The recent suicide death of Robin Williams and the social media and blog storm following it has made me think about my own struggles with suicidal thoughts as a teenager. I wrote another post on that here: Suicide in the Age of Social Media This poem is an honest picture of what it feels like […]
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©Arwen LeQuieu Once my life was shattered glass and dust There was smoke in the skies My pride, a million pieces at my feet And I wept aloud as I wandered The tattered pieces of my past clinging round my body Scars and scabs crisscrossing the heart New blood and old blood dried where there […]
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Give & Take
©Arwen LeQuieu I wanted action He gave it to me I wanted power He let me have a little I wanted control He taught it to me I wanted more and he gave me more and more I wanted peace He gave me suffering I wanted life He took it out of me I wanted […]
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How Are Your Dreams
©Arwen LeQuieu How are your dreams? What do you expect when you fall asleep? Do you sweat and pray, Call out in the darkness, And in your loneliness find a night apart from Nemo’s land unbearable? What fills the void left by dreamless nights Marching end on end through your calendar? Smoke in mirrors, candlelight, […]