Growing It Out

A small white cloud
rests on a pink bed,
Until it’s pushed out.................

poem by Lizelah Thaugally
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Hating

Hate my inertia
Hate my mother
Hate my father
Hate my sister
Hate my lover
Most of all
Hate............................

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The Great Pretender

As a child, I pretended I had magical powers
To make friends,
I pretended I was psychic
So friends could consult me,
I pretended I had strange illnesses
To avoid the chlorinated swimming baths
On wet grey Mondays..........................

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For Michelle

Dance, dance, dance with me!
Why do you look at me so strangely?
What’s wrong with wanting to dance?
I’m doing my best please
Give me a chance

Give me one day back to prove to you
How I used to arc through the air,
My lithe form a whirling colour
My legs whipping up a storm
While I cartwheel, twist and pirouette
In time, God, always in time,
Across the stadium.

I am used to audiences, all eyes on me
Yes me, me, I am here you know,
Why won’t you let me dance?

The ward is so noisy, I long to hear music,
But it’s cries, of pain and anguish that fill my ears.

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poem by Lizelah Thaugally
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