A personal favourite of mine. And now that someone I love has abandoned me, I feel this way again.
Hand to hand, eye to eye
standing as fencers by and by
My movements are yours
Your expressions are mine
Gazing within the space between
forbidden visions wildly fly
Inside of me you see hopes
hidden deep you find scared dreams
but through my eyes all I can see
are faults, lies and what couldn't be
Peel away the surface, set the skeletons free
Becuase after all is said and done
and the glass of the mirror is broken
the withered mental shell on the other side of the looking glass is none other than...me?
Nikki, it WILL get better! Just keep *WRITING*! You do this SOOOO beautifully! If I hadn't believed that, I wouldn't have sponsored you on the Den. And you had BETTER write some NEW stuff! No excuses! Even if you write sad, heart-rending stuff - as long as you *write*! -- Jeff
We Will Stone Him is a raw, unfiltered trauma memoir about surviving childhood abuse, emotional manipulation, and the lifelong wounds that follow. This true story marks the beginning of the Rising From The Ashes Trilogy, John Gambacorta and his survi