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_The Oldest Little Girl In The World_

A lonely little girl
With big blue eyes
Stares out from inside
A lonely teenager

The little one beats her fists
Against this cage of ribs
Drumming irregularly
Causing this heart to skip unusually

An inner child
That seems over a thousand years old
Inhabiting the body of a young woman
She gazes out from a dark place inside

Seeming so much older
Than those her own age
Physicallly, she is the same as them
But inside she is not almost sixteen

Inside.....she is ancient.

they wouldn't let me see you
i couldn't say goodbye
though i was only five
your departure left me
with a profound sense of loss

but my memories are fading now
and all i have left
is remnants and material objects
like the minature tea set
that still smells of gardenias

"i could not stare into the face of death"
they wouldn't let me in to see you
on that cold white hospital bed
i never got the chance to say goodbye
and Keely never even got to meet you

but i still think of you
every time i smell gardenias.

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_We'll All Waltz To Hell_

the tempo drops
slow beats
like a death knell
kill my happiness

couples entwined
they twirl
gazing into each others eyes
with dreamy expressions

those pairs
are a blunt reminder
of how single
how lonely
i am

the point:
slow dances are depressing.