Step 1
I was that girl once
Tipsy from cocktails I really
didn’t like but they worked
their magic after a couple of
glasses and made me
Gregarious
Witty
Sophisticated
It gave me bravado I
never had sober, never mind
it was all a lie – who knew?
I was that girl once
Languidly blowing smoke through
pursed red lips as I twirled
my long hair between my fingers
laughing seductively into
Brown eyes
Blue eyes
Green eyes
heady with feminine guile and
voluptuous omnipotence I
never had in the light of day
It was all a guise but they didn’t care.
I was that girl once
until one night the illusion
ruptured in a primal gush
of life fluids when all the deceit
was revealed and all that never
was evaporated because
I never was that girl.
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Poem inspired by the photo above on One Stop Poetry and shared on Poets United.
Charlotte Hamrick 
the bubble bursting…an afterthought, presented now..revealing
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I’m reminded of how deception and life altering moments leave painful scars and memories that take forever to heal, if they even do. Thank you for sharing a powerful piece.
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Zouxzoux, you have laid out a very clear portrait with this. Well written.
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sounds like a birth into real life and breath
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And so it is…..
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i could feel that girl. be that girl. really enjoyed this.
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The illusions we do build for ourselves…and the alcohol certainly helps there. Good prod at the falsehoods behind the drink, and behind a lot of the perceptions of life in general really – and there really is nothing worse than the moment we realize all those illusions are just that. Potent work, beautifully described.
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Your description of the illusion we can place on ourselves was written with an amazing depth and talent!
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Strange how they go night after night, falling to the disguise, yet keeping up appearances still.
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Captivating take of lost & Found.
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You are quite the girl ZZ!
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I’ll take that as a compliment, Ollie!
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Thank you all for your comments. I really appreciate your time and opinions. 🙂
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Beautiful description of someone awakening to who they are. And having the courage to shed the illusion, more so from themselves than from others.
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Yes that’s it exactly.
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