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watching the world passing by *fictional*
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i watch the world passing by
out my hospital window,
crying for what was before...
when life was normal...
when *i* was normal...

i'll never be normal again...
not when people look and stare,
"what happened to her?" they ask
(like i am not there),...
I WAS BURNED, DAMMIT!!!

been nine months since the attack
that devastated my life...
took away my job...my friends...
sixty percent burns...
over my body...

they didn't think i would live...
but i have and i wonder
if it would have been better
if i would have died...
i'm so ugly now...

why was i allowed to live?
it's been a pain filled nine months...
and i remember it all...
a high, screaming pain
dominates my life...

pain of treatment...therapy...
the pain of losing my friends...
the pain of seeing myself...
a monster...a freak!
WHY DID THIS HAPPEN???

doctors say the scars will fade...
but when someone stares at me,
another scar sears my heart...
confirms what i know...
i *am* a monster...

i watch the world passing by
outside my hospital window,
and cry for what was before...
i was pretty, once...
now i am ugly...


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Reviewed by g g (Reader)
Reviewed on June 20, 2003
I felt the emotion in this poem(:

Excellent write

hugs
Lady G.

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on June 19, 2003
powerfully captured!

Reviewed by serenety L (Reader)
Reviewed on June 19, 2003
What a sad but strong write. Excellent. Love. S.

Reviewed by Christine Morell
Reviewed on June 19, 2003
A beautiful, perceptive and compassionate poem, Karla, written by a very caring soul.
Love
~Chrissie

Reviewed by Kate Clifford (Reader)
Reviewed on June 19, 2003
So very sad and unfortuntly very real for some people.

Reviewed by La Belle Rouge (Reader)
Reviewed on June 19, 2003
So compassionate and poignant.

Reviewed by Robert Blackwell (Reader)
Reviewed on June 19, 2003
Beauty is from within. Beautiful, you'll always be. {{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}

Reviewed by Bianca Boonstra (Reader)
Reviewed on June 19, 2003
Great poem. I agree with Tinka though.

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on June 18, 2003
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!!

Reviewed by E T Waldron
Reviewed on June 18, 2003
Great compassion Karla! I did one month in a burn unit, it is the worst place to work bar none! Every nurse and doctor,felt this way too. You write so well about it.

Reviewed by Dove (Reader)
Reviewed on June 18, 2003
Karla angel,
you are such the beautiful light and voice for many that suffer upon our planet..Angel of mercy takes the time to bring awareness to others of the suffering..Your duty upon this earth is so for truth...I love you so much, sweet light of mercy...

Love,
Dove

Reviewed on June 18, 2003
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and if they are too silly to see beyond the surface, maybe they don't deserve too. Excellent, heartfelt write.
~Trish~

Reviewed by Susan de Vegter
Reviewed on June 18, 2003
Ugly is a word that is so compromising. The true beauty of a person is within and the people that deem superficial as a way to beauty are too vain themselves to worry about much less pay any attention to. Alas, the world is full of superficial people but the really good ones are all around . This is a sad insight into life and human frailty to selfishness.
Beauty is in the heart afterall!
Love,
Susan

Reviewed by - - - - - TRASK
Reviewed on June 18, 2003
6-18-03

Scream . Top Of Your Lungs__ No More _

Evil Be Gone,i.e. I A Beautiful Again...

TRASK

Reviewed by Lady Peg (Reader)
Reviewed on June 18, 2003
Excellent piece. You really did a good job on this one.
peggy

Reviewed by Steve Ralph
Reviewed on June 18, 2003
indeed a brilliant write,, made all the more brilliant because it is as you say fiction.. you seem to have captured a real empaphy with the subject in your poem well done.
steve

Reviewed by Erin Kelly-Moen
Reviewed on June 18, 2003
Wow, Karla, brilliant write... Burn scars are rather ugly, the melted skin, cragginess and totally different outlook on life are enough to beat anyone down. I am unsure I could handle a tragedy such as this, it humbles me when people can overcome such odds and remain loving and caring. Kudos, dear lady. :)

Reviewed by Cathy Montgomery (Reader)
Reviewed on June 18, 2003
Karla, you made this so real...
Piercing write that moves my heart...

Reviewed on June 18, 2003
heartwrenching write of a horrible event that hit this young woman's life! >tears < thanks for sharing this powerful and emotion-filled piece; this rips right at the heart... (((HUGS))) and love, your twin, karen lynn. :(


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