Beautiful

Janet Freeman 1997 (Phoenix, Arizona)

January 23 


What a beautiful time to be alive
Where our words,
They are held to the highest degree.
So many interpretations.
I start to feel like a Bible.
But instead of being admired,
I am being criticized.
Words are sticky.
No matter how hard I try,
The glue is much too strong.
Your words become my skin.
And at night,
In the silence,
I read them.
Until I cannot stand to see them.
And that is when I will pull out the knife.
Desperate to remove them.
So desperate I forget that,
It is such a beautiful time to be alive.
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Written on November 19, 2021

Submitted by Janetfreeman16 on January 15, 2023

Modified on May 01, 2023

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Characters 517
Words 117
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 19

Janet Freeman

I am an aspiring poet from Phoenix, Arizona. Most of my poetry is written from an intense emotional state as I suffer from C-PTSD, Anxiety, and Depression. My poetry tends to be very dark because of this so it isn’t something everyone will appreciate. more…

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