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Date Posted: 03:32:34 09/18/02 Wed
Author: icyheart
Author Host/IP: wv-bkly-ubr-b-024-159-122-106.charterwv.net / 24.159.122.106
Subject: Re: just like you
In reply to: misfit 's message, "just like you" on 12:46:46 09/14/02 Sat

Misfit...this is a very strong piece of writing. Great job.
icy

>JUST LIKE YOU
>
>
>My skin is withered and worn
>I see yours is untouched
>Pristine in condition
>I look at myself in the mirror
>I am jealous
>I want to be just like you
>
>I take a razor from the drawer
>Place the tip under my ear
>With a surgeon's concentration
>Glide the razor across the jawbone
>To the other ear
>Dig my nails into the groove of the incision
>I peel the skin back
>There
>You have a clear view
>The hate within my head
>The horror of what a mind can create
>The terror a brain can cause when focused
>Guilt and compassion
>Tossed away with the skin
>Now I think just like you
>
>I put the razor under my jaw
>Slide it down the throat
>Deep and precise
>Until I hit the collar bone
>I peel the skin back
>There
>You have a clear view
>Me swallowing my fear
>Fear of losing control
>Murderers, rapist, molesters, gangs, and drug dealers
>The fear of taking back your neighborhood
>Afraid to state your opinion
>Swallowing the fear to speak out
>Courage and nobility
>Tossed away with the skin
>Now I choke just like you
>
>I guide the razor carefully
>Down the length of my torso
>Methodically
>In a straight line
>'Til I reach the waistband
>I peel the skin back
>There
>You have a clear view
>The coldness of my heart
>The ability to ignore a homeless man
>The arrogance to demean a woman with food stamps
>The ease to eat a warm meal
>While a starving child stares through a cold window
>Avoiding a smile to warm the heart
>Sympathy and humanity
>Tossed away with the skin
>Now I feel just like you
>
>I run the razor down the inside of my arm
>Switch the razor to my other blood filled hand
>And follow through down the other arm
>Carefully
>I peel the skin back
>There
>You have a clear view
>The closing of my arms
>Never to embrace a battered child
>Unable to give shelter to a molested victim
>To push away a child who just wants to be held
>Responsibility and caring
>Tossed away with the skin
>Now I touch just like you
>
>I penetrate the skin on my leg
>Move the razor down the inside
>From thigh to ankle
>Follow through on the other leg
>I peel the skin back
>There
>You have a clear view
>The strength of my legs
>The ability to run away from racism
>To run when another is scrutinized for their
>disabilities
>Change directions when someone is beaten
>For their religious beliefs
>To hurdle a person murdered for sexual preference
>Running away from difference
>Empathy and respect
>Tossed away with the skin
>Now I flee just like you
>
>I cut into the top of my foot
>Glide it to the toes
>Sever the skin on the other ankle
>And repeat the process
>Delicately
>I peel the skin back
>There
>You have a clear view
>No feet to stand on
>The inability to stand up for which you believe
>To take a stance
>Against the prejudices and horrors of the world
>To stand up and speak your mind
>To stand up and make a difference
>Faith and pride
>Tossed away with the skin
>Now I am weak just like you
>
>I have shed my skin
>Ready to absorb the abuse of mankind
>I now have the ability to turn my head
>And cast a blind eye
>To the horrors of the world
>I look into the mirror
>I am just like you
>
>Misfit poem
>9/12/02

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Re: just like you -- Raphaela, 16:05:32 09/21/02 Sat