by Renee Millican

Created on: September 05, 2009

There you are again
In your hierarchy up high

There you are again
High away from me

There you are again
As I reach to touch you

There you are again
As all I grasp is air

There you are again
In all your violated beauty

There you are again
Pearls dripping off your flesh

There you are again
Rivers of red and blue silk cradling your form

There you are again
But I can see what you really are

There you are again
With the unformed bruises under your dress

There you are again
Memories swirling in your mind like a sea of knives

There you are again
You're screaming from the pain in your head

There you are again
Scrubbing your skin till strawberry rivers run into the water

There you are again
Lying in that bed

There you are again
In your hierarchy up high

There you are again
Swathed in your lies

There you are again
As it plays over and over again behind your smile

There you are again
As it consumes you in front of them

There you are again
As it spills forth

There you are again
As you become what you truly are

There you are again
As your mask crumbles and you fall

There you are again
I can finally reach you

There you are again
As I stitch you back up

There you are again
As I put you back in your gilded cage

There you are again
I leave you to your choices

There you are again
Sitting on your perch so alone

Learn more about this author, Renee Millican.
Click here to send this author comments or questions.