Birthday Girl's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=Birthday Girl2015-07-22T00:40:41ZIf Only Unlocked (poetry)http://m.everything2.com/user/Birthday+Girl/writeups/If+Only+UnlockedBirthday Girlhttp://m.everything2.com/user/Birthday+Girl2015-07-22T00:40:41Z2015-07-22T00:40:41Z<p>If only my words a <a href="/title/key">key</a>,
<br>to <a href="/title/tread+the+halls">tread the halls</a> without door
<br>I'd probably still want to see
<br><a href="/title/What+lies+beneath+the+floor">What lies beneath the floor</a></p>The fight (poetry)http://m.everything2.com/user/Birthday+Girl/writeups/The+fightBirthday Girlhttp://m.everything2.com/user/Birthday+Girl2015-07-22T00:39:25Z2015-07-22T00:39:25Z<p>The will to <a href="/title/stand+up+and+fight">stand up and fight</a>
<br>It grabs you by the neck
<br>Clenching you in its teeth,
<br><a href="/title/An+iron+bite">An iron bite</a>
<br>So you <a href="/title/raise+your+dukes">raise your dukes</a>
<br>And you <a href="/title/tighten+your+stance">tighten your stance</a>
<br>Your knees begin to bob and dance
<br>Then, a swing and a shot
<br><a href="/title/With+mercy+have+not">With mercy have not</a>
<br>A mighty blow
<br>The chance lost to go
<br>Blood on your lip
<br>The taste of success from your last hit
<br>The sound of a fall
<br>From the now limp, <a href="/title/broken+doll">broken doll</a>..
<br>Ice down your neck, now running
<br>Weak in the knees
<br>Look down at your hands and wonder
<br>"<a href="/title/Whose+hands+are+these">Whose hands are these</a>?
<br>That can cause such pain
<br>And leave nothing good to remain?"
<br>You fall to your knees
<br>And beg, <a href="/title/never+let+this+happen+to+me+again">never let this happen to me again</a>..... please</p>
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<p>These are reflections on my past, wherein I had tendencies toward problem resolution through violence..</p>The Glove (poetry)http://m.everything2.com/user/Birthday+Girl/writeups/The+GloveBirthday Girlhttp://m.everything2.com/user/Birthday+Girl2015-07-22T00:37:35Z2015-07-22T00:37:35Z<p>There finds an <a href="/title/angry+hand">angry hand</a> its way <a href="/title/across+my+neck">across my neck</a>
<br>That presses down my <a href="/title/final+breath">final breath</a> without regret
<br>And in what seems like compassion, it lets me breathe
<br>But only long enough that I <a href="/title/continue+through+this+agony">continue through this agony</a></p>
<p>So I wonder, from what force does this come?
<br>For if it were <a href="/title/darkness">darkness</a>, my light would force it to run
<br>And if it were <a href="/title/fire">fire</a>, my tears would drown its heat to none
<br>And if it were <a href="/title/stone">stone</a>, my heart would break it down
<br>And if it was <a href="/title/electricity">electricity</a>, my mind would be its ground
<br>But it is none of these things, and I cannot escape
<br><a href="/title/The+power+it+commands+is+much+too+great">The power it commands is much too great</a></p>
<p>So where do I go when there's <a href="/title/nowhere+to+run">nowhere to run</a>
<br>And how do I play when there's <a href="/title/no+time+for+fun">no time for fun</a>
<br>And how can I continue to love
<br>With my only experience this tight bitter glove
<br>My prayers set out through <a href="/title/silent+screams">silent screams</a>,
<br>Hoping but only to finally see
<br>That day that the glove ends up crushing me
<br>Yet a part of me still wants to believe
<br>That with enough<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Wood and Flame (poetry)http://m.everything2.com/user/Birthday+Girl/writeups/Wood+and+FlameBirthday Girlhttp://m.everything2.com/user/Birthday+Girl2015-07-22T00:35:31Z2015-07-22T00:35:31Z<p>You're the wood and I the flame
<br>When we get together, <a href="/title/nothing+else+will+remain">nothing else will remain</a>
<br>But when we are apart
<br><a href="/title/A+fire+there+is+not">A fire there is not</a>
<br>Just a pile of sticks gone cold
<br><a href="/title/An+energy+gone+black">An energy gone black</a>, from gold</p>
<p>So though it hurts when I burn you that way
<br>Please <a href="/title/find+it+in+your+heart+to+stay">find it in your heart to stay</a>
<br>Instead, <a href="/title/try+to+find+the+love">try to find the love</a> in what I say
<br>So <a href="/title/we+can+burn+bright">we can burn bright</a>, through both <a href="/title/night+and+day">night and day</a></p>Time gone by (poetry)http://m.everything2.com/user/Birthday+Girl/writeups/Time+gone+byBirthday Girlhttp://m.everything2.com/user/Birthday+Girl2015-07-22T00:33:37Z2015-07-22T00:33:37Z<p>Time gone by
<br>But none lost to the <a href="/title/blink+of+an+eye">blink of an eye</a>
<br>All we have is gold
<br>Though not one year is old</p>
<p>We find it all passes slow
<br>And yet, <a href="/title/where+does+it+all+go">where does it all go</a>?</p>
<p>In memory may we forever keep
<br>Each long and tireful week
<br>And in the same <a href="/title/let+us+forget">let us forget</a>
<br>Every <a href="/title/dreadful+memory+of+regret">dreadful memory of regret</a>
<br>Until time does go to the wind as the crow
<br>Reaches talons deep, to <a href="/title/start+a+new+show">start a new show</a></p>