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I Pause
(Poetry)
21-03-2004
by Stacie Brantley
Heart beats
And thick lips remind me
I can not help it
That you've learned the perfect curves
Of my hips
Or taken hits off my bare chest
And I thought you would be there
Forever
But you have slipped
And I have forgotten why
So remind...
I was A Soldier
(Poetry)
20-03-2004
by Stacie Brantley
I was a soldier
I use to melt the green army men
I stored my GI Joes in a shoebox
I played with fake toy guns
I was pushing tin
I climbed high into the sky
I was a soldier
They pulled my number from a barrel
The whole time I was...
The Boy In The Box
(Poetry)
12-03-2004
by Stacie Brantley
Hands clasped together resting on my knee
I sat
Staring at the baby blue felt box
Blue his favorite color, now he rests in that part of the rainbow
I feel my cheeks
Slowly becoming warmer and before I can think
About controlling the never...
The Curve
(Poetry)
21-03-2004
by Stacie Brantley
Can't accept it
Won't forget it
Can't speak quickly enough
Try to brush it off
But it's sitting on the counter
Then the chair
In the lights and in my hair
You're on the stairs
The driveway to
Then on a table, what...
Tired
(Short Story)
21-03-2004
by Stacie Brantley
Complications
So tired of the secretions
Bare skin thick until it reaches the bone
Threads hung loosely to provide comfort
For someone other than myself
Engulfed in what has been
And reminds me of what will never be...
Waves Crash
(Poetry)
12-03-2004
by Stacie Brantley
Waves crash, wash, and toil
Who is that that speaks outside of my window?
While I sleep
soundly, safely
Untouched but yet not remembered
Waves crash, wash, and toil
Who is that that treads apon my living space?
While I mourn
lowly, slowly...
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