Raw Soul

HMRyan 1977 (New York)



As the arctic air fills the atmosphere
Her sense of frigidness is crystal clear
Her heart frozen solid
Her emotions chilled to the bone
She questions her very existence

As she stares out the window in a time warp
Polar waves ripple through her mind
As winters' snow drifts to the ground
Her happy children are nowhere to be found
She astonishes at where in life she is

One last time, she looks up to the mystical starlit moon
One wish for her and one wish for them
She lives life embracing her every memory
Sharp is the sword that cut her dreams
Glassy crystal that shattered her world

Emotions of anger nip at her
Chipping away this raw soul one day at a time
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Written on 2009

Submitted by HMRyan77 on June 26, 2023

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Scheme AAXXX XXBBX XXXXX XX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 663
Words 128
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 2

HMRyan

Throughout my lifetime, I have been diagnosed with bipolar I, borderline personality disorder, anxiety, ADHD, and OCD. However, no one is actually convinced or definite on any one diagnosis. Nevertheless, I seriously do not need any diagnosis to know who I am. I am Heather M Ryan, and I am beautifully crazy in my own chaotic way; I almost always have a method to my madness. These are my feelings, my opinions, and my own personal thoughts. I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, but my life hasn't always been that way. I have been at most ends of the spectrum… rich and miserable, poor and madly in love, desperate, depressed, and homeless. Like my brain, I still have yet to find a happy medium in life. The last 45 years have left me in tears, shaking with fear and panic, running from a painful reality and past, the streets in the pouring down rain, homeless praying God would answer my prayers and send help, naked under the stars and in complete awe at how God works miracles just when you think all is lost. God has brought me from the deepest darkest depths of hell into the sunlight and has showered me with love and mercy time and time again. I look forward to enjoying this final chapter of my life with you and anyone else that would like to join us. You can follow me on Facebook at Heather M Ryan or visit my website at www.1hellofajourney.com. more…

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