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The Girl with the Glasgow Grin

February 6, 2012
By NickyJ BRONZE, Hyde Park, New York
NickyJ BRONZE, Hyde Park, New York
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Favorite Quote:
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” ~Robert Frost


I see the monument in the distance
And a blossom blooms in my brain.
My feet stop dead in their tracks,
Omniscient of the lots around them.
January shivers down my spine,
Unlocking a memory I want to forget;
But I see her face every-time.
She has no name.
They call her The Girl with the Glasgow Grin.

My heart beats heavy
When I think of her.
I see her:
Her laugh, her fear, her plea;
A life clipped short.
But they don't care;
She's a present to them, a mystery wrapped in enigma,
Just as the Wolf-Man sent.
She is more to me, a part of me.
Why? Why do I feel this horrific bond?
I never knew her.
I never knew The Girl with the Glasgow Grin.

My eyes haven't tricked me, time has.
I see her there, lying among the clumps of brown grass,
Arms beckoning in false exaltation,
Her dreams eaten by weeds.
The curls of her black petals,
Burnt wisps in stagnant air.
Warm skin melted to ivory;
Translucent eyes turned opaque.
They rejoice at the sight of her, the Fiends!
This is all she is to them:
The Girl with the Glasgow Grin.

They like to gossip
And libel her.
She's the gutter w*****, the flashy escort, the exotic temptress.
She's divided, stem cut.
The flower preserved in perversity,
The roots tainted by noir.
But I see her unscathed:
Sweet.
Kind.
Naïve.
Lost, trying to find her way.
What have they done to you?
You are more than what they have made you.
You are more than The Girl with the Glasgow Grin.

I know the truth
But I am just one.
I can't stop them. They won't listen.
They need only what the Wolf-Man has given.
I want to tell her it's not her fault.
I want to tell her it's okay.
But she can't hear me;
She's a memory now,
Silenced in a world where she can not speak,
Can not feel,
Can not cry her liquid tears.
What about me? I come back to myself.
I should be moving on, yet I linger
So that I might catch a glimpse
Of The Girl with the Glasgow Grin.

The author's comments:
This is the first poem I've written in six years. I'm not sure why I felt so compelled to write this. It's dark, but it has deep personal meaning to me.

This is the first in a collection of three.

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NickyJ BRONZE said...
on Apr. 4 2012 at 1:57 pm
NickyJ BRONZE, Hyde Park, New York
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Favorite Quote:
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” ~Robert Frost

Thanks so much!

NickyJ BRONZE said...
on Apr. 4 2012 at 1:57 pm
NickyJ BRONZE, Hyde Park, New York
1 article 0 photos 138 comments

Favorite Quote:
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” ~Robert Frost

Thank You =]

ZhadaMone GOLD said...
on Apr. 4 2012 at 10:37 am
ZhadaMone GOLD, Westwood, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
"I love you as much as I did yesterday but, not as much as I will tommorow"

Well you are more than welcome, i will continue to read your work :) !!

ezeguey said...
on Apr. 4 2012 at 9:49 am
ezeguey, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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it aws great =]

NickyJ BRONZE said...
on Apr. 3 2012 at 10:05 pm
NickyJ BRONZE, Hyde Park, New York
1 article 0 photos 138 comments

Favorite Quote:
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” ~Robert Frost

You're too kind. But I'm grateful for people like you who make posting my work online worth it!

NickyJ BRONZE said...
on Apr. 3 2012 at 10:04 pm
NickyJ BRONZE, Hyde Park, New York
1 article 0 photos 138 comments

Favorite Quote:
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” ~Robert Frost

Thank You, that makes me really happy :3

ZhadaMone GOLD said...
on Apr. 3 2012 at 9:47 pm
ZhadaMone GOLD, Westwood, New Jersey
13 articles 0 photos 30 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I love you as much as I did yesterday but, not as much as I will tommorow"

Your so welcome. You need more recognition.

RedNielsen17 said...
on Apr. 3 2012 at 6:32 pm
RedNielsen17, Beatty, Oregon
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Favorite Quote:
"Love Is Just A Word
Unless You Use It Right"

I absolutely loved it! Fantastic! Great work, and wonderful way of wording your feelings :) Great job. 

NickyJ BRONZE said...
on Apr. 3 2012 at 2:21 pm
NickyJ BRONZE, Hyde Park, New York
1 article 0 photos 138 comments

Favorite Quote:
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” ~Robert Frost

Wow, Thanks!!

ZhadaMone GOLD said...
on Apr. 3 2012 at 2:20 pm
ZhadaMone GOLD, Westwood, New Jersey
13 articles 0 photos 30 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I love you as much as I did yesterday but, not as much as I will tommorow"

......perfection.....

NickyJ BRONZE said...
on Apr. 2 2012 at 6:04 pm
NickyJ BRONZE, Hyde Park, New York
1 article 0 photos 138 comments

Favorite Quote:
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” ~Robert Frost

Thank you, teeny, and remember you can do anything you set you're mind to, so long as you really want it. don't let anyone tell you otherwise ;)

Dixie15 BRONZE said...
on Apr. 2 2012 at 5:51 pm
Dixie15 BRONZE, Belvidere, Tennessee
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Favorite Quote:
life is like a box of chcolates you never know what your going to get.

it sound good im reading all of them btw. i love how u let ur mind go free with words and mad a good poem i cant do that. its wonderful i love it

 


NickyJ BRONZE said...
on Apr. 2 2012 at 5:29 pm
NickyJ BRONZE, Hyde Park, New York
1 article 0 photos 138 comments

Favorite Quote:
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” ~Robert Frost

Thank You! :D

on Apr. 2 2012 at 5:20 pm
Jazzy92517 SILVER, Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Favorite Quote:
can't live tomarow till you've live today

awesome work!!!

NickyJ BRONZE said...
on Apr. 2 2012 at 12:52 pm
NickyJ BRONZE, Hyde Park, New York
1 article 0 photos 138 comments

Favorite Quote:
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” ~Robert Frost

Thank You! I'm glad you like it.

on Apr. 2 2012 at 10:56 am
Rosedeathangel, Spring, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
I see your fear, I taste your blood, I hear your screaming, I feel your soul
Don't wake from your coma cause I'm Death in your real nightmare Now your stuck here forever!

I love your poem. its amazing about the persons feelings about the meaning of passion of life.

NickyJ BRONZE said...
on Apr. 1 2012 at 11:35 pm
NickyJ BRONZE, Hyde Park, New York
1 article 0 photos 138 comments

Favorite Quote:
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” ~Robert Frost

Don't worry about it. Thanks for the Read.

on Apr. 1 2012 at 2:14 pm
Just-Another-Girl GOLD, Keighley, Other
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Favorite Quote:
- "A coward may survive...but a hero..a hero lives on in the hearts of the people he saved"

- "Words don't have the power to hurt people, unless the person who said it means a lot"

-
You say that love is nonsense. I tell you it is no such thing._

wow truely amazing you have talent sorry for being mean earlier i really have to learn to control my temper

NickyJ BRONZE said...
on Apr. 1 2012 at 1:40 pm
NickyJ BRONZE, Hyde Park, New York
1 article 0 photos 138 comments

Favorite Quote:
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” ~Robert Frost

Much Appreciated.

zone7294 GOLD said...
on Apr. 1 2012 at 12:19 pm
zone7294 GOLD, Newport News, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
If im good for nothing, then your bad for everything

This is a very interesting poem, you have true talent