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SHE WAS INSANE
by Erica Ivory → (All Poetry by Erica Ivory)
  
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She lived in a prison
as a child..
One made up by adults..
She had no control
She could not talk..
Close a door..
Take a morsel of food..
Turn on a TV..
Pick up a phone
or just go outside..
No.. these were forbidden,..
Without permission..
They were always fighting..
Someone usually got hurt..
She was always in the middle..
Trying to stop the madness
Make it go away..
To just be a family..
Try it for a day..
After black eyes..
and a broken nose..
Countless black and blue marks
to her young soul..
After being called every name ..
This nine year old
could take no more..
So she finally..
grew a spine.
Or maybe she just
lost her mind...
she fought back..
she talked back..
she closed doors..
turned on TV's
She ate food sometimes
When she pleased..
She took her beatings
As they came..
But she continued
To confront them..
Because after all
She was insane..
She didn't care
If she lived or died..
She had no reason
To run
To hide.
She screamed at them
As they bruised her skin
"if that makes you feel better"
"Do it again"
And again..
And again!!!!!
Because she was insane..
Fat lips
Bloody nose
Broken bones..
Who cares
She was in control..
She didn't care..
She wanted her world
To burn in despair..
She wanted to take them with her..
Into her eternal hell..
THEY no longer controlled her..
She controlled them..
Controlled their emotions..
That led to their actions.
and even though she
had to live with the blame
and the pain..
It just didn't matter..
Because after all
She was insane..
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Emotion is the enemy of rationality and logic.. When it becomes strong enough to control your actions..
Your life is no longer your own..
She loved them as much as she hated them.. but she was insane


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 Reviews of "SHE WAS INSANE"
Reviewed by Kate Clifford (Reader)
Reviewed on May 14, 2003
Soul touching , gut writing. I will never understand violence, but I am aware of it.

Reviewed by A PAX
Reviewed on May 14, 2003
haunting!

Reviewed by Calendula Petal (Reader)
Reviewed on May 14, 2003
an overwhelming poem. It stopped me in my tracks.

Reviewed by Mitzi Jackson
Reviewed on May 14, 2003
wow something that seems to happen more and more everyday scary too....powerful and painful

Reviewed by na na (Reader)
Reviewed on May 14, 2003
Oh my dear Erica, how she suffered. How terrible an ordeal for one so young. To have to grow up and live with these memories all your life is so hard to do. The only weay we exorcise our demons is to let them out ... and you are doing this.
Each time we do this we lessen their hold on us. You are so talented. Use this talent to gain complete victory over them. One of these days they will be gone and your heart will be free. Bill

Reviewed by Patricia Gomes
Reviewed on May 14, 2003
Erica, you excel at bringing the reader along for the ride. We see what you see, hear what you hear...no matter how much it hurts.

Always love your work. And still gonna keep sending you those positive vibes!

Reviewed by La Belle Rouge (Reader)
Reviewed on May 14, 2003
Well penned, what a write, rips at the heart.

Reviewed by Bhuwan Thapaliya
Reviewed on May 13, 2003
Very impressive write....thank u.

Reviewed by Erin Kelly-Moen
Reviewed on May 13, 2003
Oh my god, Erica...this is so eloquently quintessential, it rips into my mind and heart. It tells a million children's story, it is insanely sane, it is a nightmare to caring people, it will haunt me...

Reviewed on May 13, 2003
Erica, I don't know what to say. But this was moving and motivating, overcome, adapt and improvise. GEM

Reviewed by Tony Nerone (Reader)
Reviewed on May 13, 2003
Dear Erica, very powerful write!Well written poem!:)



love
tony

Reviewed by Birdie Houston (Reader)
Reviewed on May 13, 2003
Deep !

Reviewed by Shadow Writer (Reader)
Reviewed on May 13, 2003
Insanity does have it rewards. Very vivid story outlined in these words. Well done

Reviewed on May 13, 2003
Yep, she's insane....

Sandie Angel :o( a.k.a. May Lu $*_*$

Reviewed by Sage Largo (Reader)
Reviewed on May 13, 2003
Being a Social Worker dealing with abused children this tells the real story all too often hid. Excellent! Thank You Sage

Reviewed on May 13, 2003
So powerful and intense, I doubt they ever realized, it was they who were insane all along, this got to me like no other poem ever could,

Excellent,

Reindeer

Reviewed on May 13, 2003
OMG what a heartpounding, gut wrenching write! WOW you expressed yourself well in this emotional, hard hitting write...and the pic is chilling...well done, erica! (((HUGS))) and love, karla. :( *tears*

Reviewed by E T Waldron
Reviewed on May 13, 2003
This is so gut-wrenching for anyone who had to go through this! the power of yur writing is incredible! Well done Erica!

Reviewed by Woman Words (Reader)
Reviewed on May 13, 2003
an important poem..TY


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