Hi my name is Barbara, I'm from South Carolina and I love to write. Helium affords me the opportunity to express myself. Even though my eyes won't allow much reading, I enjoy having a place to write, publish my work and watch the rating go up.
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You Hurt Me I am leaving you I don't have to stay in silence or Live with this emotional abuse I'm spiritually and physically Unable to function, but Mentally I hold my own My body is weak, but My spirit is strong I refuse to be crushed out of existence Another cycle of kindness You prepare, but not this time No, I will not ... More..
A house left behind by A beautiful family remembered Only by the pictures on the table And the stories told by moms and dads about their cherish children Sitting on the left A brick foundation hidden from View by years of trees and underbrush Growing around her Neighbors remembering when This home cared for children Laughing... More..
Watching the Sunset I standing here by my car With tear streaked face Watching the sunset Wondering what went wrong The day you left The arguments we had I can't remember now What they were about Wishing I had another chance To say the right things Baby I'm standing here Watching the sunset all alone Wishing you would come b... More..
Child gone wrong Trouble child My child my child the trouble that you found You feet ran to badness like high tides from the sea Coming in to land to take what it did not own Those that love you tried to save you But you did not want freedoms they posses The hopes the dreams we hold dear If only you wanted was there for the ... More..
Waves of Destruction I ride the waves of destruction Feeling betrayed by the ones I trust I cry a silent wish to disappear From this life of stress The faces of disappointed ones I cannot peer into their eyes Like missiles headed for my heart I imagine the worse I know my God will be with me Through all my trials and tribula... More..
Teens under attack Back in the days when we were school teens girls fought, no police was called making them criminals Fist fight, No weapons involve so why the drama giving them records it's what you did, back in the day Sign of the times, a bleak existence a different scene but still, they are your future the elderly ones,... More..
I Wish to Forget This Memory from the Past Where do I go from here? I wish to forget Another slap in the face Another rejection twenty years later I plan to put her behind me She did nothing for me anyway she left me desolate at heart Showing no compassion A distant memory from the past I'll leave her one day When I take off... More..
The Treasure In You Missed by you is a gift Amidst the harden hearts Soften hearts is hard to find Knowing you care eases the pain Strength and gentleness you see in me Realizing not many know it's there A kind heart you hence possess A treasured bond that's missing me Some say I'm missed thus my presence I know it is true, ... More..
Depths of the Sea Armada seas Dark clouds Thoughts release Into the ripple Riding calm winds Above mountaintops Strife no more Rotting in my bones Silvery moon light Endless waters Inhale Ocean's mist Upon my flesh Above the horizon Cool fresh miasma Internal silence In my veins More..
The Lost Traveler She travel distant lands searching for things not there wells flowing underground waters untouched She drift in and out thinking it's there for drinking realizing at the bottom of the cistern lakes has since dried up Trees fall she stumbles aimlessly like blind dogs lapping up crumbs among shattered dreams ... More..
Barbara Writes
Articles Written: 396
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