"The Beggar" by Abigail Alexis~

A silent turning inside,
grating as it rolls,
Clawing at my subtle skin,
Leaving me bare and raw,
Raked and riped,
Somewhere, you are out there,
Maybe I don't even cross your mind,
Or bring it pause,
Just a distant memory to be flushed away,
Like old bath water,
It pains inside me,
The not knowing,
The wondering what if,
it drags me down deeper and deeper,
Till I feel crushed,
Crushed under the weight of my own despair,
A dry crust of bread left for mice to chew,
A pit, or rind,
I am but that,
I caress my naked bones and beg of them to fly,
Urge them to feel the wind beneath them,
To rise once more and walk,
I have fallen,
Dust beaten and broken I lay,
No one to console me,
No one I will let through my door,
All trust crumbled and fallen to dirt,
Like the dry brittle leaves of years past,
I beg for sleep,
endless sleep that will hold me forever,
Comfort me in its arms,
And take me away from this endless throbbing.

"Castles in the Sand" by Abigail Alexis~

Pillows damp with tears,
I don't want you to see,
How much I still miss you,
Or what you've done to me.

I don't want your pity,
Even though you left me dead,
You said that you loved me,
But you loved yourself instead.

If you loved me, you would not leave me,
You would never leave my side,
Till the day, I took my last breath,
Or until the day you died.

I know you think I'm foolish,
That, I do not understand,
But this fool, will ever dream of love,
Building castles in the sand.

‎"I AM" poem by Abigail Alexis~

I am a window,
I am a door,
I am a roof,
I am a floor,
I am a house,
I am a bed,
I am alive,
I am dead,
I am a book,
I am a toy,
I am a girl
I am a boy,
I am a "yes"
I am a "no"
I am stop,
I am go,
I am here,
I am there,
I'm in everything,
I am everywhere.