Frustration

Frustration

Describe something for me,

That feeling you feel,

I bet I could tell you what it is,

Without you saying a word,

You walk around with a mask of a child,

While all along you don't want to smile,

This face you portray, 

Is more like a dream,

Of what you want,

Your reality to be,

You enter a room,

And all people see,

Is the face of an actor,

And not the real thing,

You want to scream,

Just let it all out,

You want to tell the world,

Just how you feel,

But reality sinks in,

And you don't know where to begin,

Or what you want to become,

So you just sit behind your mask,

And watch,

As the rest of the world has fun.

Dorothy Baker

2010

Heart

Heart

Simple gestures,

Loving words,

Kiss on the cheek,

Fingers laced,

Nothing's left but empty space,

What's wrong with me?
I ask myself

That I can't have.......

Guess there's nothing or me felt,

Silence in the air,

I feel it dampen my spirit,

Hole in my heart,

Bleeding soul,

Can't seem to get through,

Too many vaults with impossible codes,

Traps, snares, and mazes galore

I've been caught too many times before,

Not needed, never was,

Been bled out,

My soul is shredded,

My heart is missing,

But then,

If you open your hands,

You would see,

I gave it to you,

Freely.

Dorothy Baker

21.may.2009

Untitled

Untitled

Appreciation of what was lost

Can't get back what was stolen

Forgot to forgive the unforgivable

Forgave the things that were undesirable

Silence drowns the echoing chime

Speechless now ready to rhyme

Gaining speed going nowhere fast

Nothing was always meant to last

Wishes and dreams blown away with the breeze

Sliding down the embankment with ease

Tearing away fear and strife,

Convinced doing this is life.

Dorothy Baker

21.May.2009

Getting Over It.

Getting Over It

Can you decipher the puzzle you have created?

Can you put the pieces together you so carelessly threw on the ground?

My life brings me closer to death,

And death is so close I feel it,

You can't possibly understand how I feel

You only think I'm happy because of this smile on my face,

I feel what's real and that's what you put me through,

I feel how you tore my innocence in two,

I feel how you can sit there and smile knowing what you've done,

I feel the mask you wear,

Because I wear a similar one,

Come and walk with me,

I will show you my world,

Then maybe you'll see how what you did effects me,

Things are different now you can see,

Can't you understand that what you've done has scarred me for life?

You were supposed to protect me,

Instead you injected me

with the poison of your sins,

And you expected me to just be okay with it?
Secrets and lies

of the things you have done

I carry this in my life, cause I've only one,

You gave me a burden

and made me hard as ice

It's not easy to love once your innocence has be sliced,

Taken away from someone so young,

How can you live with this?

I guess the saying that put it so well,

Is evil comes in all shapes and sizes,

So be careful when you look into an Angel's face,

They might just have been given

the Devil's Disgrace.

Dorothy Baker

23 Aug 2007

The Dream

THE DREAM

Clouds over head
Wind in my face
As I stand on the edge
Of this precipice
Slipping, stumbling, sliding,
Holding on with everything I have,
Watching the world fall to pieces,
My heart weeps,
For the little kids,
Lost and abused, raped and killed,
My soul cries cease,
to the people sending our families to die for a cause not our own,
My body is weary,
As I try to hold on to the last bit of goodness I seek to find in this place,
I cry out to all the lost souls,
I tremble in fear of the needless pain,
I look around for a hand to hold onto to pull me back
And here you are,
Reaching out to me,
Calling my name,
Keeping me sane,
In the insanity of this worlds nonsense,
I grab and hold tight,
praying I don't fall,
You keep me safe,
You are my all,
My family, My love,
I climb back from this nightmare,
Open my eyes,
And you disappear.

Dorothy Baker
23. Aug. 2008

Any Moment Now

Any Moment Now

Wind and rain open the curtains of pain,

While I stand on the stage of life,

Speechless from fear of being judged,

Any moment now I'll open my mouth,

To speak of memories past,

Any moment now I'll open my heart,

To listen to lost love remembered,

Any moment now I'll open my mind,

To the flood of the present waters,

Any moment now I'll become whole,

Any moment now I'll be who I was meant to be,

Any moment now.

Dorothy Baker

23 Aug 2008

Poetry

This blog will be all about poetry I've written over the years since I was about 10 years old. I love to write, love to read, and love feedback. So please feel free to comment on anything I've written.