Nat’l Poetry Month contest submissions: Part II

Here are a few more posts for the Nat’l Poetry Month contest. Have you sent in your submission? You have until the end of the month.  Click here for info about how to enter and PRIZES: http://samanthaschutz.net/site/?p=597



BPD in OKC, 29

I can’t sew



I’m lost,

but I know I still love you.

I may be dead inside,

but I’m still living for you.

I am broken,

but you don’t know you broke me.

My heart keeps bleeding,

but I can’t sew myself back together.

I see no hope,

but I am not giving up.

Times are tough,

but things can always get better.

A.M. Young, age 22

Curious

Confused in the tug of war,

The emotional war that I fight with

Everyday, every movement watched

Like a hawk preying on the weak

The confusion never ceases

Even when I think I have it “figured out”

And the emotions run high

Whenever one becomes curious

My sanity is my warfare

My sexuality is my battle

Just one of those struggles

The one that never controls me

That cannot keep me down

So I ask myself

Do I have it “figured out?”

No, but I don’t want to…

Because the hawk

So strong and harsh

Never caught up to me

KLP

[young hunger for beautiful]



she looks at her pale skin and her beautiful eyes

and she loves her bones and her skinny thighs.

she idolizes her way of being barely there

and she is captivated by her stare.

she looks at her with disgust

as she so clearly does not add up,

and she feels the purge coming on

as she rids herself of bodily harm.

she is empty and light,

begging for beauty to grasp her

and hold her tight.

she loses inches off her waist

as she sees her gaze fade away.

she runs miles towards her direction,

desiring more attention.

she wants to see her reflection in her eyes.

she is only skin and bones,

the image she craves most.

she is beautiful,

and she sees her.

she looks just like her,

and together they waste away.

someday hope will speak confidence to her disbelief,

and she will see new beauty.

i will recognize her smile and know

she is happy and healthy.

someday she will find healing.

beauty is on its way.