Does Anybody See Me?

"I have been consumed with the deficiency of self I am wearing of explaining why. A long-ago time of battering, condemnation, censure, blame, I was reprimanded, denounced as nothing, Cut up and chastis..."

"As I sit and stare into space At the smooth expanse of my empty desk I cannot help but wonder at the emptiness of a world of professional nothingness. Without a document to fix upon Nothing really ex..."

"An assertion was softly spoken to me that I have overcome my past I disagree (peacefully) and I declare I avow in contrast To overcome means to beat It means to conquer, overwhelm It means to crush..."

"On the wings of pain A child is born A girl A daughter A ray of sun A joy A problem A weapon A toy Criticized Hit Blamed Never herself She grows She tries She is: Mother Daughter Wife Friend Never he..."

"Defeated by the department store mirror, again Surrounded by the shroud of substance once needed Hatred, despair, spread through her mind Coursing with a life of their own Pulsating, vibrating The s..."

"A judgment place upon a feeling or poem Is a judgment placed upon a heart It pierces to the very soul With a comment biting and oh so cold Why do they not want to hear The undistorted facts thus to..."