I'm Just Me

Through the Good, the Bad, and the Worst

Stormy Rayne
It's two A.M.
and here I sit
On an empty bed
in a bottomless pit.

Danger lurks
inside my mind.
Breaking all
the ties that bind.

I can't go in
I must not run.
Broken toys
are just no fun.

Take this beauty
my tortured soul.
It's all in vain
now break the mold.

Someone to love me
for who I am.
I'm giving up
the grander plan.

Life is better
when it's shared.
At least it was
when someone cared.

This lonely girl
will fight for air.
No more makeup
unbrushed hair.

At my worst
you gotta love me.
Or my very best
you'll never see.

Published by Stormy Rayne

I write in order to say all the things in life that I can't say out loud. At times it is much easier to explain emotions in written form than verbal. Writing has been my release since I was about 11 and con...  View profile

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  • Nancy P. Goodman, in Tennessee12/13/2010

    This was very good, thanks!

  • Charlotte Kuchinsky12/13/2010

    This is absolutely amazing!

  • Lorraine Yapps Cohen12/11/2010

    You have YOU to love you as the beautiful person you are! Remember that always.

  • Zona Zirconia12/10/2010

    This is an incredible writing. Thanks for sharing these words of truth, challenge, and affirmation.

  • Gregory M. Harshfield12/10/2010

    This is beautiful work. Very evocative and emotional. Your heart is here in these words.

  • Wiley Vaughn6/5/2010

    We can't maintain a fake image long so why not just be real all the time?

  • Aunt Dot4/28/2010

    I'll take you in any form or way you present yourself. Miss ya!!!!!

  • M. M. Rooni4/27/2010

    down with fever and hundreds of notifications piled up... another generic commenting day

  • Jan Corn4/26/2010

    The last stanza sums it all up so perfectly.

  • Julie Darleen4/26/2010

    Be who you are! Powerful poem

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