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That Kind of Girl

With a needle and thread, you came to me;
But I wouldn`t let you sew me back up,
So you had the nerve to turn and walk away,
And never tell me what you wanted to say.
Six different people, have come up to me,
Telling me that we were never meant to be,
Because an over-dramatic city girl doesn`t fit,
With a down-to-earth Country boy.
In the back of my mind, my thoughts were to cry,
But I`m just not the type to lose composure,
No no, I`m just not that kind of girl;
So I laughed in their faces, told them off;
`Cuz who are they, to try to define me;
When I`ve never said a word to them before?
So you can go ahead and tell your friends,
About the selfish city girl who tore you apart,
With every little thing that she ever did,
And I`ll tell all of my friends you have no heart,
Because your true heart is located in your pants.
I`ve been strong, I`ve been wrong, I`ve been fooled;
But Baby, I`ve also been known to be right;
And this time, us separating, it isn`t a mistake.
I`ve been down on my knees every night,
Praying to God that maybe you`d try to call,
But giving credit to a heartbreaker like you,
Just might have been where I went wrong all along.
So you can come around and try to get in my head,
But this time, it just won`t work, my mind is settled;
And for once in my life, I have taken the time to look;
At the girl in the mirror staring back at me,
And I`m gonna ignore the devil in my chest this time,
Use my common sense and listen to my head,
Because I`m so much better than you.
So you can have all of those other girls you want,
That you couldn`t keep your hands off of before,
And you can take back your lines and sewing package,
`Cuz this broken heart will heal itself without you.
But I`ll give you credit enough right now to say,
That just maybe one day, you`ll come to your senses,
And you`ll truly see me for what I was,
Instead of just how much you could use me for.
But when you start to break down and miss me,
I`ll be in someone`s arms who appreciates me.
I won`t sit here crying, won`t sit here dying over you;
I`m not that kind of girl Baby, I`m not that kind of girl.

-Jenna Elphick
October 3, 2007

Dirtied Up Memories

With sincerity you sit there and try to tell me,
That you`ll try all that you can possibly do,
To put that first love feeling back into me,
Because the butterflies in my stomach have stopped.
Little did you know, your imagery doesn`t fit;
`Cuz they`re still there, they just refuse to fly;
In fear of getting their wings ripped off.
So I hang my head up high in the tattered clouds,
Watching as the rainbows explode into grey,
And as adrenaline flows into my veins,
I gain the nerve to tell you that it`s over.
All along I was told that I was better than this,
That I was putting myself through so much,
But the fake smiles took a hold of me,
And erased what little rationality I had left.
My guilty conscience still sings loud in my head,
With all the lines you`ve ever used on me,
But if I argue just loud enough to cover them,
I find that I can throw away all we used to have.
`Cuz you see, my intoxicated thoughts meddle,
In what sobriety I`ve been able to hold on to,
And with the state of mind I`m in tonight,
It`s gonna be hard for any thoughts to stop me.
I tore all of your pictures off of my wall,
Lit them up in flames, laughing as you burnt;
I ripped up all of the words you ever wrote,
Watching as two years went to shame.
Standing in the debris of my built up misery,
I finally rose just high enough to realize,
That dirtied up memories don`t mean a thing,
When there`s so much more out there for me.

- Jenna Elphick
October 4, 2007

Almost Asked You To Lie

Held up so high on a breaking thread,
I repeat all the thoughts I never said,
Stumbling my way through memories,
The light brings me down to my knees.

I should have known it all along,
But I told myself that I was wrong,
That a country boy will always fit,
With a city girl -- and I believed it.

Bright green eyes shine in the night,
Telling me that it will all be alright,
That I`m so much better than this,
And soon my feelings won`t exist.

But through it all, I bit my tongue;
Telling myself there`s time, I`m still young;
But I sat and watched you fall for another,
As the flames in my eyes began to smother.

Tears drowned out the love that I felt,
As my broken heart started to melt,
`Cuz the truth is, I almost asked you to lie;
When you said there`s always another guy.

Losing grip, I pretend to hold my head up high;
Holding on to falling tears, I bow my head to cry.
Here`s to pushing back all that I ever felt for you,
And hoping that you`ll see my lies right through.

-Jenna Elphick
October 5, 2007

Great to see so many new entries! Keep em coming!
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Dirtied up memories

Reminiscing;
Far from missing,
The monster that she used to be.
Mind playing on the thoughts
Of dirtied up memories.

Past creeps up and haunts her present,
Blocking out, only brings more hurt.
Why did she lie? To their heart, their face.
She wishes she could change the time and place.

Her mother, everyone, her very best friend,
Even hurting her boyfriend along the way.
Lies covered up by worse lies and hurt
This girl is high on the dirty memory.

Alex Sloan 6th October 2007

I have to unreserve my poem, I've been having super writers block

Losing Grip

I heard it through the grapevine from a friend of mine,
That you`ve moved on, got someone on your mind;
She was afraid to tell me, I could see it in her eyes;
And I could hear it in her shaky voice as she spoke.
"I don`t want you to lose your cool, just shake it off,
You`ve risen above this and you should move on."
She said as she looked into my eyes and sighed.
I don`t know if she could see it then, or if she didn`t,
But my eyes hold the truth, and they weren`t happy.
"I`m not losing grip, I promise you I will be alright,
It`s just another heart that he will use and break,
Better her than me, I`m through with his games."
With a ceramic smile, I flashed her a pretty disguise,
And how foolish I was when I thought she believed me.
Cursing my conscience as I walked home, I laughed;
Always known as the naive one, always will be.
I seen her game before me, and now I see it through;
So I rewound my thoughts, went back to earlier;
When she sat by me, took a deep breath and sighed;
I remembered the fear imprinted in her green eyes,
The same fear coated onto her shaking breath.
But then I remembered how she looked away from me,
When she told me about this new girl he had,
And how she didn`t look back until I answered.
And now it hits me, just a few moments too late.
She is the new girl, went running into his arms,
Figuring I was okay with it all, but I`m not.
If I would have just let go of my disguise for once,
Tell her what I truly felt about him, than maybe,
I would be the one going back into his arms.
He told me just last night that he loved me,
That he will forever, indoctrinating my thoughts,
And I pretended to be over him, telling him to go,
Spinning this web of pathetic lies slurring off my tongue.
Losing grip, I held onto my falling rationality,
Shook of my disguise, finally took the time to cry.

-Jenna Elphick
October 6, 2007

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