accomplish here.
Again, thank you for the kind words.
"I love you and bless your heart" :D lol
Again, thank you for the kind words.
"I love you and bless your heart" :D lol
Re: Vanessa
5th Sep 2012 6:30pm
Christian sent me over, very proud of your work here and he has reason. This is a vibrantly dark write and I love the full turn of emotions you displayed. I like the breaks very much, don't try to conform it into four line stanzas, please. I think using mind two lines in a row was a bit distracting. Sometimes the use of repetition works to enhance, but I don't think it did there. I also liked your italicized single lines.
I'm glad I ventured over. Thank you for this very exposed and bleeding baring of your soul.
I'm glad I ventured over. Thank you for this very exposed and bleeding baring of your soul.
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re: Re: Vanessa
18th Sep 2012 7:04am
Aah! The great Starlight Angel has graced my page, I am very appreciative. "full turn of emotions" thank you for that acknowledgement, happy to see it showed. Question: do you think if I italicized the second 'mind' that it would come across better? My intent was to emphasize the effect on my mind. I will change that and if you happen to see this comment, let me know if you think it reads better. A bleeding baring of my soul it definitely was...to see the response to it has made it worth it to me that I wrote and shared.
Thanks again dear
Thanks again dear
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18th Sep 2012 7:08am
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18th Sep 2012 11:36am
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Anonymous
6th Sep 2012 2:07am
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18th Sep 2012 6:43am
My dear Chicago, I will always be grateful for your help with critiquing this and giving me the courage and confidence to write and post it. I really don't think I would have were it not for the kind words you said along the way. I will always write my silly nonsense poems but I feel more 'capable' of going deeper and growing as well. And unfortunatly (or fortunatly from a therapeutic standpoint) I have more real life fucked up shit I can write about! And I'm sure I'll be hitting you up for your help ;)
Re: Vanessa
7th Sep 2012 7:49pm
pretty damn good ell! it seems you worked hard on this one
I think we all agree that your hard work payed off:) I enjoyed this poem one of the more sincere in this joint
I think we all agree that your hard work payed off:) I enjoyed this poem one of the more sincere in this joint
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Re: Vanessa
12th Sep 2012 9:43am
Creepy and yet sexy in parts as well, Good job Ell! Keep it up :) Check out some of my poems as well if you like.
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re: Re: Vanessa
18th Sep 2012 6:36am
Luke, considering this is my personal story of child ABUSE, I was really not going for the 'sexy' vibe. However, after reading your work I totally get why you gave this comment. To each his own, I guess we all have our issues. Either way, thanks for your time as I know it is a long read.
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13th Sep 2012 9:28am
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18th Sep 2012 6:33am
((hugs)) to you Kerrie, yours have touched me as well. Thanks for reading and commenting dear
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18th Sep 2012 7:05am
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17th Sep 2012 10:42pm
I always want to know, is it real? (Not out of arrogance, out of comradery, in part.) Well done.
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18th Sep 2012 6:32am
Yes this is real, unfortunately. So real, I have only thought about the situation a handful of times due to not being able to process the information. So real, I had to take frequent breaks while writing due to the nausea. So real, I had an anxiety attack when I hit the 'post' button. So real, this is the first time I've been able to stomach coming back to this page to respond to the many amazing comments that have been left here. I appreciate your comment 'mamac' and the comradery :)
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20th Sep 2012 3:31am
Re: Vanessa
21st Sep 2012 9:21pm
Wow, this poem is very deep caries an underlying thread of heart-break and spite the entire piece. The loss of innocence is something most people regret even though they grow to embrace the "dark", so to say, but I wish so much for you that it had gone differently. I've felt that feeling, the pull of an alluring older confidant friend, but lucky for me, I've moved so frequently that it never lead to disaster. I had a sinister joy at then end when you sliced her up. Good for you! Though, fantasies are just that, right? From last night I can see that your still a beautiful person, regardless, and you had great talent as well! Good job on the poem, even a "royal" snob wouldn't have much to say.
AlwaysCaliban
AlwaysCaliban
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Re: Vanessa
1st Oct 2012 11:30am
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Re: Vanessa
"Late nights spent at home practicing." "Barbie doll re-enactments." You have many memorial lines in this wonderous poem. Thank you for sharing it with me. Your gifts for metaphor and analogy are remarkable. I also love the picture, corresponds directly to the poem
marcella1
marcella1
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Re: Vanessa
26th Feb 2013 7:26pm
Thanks for sharing a very personal journey. It is dark, poignant and revealing on the most intimate level. You do have a gift for analogies and metaphors. Great job!
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Re: Vanessa
4th Dec 2013 1:05pm
Gut wrenching sad n dark... That sick woman who did this to you will eventually get what's coming to her
for karma is most def. A bitch... You truly showed a depth n strength I'm not sure you knew you had 'before' you inked this, n as most here have indicated it's your strongest piece! :)
for karma is most def. A bitch... You truly showed a depth n strength I'm not sure you knew you had 'before' you inked this, n as most here have indicated it's your strongest piece! :)
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Re. Vanessa
28th Feb 2024 00:52am
On the themes of manipulation and abuse, it's tough write but one that really spills the hurt and mistreatment of an innocent soul. This took courage to say the least.
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