Choices Made for Us

by SouldiergirlApril 15, 2015

Here we go

Pretty spirits arranged in rows

Somehow we still end up alone

I would say-

wind me up like a doll

And I’ll spin round and round

Or dance in place

He should get what he paid for

But waiting isn’t what we were made for

Opposite those who die to settle

We aren’t tired

We aren’t tragic

We are alive and awake

We are sewn from magic

Rip off this dress made from velvet

Run into poverty’s hands

I don’t want your majesty

When I could live in freedom.

Happy Now?

by SouldiergirlFebruary 27, 2015February 27, 2015

Happy Now?

Are you happy baby?
Pull my strings and weigh me
Cinch the ties and wrap me
Up against the wall
But make sure not to be there when I fall
Broken parts on a stainless floor
Sew your puppet back together
Paint my bruises with some concealer
Add a layer of powder, rouge? Or will you use a bronzer?
Muted until you stitch my lips back on
Dolled up as you please
Lips, eyes, chest, back, knees
Beating me into submission
To feed your anxious demons
Oh isn’t life just grand!
Now my blood decorates your hands
My ugliness is showing again
Stretching and stuffing
Life is pouring out faster than you can put it back in
The quickness of your fingers on that needle
Are you happy now?