by Cheryl W.
Member since:
December 10, 2005

Such a Good Girl

December 08, 2009 03:24 PM UTC (Updated: December 08, 2009 03:32 PM UTC)
views: 0 | comments: 24

You gave me 10 stars for good behavior,

(but I really wasn't so good)

It didn't take long for me to learn

how to move,

how to cry,

how to smile,

how to fly

 

far away from my broken dreams,

into the arms of reckless schemes

and handsome young men

who wanted me for more

than just a handshake...

(That's what good girls are for).

 

I bled and cried,

I laughed and died,

I dreamed awake;

My soul was fake,

 

not even recognizing

who I was inside...

this person to whom

I had carelessly lied,

searching and

groping

for love's finest hour.

 

My heart tumbled

d

o

w

n

with a THUD.

 

Comments: 24

Kimber L. Dec 8, 2009, 3:47pm UTC
Cheryl, as always, your writing moves me.
Cheryl W. Dec 8, 2009, 10:58pm UTC
Thanks for reading, Kimber.
Larry H. Dec 8, 2009, 4:12pm UTC
Never got stars, must not have been good. nice poem.
Cheryl W. Dec 8, 2009, 10:59pm UTC
Aw...I'm sure you were good, Larry. Thanks for reading.
Janie E. Dec 8, 2009, 4:51pm UTC
That's what I gave you! 10 little stars!
Cheryl W. Dec 8, 2009, 10:59pm UTC
lol...yay...10 stars for me! Thanks for stopping by, Janie!
Janie E. Dec 8, 2009, 11:46pm UTC
LOL! You're very welcomed.
JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ Dec 8, 2009, 5:12pm UTC
Awesome, awesome and awesome, Cheryl!
Cheryl W. Dec 8, 2009, 10:59pm UTC
Thanks for reading...:)
Kathryn Flynn Dec 9, 2009, 4:19am UTC
a very difficult road but you have lived and are living it.... and healing, though it is a life long process of difficulties.


Featured in the Triple Name Club.
Cheryl W. Dec 9, 2009, 9:25am UTC
Thanks for commenting, Kathryn.
Olumide Akinwumi-Oke Dec 9, 2009, 12:24pm UTC
describes what many of us go through... thinking those older than we were then didnt know zilch. why does the circles continue through the times? humanity i guess. thanks.
Cheryl W. Dec 9, 2009, 12:55pm UTC
Thank you for reading, Olumide!
Kevin E. Dec 9, 2009, 11:41pm UTC
Cheryl your poetry really tugs at the heart strings. Well done indeed!
Angela A. Dec 10, 2009, 5:22pm UTC
Innocence can never be brought back. But, empowerment lives forever more.
Thanks for posting to my group, Anythingwriting
William Dotani Dec 16, 2009, 1:54pm UTC
The heaviest condemnation, 'My soul was fake,' gives a very vivid feeling of angst.

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