Ashley Bachtel Poems

I have to wonder if its even healthy for me to love you the way that I do. Especially when you belong to someone else. How much pain can one person take? How much weight can one person bear on their heart before it actually breaks? I know you like I know myself and I love you for every bit
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Theres a potato on my head!
Yes, a potato, that's what I said
Its big and fat and borwn and round
and covered in dirt from growing in the ground
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Black Star, Black Star
I wish I'd know where you are.
I need a wish, to help me out
in my dark world full of doubt.
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They say that mirrors are gateways to a parallel universe
and I think this may be true
because although we look alike, I am nothing like you.
I wish you could be the mother that you used to be
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I'm so sick and tired of all this pain
of all loss and no gain, waiting for change
My heart breaks whenever I think of my past
I'm tired of trying to make happy memories that I know won't last.
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Allow me to introduce myself
in every way I can
I think that after reading this,
you'll be my biggest fan.
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I keep all of my walls up,
to hide from all the pain.
Because after what I've been through,
I'll never be the same.
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So many words bounced around in my head
words that played but refused to come out.
I was scared, confused, full of dread
I kept all my walls up, consumed in my doubt
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I am wilting every day
my color is fading
My scent is no longer of life and joy
but of pain and death
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I've seen this before a million times
you think more with your thirst and less with your mind
Same old story, just a different face. And even more scars that can't be erased.
A different connection but it still burns like mace.
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