Sierra Staten Poems

She picked up her knife and slowly dragged it
across the tender flesh of her arm,
Watching as her blood slowly trailed down in lines
Over her wrist where it finally fell into the sink;
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I've finally hit the time of my life
When I can understand where I have gone wrong-
Though I am much too young to understand the things I've done right.
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As I sit here alone I know what I must do;
But when I begin to do it,
I see your kind eyes, the ones that have saved me time and time again-
and I can't.
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Love is one of the most contradicting things we can imagine,
It is both the disease and the antidote
to the most painful and unforgiving things;
yet it also serves as a merciless happiness to the soul, body, and mind.
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When you associate with a pariah, you too become an outcast.
It is only my assumption this is why you avoid me so well
And only correlate with me when you're certain that nobody else's eyes can watch.
You promised we'd be together forever,
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My heart: long since a pariah
As it no longer yearns to be touched
Outside is streaked with denial,
But the long line of logic is just.
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Do not cry now, my little child,
The pain has almost been released,
Such a shame, all those times you smiled,
And resulting you soon shall be deceased.
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I often find myself wondering,
What the point of all this was?
A constant cycle of happy and depressed,
All to simply die one day.
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Roses are red
And violets are blue
But words cannot express
How much I love you,
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It's kind of like when you stick your finger in a light socket,
And a shock ripples through your body.
Then, everything is clear,
And you understand why your parents told you not to.
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