I am a 100%
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I am a 100%
I am a 100%
Do not be fooled by the tears
Threatening to roll
Down these cheeks
Do not be fooled by the heartache
You see in my eyes
Do not be fooled by the
scarring across my heart
Evidence of the days,
I hung my head in shame
Pledging never to fall in love again
Do not be fooled by the complexity
Of the wonderful wreck that is my life
I own my mistakes and live for the future
so “Ha elegorekenete, mosadikegalasewathubega”
Then call me mosaic
For I have been broken
Into a thousand pieces more times than
I care to count.
I have been shattered against
The hard cold backdrop of life
Meet a darling man, he raised me to great heights
Only to come tumbling down
Tossed aside
For a newer model.
One with fewer problems
And a bigger engine to boot
How could I possibly compete?
Smiling,
Sometimes I look back at days gone by
Days when
We danced upon imaginary clouds,
To the sounds of crickets
And bullfrogs
Days when Stars, were neighbors of ours
our room lit up by the moon,
through the cracks in our ceiling.
Never worrying about.
Money for fine dining
Or wearing fancy clothes to a fancy
do,
of some fancy thing which we
Knew not much about
Do not be fooled,
By my pretty smile
And my contagious laugh.
I have been bitten soul sucking sadness
dragged to the bottom of the deepest and darkest
Emotional pits of despair,
I have hit rock bottom
Only to fall into
Its underground basement
Do not be fooled by the
Stillettos, I wear
My legs have given way
To pressure
More times than I care to remember
I have struggled to stand, knees wobbly
Calves aching as my body aged overnight
Do not be fooled
By my sobriety
I have been to the bottom of ever
Vodka bottle known to man
I have woken up to
Hangovers that felt too raw
To be real
I was the poster girl of
Class A alcoholism
Using it to numb the pain
And block our reality
Suppressing all my dreams
And desires
Because I couldn’t cope
Couldn’t dare to wish for me
Fearing to reach out
For help.
Do not be fooled by
by
The perfect application
Of my foundation,
I still break out.
Do not be fooled by the swing
of my tiny waist
And my delectable peach like behind
My tummy could be firmer.
Do not be fooled by
all my imperfections
none of them have shattered my soul
the trying times, I have encountered,
I wouldn’t erase
Never easy to deal with,
Alas they made me stronger
Do not be fooled by what life’s taken from me
I am a 100%
100% of the woman
I have always wanted to be
Never you mind, how my journey got me
Here.
Never you mind, where I have been
Never you mind what is to become of me
Never you mind.
For I AM
A HUNDRED PERCENT….
I am a 100%
Do not be fooled by the tears
Threatening to roll
Down these cheeks
Do not be fooled by the heartache
You see in my eyes
Do not be fooled by the
scarring across my heart
Evidence of the days,
I hung my head in shame
Pledging never to fall in love again
Do not be fooled by the complexity
Of the wonderful wreck that is my life
I own my mistakes and live for the future
so “Ha elegorekenete, mosadikegalasewathubega”
Then call me mosaic
For I have been broken
Into a thousand pieces more times than
I care to count.
I have been shattered against
The hard cold backdrop of life
Meet a darling man, he raised me to great heights
Only to come tumbling down
Tossed aside
For a newer model.
One with fewer problems
And a bigger engine to boot
How could I possibly compete?
Smiling,
Sometimes I look back at days gone by
Days when
We danced upon imaginary clouds,
To the sounds of crickets
And bullfrogs
Days when Stars, were neighbors of ours
our room lit up by the moon,
through the cracks in our ceiling.
Never worrying about.
Money for fine dining
Or wearing fancy clothes to a fancy
do,
of some fancy thing which we
Knew not much about
Do not be fooled,
By my pretty smile
And my contagious laugh.
I have been bitten soul sucking sadness
dragged to the bottom of the deepest and darkest
Emotional pits of despair,
I have hit rock bottom
Only to fall into
Its underground basement
Do not be fooled by the
Stillettos, I wear
My legs have given way
To pressure
More times than I care to remember
I have struggled to stand, knees wobbly
Calves aching as my body aged overnight
Do not be fooled
By my sobriety
I have been to the bottom of ever
Vodka bottle known to man
I have woken up to
Hangovers that felt too raw
To be real
I was the poster girl of
Class A alcoholism
Using it to numb the pain
And block our reality
Suppressing all my dreams
And desires
Because I couldn’t cope
Couldn’t dare to wish for me
Fearing to reach out
For help.
Do not be fooled by
by
The perfect application
Of my foundation,
I still break out.
Do not be fooled by the swing
of my tiny waist
And my delectable peach like behind
My tummy could be firmer.
Do not be fooled by
all my imperfections
none of them have shattered my soul
the trying times, I have encountered,
I wouldn’t erase
Never easy to deal with,
Alas they made me stronger
Do not be fooled by what life’s taken from me
I am a 100%
100% of the woman
I have always wanted to be
Never you mind, how my journey got me
Here.
Never you mind, where I have been
Never you mind what is to become of me
Never you mind.
For I AM
A HUNDRED PERCENT….
Well done , absolutely amazing
Amazing poetry, Great flow.