Collette Y Anderson Williams Poems

Slowly,
skillfully,
deceitfully,
he broke me...
...

His hand outstretched,
as he tugged the tail
of her garb.
He gently yanked her to
...

Yesterday you looked in the mirror
and gazed at what you were
deceived to deem as nothing!
You had given others the stamp of approval
...

I saw an old friend today;
she looked as young
as she did
only yesterday.
...

You don't need a gun to kill somebody.
She knows.

Oh, she knows -
...

I sat beneath the golden sun
Which warmed my troubled frame -
On that hill looking beyond the valley
At leaves so green and rich with life.
...

Floods of emotions swell within me.
What is this? , I ask.
I've been here before;
But the cycle kept reminding me
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A heart of stone
I've so long embraced.
My stubborn nature made me immovable,
Even with the touch
...

Through her smile,
her scars
you cannot see;
her wounds,
...

She stared into the barrel of his gun -
Just like she did,
Once upon her yesterday.
The brutal flashbacks had no mercy,
...