by pattikeno
don’t
please don’t
I need this to
go my way
don’t ruin it
not now
I will not cry
I will not cry
I will not cry
.
stop
please stop
this isn’t how
this is supposed
to go
can’t you see
it’s killing me
I will not cry
I will not cry
I will not cry
.
wait
please wait
I didn’t mean
to make you
go
sometimes I’m
so me
I scare people
I WILL NOT CRY
I WILL NOT CRY
I WILL NOT CRY
but I
can’t
help
myself
.
and
I
cry
.
and
I
cry
.
.
10/25/15
©Patti Keno
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2015 New Patti Keno Poetry
by pattikeno
just watch me glow
watch me spark
and fizzle out
watch me pound my
head against this
wall
the wall that
separates me
the wall that
shelters me
from the
real
from the
world
.
just watch me glow
watch me spark
and fizzle out
this fuse is
too wet to burn
properly
this heart is too
broken
this mind
too shattered
I can’t do this
I sabotage
myself every time
.
just watch me glow
watch me spark
and fizzle out
watch me
bleed
watch me break
and fall apart
I can’t do this
.
just watch me glow
watch me spark
and fizzle out
.
.
10/25/15
©Patti Keno
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by pattikeno
take it slow
one small triumph
at a time
baby steps
so no one will
see you fall
as you famously do
every time
you walk
.
close your eyes
just try to breathe
take it one step
at a time
baby steps
so no one will
see you trip
over your own
damn feet
.
like you
always do
.
like you
always do
.
baby steps
it will take
forever
but you’ll get
there
you’ll find
yourself at
the ledge
.
baby steps
to the edge
baby steps
you look down
baby steps
.
close your eyes
just try to breathe
as you jump
as you leap
a leap
of faith
why walk
when you were
meant to soar
.
.
11/14/15
©Patti Keno
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