Topic: Vulnerable
myanimalcracker's photo
Fri 09/12/08 01:59 PM
i stand before you
take off my clothing
piece by piece
you see my imperfect body
bared to you
its scars and bruises and freckles
stretch marks and moles
not at all vulnerable

i tear open my chest
reveal my pumping heart
in the bloody gaping wound
peel off the suit of my skin
nerves and muscles
nothing
i stand before you
bared
not at all vulnerable

but your knowledge of the invisible
scars and bruises
old wounds scabbed over
scabby wounds unhealed
you see them all
you know where to kick and scratch
and you do
you want nothing of me
take nothing with you when you leave
you see the tears i hide
you cultivate and harvest them
to crush into a sour wine
you later throw into my face
and you laugh
and you laugh

even though i am not prostrated
by your feet
even though i do not beg or plea
i am vulnerable then


s1owhand's photo
Fri 09/12/08 05:24 PM
makes me want to write
about careless handling
razor sharp blades
and thoughtless words
and hot acid
no one is immune
to betrayal
the ones so close to us
have our keys
and the gasoline

(((myanimalc))) :heart: flowerforyou

Socratease's photo
Fri 09/12/08 05:37 PM
Being vulnerable is the only way to be accepted by someone completely,for good or bad its the only option and takes a brave person...nice write

no photo
Fri 09/12/08 05:38 PM

i stand before you
take off my clothing
piece by piece
you see my imperfect body
bared to you
its scars and bruises and freckles
stretch marks and moles
not at all vulnerable

i tear open my chest
reveal my pumping heart
in the bloody gaping wound
peel off the suit of my skin
nerves and muscles
nothing
i stand before you
bared
not at all vulnerable

but your knowledge of the invisible
scars and bruises
old wounds scabbed over
scabby wounds unhealed
you see them all
you know where to kick and scratch
and you do
you want nothing of me
take nothing with you when you leave
you see the tears i hide
you cultivate and harvest them
to crush into a sour wine
you later throw into my face
and you laugh
and you laugh

even though i am not prostrated
by your feet
even though i do not beg or plea
i am vulnerable then




Ahhhh great minds my darling girl~

Standing naked
and exposed
my skin crawling
with irritation.
I look in the mirror
Blank
Stricken
as I struggle
with hesitation

Oh, such imperfection
I see, so
marred and scarred
by my convoluted life
Does that face really
belong to me?
Lined and faded
by such strife
.
Chaotic, sad
A scared little girl
Lost
inside a woman aged
and grown
Can I let her out
to play once again?
Or is she too young
To be left alone
In a big bad world
often cruel
to an anatomical tenement
long inhabited
and too well worn
to be viewed as
a fresh and
passion compelling
exotica

I spend the long
harsh hours
mentally chewing
me up and
spitting me out

Welcome!
To my
Neurotica


:heart: ((((ANIMALCRACKER))))))))

Mystique42's photo
Fri 09/12/08 05:53 PM
Very nice write! Well done indeed...flowerforyou

no photo
Fri 09/12/08 08:03 PM

Being vulnerable is the only way to be accepted by someone completely,for good or bad its the only option and takes a brave person...nice write


Great comment Socratease, didn't look at it that way.

Animal-your writing is just amazingflowerforyou flowerforyou

LAMom's photo
Fri 09/12/08 08:16 PM
flowers :heart: flowers

myanimalcracker's photo
Sat 09/13/08 01:30 AM
Thank you

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bastet126's photo
Sat 09/13/08 06:38 AM

Being vulnerable is the only way to be accepted by someone completely,for good or bad its the only option and takes a brave person...nice write


socratease knows of what he speaks. beautiful sharing animalflowerforyou