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Damaged
by Retta (Reindeer) Mckenzie → (All Poetry by Retta (Reindeer) Mckenzie)
  
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You say I am damaged,
And I wonder in my mind,
If you know how many,
Of the wounds I have,
Bear your name…

You say I shall never heal,
Never be well,
Never feel,
And mock my pain,
By fingering steel…

Yes, I am damaged,
But not beyond repair,
And I don’t need you to care,
It was never your pity
I wanted to see,
Your savagery wasn’t fair…

See I carved you from my heart,
Took my soul apart,
Cracked it like an egg,
And let your cruelty flow out,
Fried it in the sun,
Until it was done…

Left it to rot in the day,
Not like I mattered to you anyway,
So I am damaged and no good,
But you never knew I could,
Do a little damage of my own,
And now you watch the phone,
But I shall not call again,
You are lost to me,
My friend,

Just some cracked and broken thing,
I tried to put back together,
But alas you were too far gone,
And I was so wrong
To try to heal you soul…
There was too much I did not know,
This evil thing that you grew,
Until it festered to begin anew,
Finding a weakness in me!
I tried to let you see,
But you were too blind to the need,
Could only greedily feed,
On what you did to me…


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 Reviews of "Damaged"
Reviewed by Melissa Rives
Reviewed on May 23, 2003
So powerful...your writings are always full of power that only comes from the depths of the soul.

Reviewed by Marilyn Seray
Reviewed on May 22, 2003
Reindeer, this is so sad.
emotions surfacing in each line

Reviewed on May 22, 2003
A sad write, but very beautiful.

Reviewed by La Belle Rouge (Reader)
Reviewed on May 22, 2003
Deeply real and emotional.

Reviewed by Zenith Elliott
Reviewed on May 22, 2003
Retta well done! Sounds like my life...bittersweet.

Reviewed by Erica Ivory
Reviewed on May 22, 2003
Powerful.. sad.. but know this feeling very well.. You nailed this one!

Reviewed by serenety L (Reader)
Reviewed on May 22, 2003
...how many of the wounds I have bear your mind.....This is beautiful. I love that sentence. Reminds me of mine! A beautiful poem coming from the heart. Love. S.

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on May 21, 2003
clear and direct!!

Reviewed by Rican Romeo (Reader)
Reviewed on May 21, 2003
very good write !!

Reviewed by Tony Nerone (Reader)
Reviewed on May 21, 2003
Hi Retta, I always love to read you. Your writing is clear and direct. No reading between the lines. Great write!!


tony

Reviewed by Dove (Reader)
Reviewed on May 21, 2003
Power in words..

Love and light,
Dove ~

Reviewed by Ron (sketchman) Axelson (Reader)
Reviewed on May 21, 2003
Glad you got some damage in too...
Nice flow to this....

Reviewed by Elizabeth Taylor (Reader)
Reviewed on May 21, 2003
Nicely done, Retta. Like the flow of this one too.

Reviewed by Angelica Young (Reader)
Reviewed on May 21, 2003
WOW I REALLY LOVED THIS. It was so amazing!!!

Love Angie

Reviewed by Dana Matthews (Reader)
Reviewed on May 21, 2003
"See I carved you from my heart" WOW! You have such a powerful and unique way of chilling me. Very stunning write.

~DAM~

Reviewed by E T Waldron
Reviewed on May 21, 2003
another beautiful sad write Reindeer, even if bittersweet!


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