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Krissy In Control
by Erica Ivory → (All Poetry by Erica Ivory)
  
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True story about a friend from long ago...


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She was beautiful
when I met her..
Blonde hair..
Porcelain skin..
Like an angel walking on earth..
Beautiful both outside and in..
But then she had to become
a zombie.
ECA rules..
Two pills in the morning
To keep you calm..
Make sure you don't have any
Thoughts of your own.
Take orders
Make your bed
Wash the floors..
Every chore
Worth two points or more..
Institutional robots
That is what they are.
Watch your friend
slice her face..
Even robots find
A way to escape.
She walks down the hallway..
Blood flows through
Open wounds...
She does not want to be saved.
So tired of living this way.
Existing.
On points and rules..
Like a machine..
Not human..
Not of this world..
She dreams only of
Being in her mothers arms..
when she was a little girl..
It gets harder
To find her memories..
Through the haze of these drugs..
She does not want to live..
She no longer has family..
No home..
No love...
No longer a pretty girl..
She took away her face..
The same face her mother had..
But her mothers gone..
Her mothers dead..
Now she will
Never have to worry..
About finding love someday....
No one has to care..
No one has to know..
She takes her own life..
This is the one thing
SHE alone controls.
She closes her eyes
Dreams only of being
in her mothers arms..
When she was just a girl..
This is all she craves
and hopes to find again
as she leaves this world.


Erica

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 Reviews of "Krissy In Control"
Reviewed by Paul Mc Cann
Reviewed on May 25, 2003
This is powerfully so true .
Drugs will demand your time , family, friends money and finally your life .
This poem needs to be read aloud to those who may want to experience drugs .

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on May 24, 2003
Powerfully touching write!!

Reviewed by Nancy D.
Reviewed on May 23, 2003
Emotions screaming.

Nancy

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on May 23, 2003
an excellent write of the unfortunate situatuion, many of our close ones have experienced...

Reviewed by E T Waldron
Reviewed on May 23, 2003
An awesome write Erica, on a traumatic subject!

Reviewed by jing javier
Reviewed on May 23, 2003
erica, this one is a winner! captured all feelings! fantastic!

Reviewed by Nicole Davis Vergara (Reader)
Reviewed on May 23, 2003
Wow Erica this is a definitely chilling and poignant write that speaks in tones! A True Masterpiece to me!
((((Hugs))))
~Nikki~

Reviewed by Tony Nerone (Reader)
Reviewed on May 23, 2003
Dear Erica, Chilling write, and excellent!


Love YF
tony

Reviewed on May 23, 2003
So very sad.

Reviewed by Cathy Montgomery (Reader)
Reviewed on May 23, 2003
Powerfully touching write...

Reviewed by Cherokee Sage (Reader)
Reviewed on May 23, 2003
Sad but effective work.

Peace,
Cherokee

Reviewed by Digital Fairy
Reviewed on May 23, 2003
Oh wow... this is awesome...
It's as though these emotional words could be the essence of pain perfectly sculpted and chiseled in ice...

Wonderful... :)

--Karissa

Reviewed by La Belle Rouge (Reader)
Reviewed on May 23, 2003
Oh Erica this was so painful to read and so well penned.

Reviewed by Elizabeth Taylor (Reader)
Reviewed on May 23, 2003
Sad, you do these so well, Erica.

Reviewed by ya mama (Reader)
Reviewed on May 23, 2003
sad indeed, good write

Reviewed by Sara Coslett
Reviewed on May 23, 2003
This is so harrowing Erica...you have seen such a dark side of life. From your eyes as well as the eyes of the people in your life. I think it is your ability to write about it and write so well, that keeps you alive.

Reviewed by Christine Morell
Reviewed on May 23, 2003
This is harrowing to read, Erica but written so incredibly well. I am very moved by it.
Chrissie

Reviewed by Lady Peg (Reader)
Reviewed on May 23, 2003
Erica ,
this is so sad sweetie it touches
Hugs
Peg

Reviewed by Paul Berube
Reviewed on May 23, 2003
Erica, your writting is perfect. A very emotional piece to get through. The will to be plays a huge part in everything we do.

Reviewed on May 23, 2003
Such a strong and powerful poem, I am just overcome by the emotional content of this poem, So outstanding,

Excellent, and beautifully sad,

Reindeer

Reviewed by Ted Sheridan (Reader)
Reviewed on May 23, 2003
Could not find the words to describe how well you write.

Reviewed by John Bidwell
Reviewed on May 23, 2003
Incredible writing.
Better you capture pain than pain capture you. There are too many sad stories in this world. Too many people in a nightmare and we can't wake them up. And when being there for them means being in the nightmare...have to watch so carefully for burn out.
I love the opportunity to help people in my job, but I'm almost too sensitive to do it.
Almost.
John

Reviewed on May 23, 2003
Erica, this is sooooo sad. I know well of the feelings of craving for mother's love and wanting to be cradled in mother's arms. This one is soooo real and so expressive, I can relate to the feelings so well. Hope it was just a fiction.

Sandie Angel :o(


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