Another beautiful lady I met at DFWCON.  Follow her on twitter @kimmieAnnWrites or her website here.

 

Written by Kimmie Easley and HastyWords

I tied the anger in ribbons, silky red

Hid it in a trunk, kissed it goodnight

I tucked it in each night, held it tight

Protecting me, helping me put up a fight

 

Like a safety blanket

The pain was almost comforting with each passing day

As I sat, scarred and chained, watching you slip further away

The ribbons now dirty and frayed

 

I was unraveling, getting knotted

Angry visions blinding logical threads

I called for you when I needed you most

But you hid, you were nowhere in sight

 

Like a vapor you soon cease to exist

Allowing your absence to cut like a dull knife

Ripping, tearing, leaving me raw and exposed

Doing whatever necessary to numb the pain

 

Addicted to all the wrong things, just to forget you

I let the torment keep me company, my only friend

I try to save myself and live a life without you 

But the ribbons that I hide so well, they prevent me

 

Thoughts of you consume my every breath

Splintering me to the core

Shattered and lifeless, lying in a heap

Left fractured and gasping for more

 

Once alive and living without a care

I have been reduced to this, a carcass

A living puppet alive only when you direct me

Left crumpled when you’ve tired of me

 

Used and thrown away, cheapened

I have nothing left to offer

Once thought valuable

Now void and worthless