<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=358357" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Stars, Stripes and Paper Dolls</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Stars, stripes and paper dolls<br>Sometimes most prominent inside<br>My troubled mind, <br> That sordid spirit had<br>Locked the door to humanity-<br>I was none but a child-<br>Too many dreams<br>Snakes at my bedside-<br>My delusional world<br>Alive last night, <br>This morning and at<br>Noon, every night-<br>Walking the tightrope day by day<br>Some child lashing out at me, spit in my face-<br>None but a child myself-it frightened me-<br>I became a prisoner inside the world of my dreams-<br>Locked inside with a platinum key-<br>Fell one day down the elevator slats-<br>Closed the door on humanity, I did-<br>Stars, stripes and paper dolls-<br>Each had a name-<br>Intruders from a different galaxy, or perhaps<br>Some other universe-<br>I never saw that child again- I had shut the whole world out-<br>A snake wrapped about my mother’s severed hand-<br>It hardly mattered; she was close by, protecting me-<br>Locked inside a world I had<br>Fabricated for my self alone-<br>Sitting cross legged on the carpet, staring at the ceiling-<br>They threatened to take me away last night-<br>Today, tomorrow, noon and at night-<br>Stars, stripes and paper dolls-<br>I played as a child of fourteen-<br>It didn’t matter- they knew the truth, but I didn’t, so<br>I cried no tears- I hear rain falling outside my window-<br>My door is unlocked momentarily-<br> I ride my proud stallion into the night-<br>Losing insight and finding my dreams-<br>Stars, stripes and paper dolls- always there for me-<br>Today, tomorrow and at night- and<br>I never found the key.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Claudia+Krizay">Claudia Krizay</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=358357" data-title="Stars, Stripes and Paper Dolls de Claudia Krizay" data-description="Stars, stripes and paper dolls Sometimes most prominent inside My troubled mind, That sordid spirit had Locked the door to humanity- I was none but a child- Too many dreams Snakes at my bedside- My delusional world Alive last night, This mornin..."></div> </div> </div>

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