THE PAGES DREW NOTHING
Poem By: Billy Alsbrooks
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The common beg
Beg
Beg
Beg
But who can stand in a world with no legs?
It didn’t stop her from trying though
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She craved me
She needed you
Black
Blue
Flame of the ingenue
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The desperate pray
Pray
Pray
Pray
But who can dream with their eyes awake?
It didn’t stop her from trying though
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She craved me
She needed you
Black
Blue
Flame of the ingenue
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At the center of all her glamour
Behind her facade
Just beyond the charade
There’s a little girl drawing with crayons
Can you see her?
Can you see her there sitting on the floor?
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Trying to stay between the lines
She does her best
But her tummy’s hungry
Hungry for love
Starving for attention
Thirsting for validation
She needs to know
Needs to know that someone out there cares
Yet the pages drew nothing
Yet the pages drew nothing
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Dream eaters
Who needs friends like these?
Crayons
Markers
And more pencils please
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Tender is the bite of her left handed friend
Abandoned again
Again
And again
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Coy towards all the boys
It’s as though she’s the devils chew toy
Let’s do it again
Again
And again
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She craved me
She needed you
Black
Blue
Flame of ingenue
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Have mercy on a broken spine
No strangers here
It’s hard to break the pledge
No angels here
She gave herself away
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Coy towards all the boys
It’s as though she’s the devils chew toy
Let’s do it again
Again
And again
Bedroom sin
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It’s hard to walk the ledge
No angels here
Have mercy on a broken spine
No strangers here
She gave herself away
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She craved me
She needed you
Black
Blue
Flame of the ingenue
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Never far away
Her tears loyal to the end
And then there were none
And then there were none
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She has a ticket
But there’s no going back
Her honest lie stole the hour
Her number one fan just went sour
Desperately
Desperately she scrambles for her coloring books
For she needs to know
Needs to know that someone out there cares
Yet the pages drew nothing
Yet the pages drew nothing…
