The Count of a Lifetime

The Count of a Lifetime

A Poem by Rachel Lieberman
"

it's about abuse D: Just to clarify this NEVER happened to me!!

"

42 days

49 nights

628 hours of debate

Questioning the re-questioned

23 chalk boards full

462 pages scrapped

My brains been racked

152 cups of coffee

132 energy drinks

"Do Not Bother"

I've been intarigating myself

To no prevale...

265 not so relaxing breaks

52 hours of sleep

Searching for answers

Answers i'll never find

462 "Why?!"s

325 screams of frustration and anguish

Searching through books

Draining the internet

442 times i wanted to give up

443 times i forced myself to keep going

Like searching for the Holy Grail

i'm on an endless track

1254376 answers

1254376 answers shot down

I pace this room

Wondering why and how

150 sandwhiches

246 asprin

Why'd this happen?

I play it over in my head

er and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and

How could this happen?

What, Where, When, Why, How?

Questions worn out

Answers in the trash

I can't figure this out

49 sunrises

0 smiles

I count in my head the number of times

the number of...

62 beatings

657 slaps

245 punches

213 kicks

562 bruises

32 black eyes

6 cracked ribs

2 ounces of blood

8 IVs

21 ace bandages

5 casts

5687 bandages

687 screams

53689 plee's

 

2 many tears

© 2008 Rachel Lieberman


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Wow! This was really good. I loved the brutal honesty of it all. The statistical numbers made this piece perfect. It was like reading the serving information on the back of a cereal box. Yet, it was box of life!

After a whirlwind like this. A friend sit's you down on a park bench, and offers you a Twinkie, and a smile.
Watching the sunrise come up over the water.

Wonderful work!
Much Enjoyed!

Infinity's Shadow


Posted 15 Years Ago



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Added on March 11, 2008
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