From a couple Oklahoma girls…who earned their pearls.
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Injustice: My Bell Jar Diaries
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Dark in the night
A little hand reaches up from the bottom bunk
We shared our worlds — asleep and wide awake
Our lives then, made our lives now — that feeling makes me shake
Shake their lies and hypocrisy of the day off — Get it off me!
You’ll never understand. You’ll never see. No one will look up —
Until I scream — What’s wrong with me?!
The bunk beds he drug us out of, what he shaped us to be
The bunk beds they gave us, like most things — made us tough
No matter what we became — it is never Enough for any of us.
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Top bunk, under the blanket, flashlight, with a book, or my Sony Walkman
An hour and another passes, I do it again and again
Whispers and sniffles, crying in the worst way
Always praying for a better day
We had to take the brunt of it
Not sure for what this was meant
Though, I have to give you credit for your badgering
All that ducking and swerving
Now — look — it made me a Work of Art!
I grew up and gave myself a brand new start
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Oh! Purpose and Peace come find me!
The wind whips my hair, setting my doubt leaves free
The magic that flows in you and me
No one really knows how deep this goes
Deeper than you can ever imagine — We are tough!
Yes, we are diamonds in the rough!
Bunk Bed Burdens — Oh, Lord, we’re hurting!
Can you hear me?! Can you hear us?!
Distant fading requests from a couple little Oklahoma girls.
Won’t you grant them a few pearls?
sounds like abuse
but why and for what use?
you may date your father
did i wed my mother?
noooooooooooope!
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All the cuts can they shape perfect diamonds? Not too shallow, not too deep. Well proportioned, Brilliant, on fire. Scintillating?
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Yes. Blasted all different kinds of cuts…. I’d like to think I am scintilllating. What a beautiful word! Gorgeous…
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I’m sure you flash and sparkle when moving in the light.
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LOL 😉
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What a beautiful and unique diamond, always shiny. Powerful and moving piece, Eleanor. Brilliant as always.💕
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Thank you, Grace! 😉
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You are so welcome, Eleanor.💕
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Is it possible that under the diamond-hard surface there hides a soft fragrant rose petal? Blessings, Peter
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Perhaps. 😉
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