she falls apart

Wednesday | 2nd Apr 2008

A Bottle

Filed under: Nadine, PAD Challenge, Poems — Nadine @ 23:45

I was once filled with
water
and I was labeled at
the sides
I was put into
the chiller
and I was definitely
for sale

When I was bought and
she emptied me into
her belly
I was washed and cleaned
and the label was removed
and I was naked

I was left to dry on
the window sill
where the sun shone
on me
and I sparkled and
reflected the rays
into the air

Then I was placed on
the shelf
among other empty
bottles
as part of another kind
of display

Tuesday | 1st Apr 2008

A First

Filed under: It's All About You, Nadine, PAD Challenge, Poems — Nadine @ 20:51

I am not supposed
to feel this way ever since
the day I got myself
a reminder.

And yet you
have that power to make me
feel this way.

This
confusing way that tears
me apart inside.

But because this
reminder is etched onto me,
I can remember.

So I lift my
chin up, look forward,
and hope.