By Violet
Date: 2003 Dec 28
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[[2003.12.28.05.00.10421]]

noise

where do you go when you're empty inside?
sadness pours out of me like guttered rainwater
i am alone even when we are together
i am a puzzle even to myself
so many pieces and so little time
want want want
i can't separate the need anymore
feeling bent on a pair of black slingbacks with pointed toes
as if they were the key to my happy existence
i was sorely disappointed to leave without them
$69.99 is too much right now
when there is debt up to my eyeballs and rent to pay
falling down would be so much easier
if i could give up i would
on school on work on me as i know myself
the only thing i like about me sometimes is my husband
and he is his own person
so who am i?
i am a fragile young woman with a lot of stress
with a lot of luck to be where i am
with my mother's voice in my head telling me to be thankful
with the image of my father's back as he is walking away from us
from me
i am a girl that is full of impatient energy
i love my husband
i want a baby
i want to run a marathon
and i love shoes
there i go... wanting again
i am tired
i feel worn down and burnt out and angry with myself
i am tired of being controlled by birth control pills
they fuck with my hormones
and no matter how sweet and understanding my husband is
when i cry for no reason
i know he must think i am crazy
because i do
and i am
i don't have a religion so i can't pray
and i don't want to
but i wish i had more answers
and less noise