Dissociative Art & Poetry Corner

"Life" Another Poem
by Kim on Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 5:47am
Life is hard
Life is beatiful
Life is the unknowing

You'll take the good and you'll take the bad.
You'll take a deep breath and then you'll take the jump!

Life is doing what you think is best,
Even is you're all alone.
It's about taking one step at a time,
And still finding the time to smell the flowers,
and enjoying the simpile things in life.

Live is to know when to cry,
And when to be brave.
And always be true to who you are!
Not one of thoese fake Barbie dolls!

Life is confusing
Life is hard
Life is everything that makes your heart!

Follow your dreams
Follow your heart,
Never let your heart or soul...
become cold and empty!

Be the person that you want to be!
Someone you'll be prude to be!

You fall fall down and scrape your knee,
Don't worry everyone falls down sometimes!
Don't be afraid to get back up!
You can't live life that way!

All you gotta do is live life to the fullest!

i rily lyk the buturflys on the last payj, they rily prity!

i mayd a self portrit of me. im baby nd im 4. it sad cuz im sad a lot but sarah help me be hapy sumtyms now.

Bourbon,DarkDreamer19 and Eisa
Thanks for posting your work!
Bourbon,very nice butterflies.
DarkDreamer19,You wordsmith you!
Eisa,Very good painting of yourself.
We are so happy to see that more members are feeling safe to put up their works of art.
This forum has got talent!

Once again thank you.
Thomas
Watcheroflights
P.S.Bourbon,can you tells us how you go about making your Butterflies?What are you doing to get the wings to look transparent?

Hey watcheroflights,

The butterflies were bought for Alice by a good friend and it came with glitter glue and gems so you can decorate them. We all enjoyed doing them. It was good. But we didn't make the butterflies from scratch!! The photoshopping was just me and my partner messing around. Thought I would share though

Bourbon

Lone Child


Watcheroflights

To anyone who is interested, this is a link to a virtual gallery of the works of "kim noble"'s alters. very interesting to look at the different styles each alter adopts.

http://www.kimnoble.com/virtual_galleries.htm

Bourbon

Thank you Bourbon,


I like the works of Kim Noble, this is the first time looking at the art work, and I like it quite a bit. These a artist that my mom showed me a couple of years ago, if I can...I'll post her as soon as I can find it.

I like the idea of adding poetry to this thread. If no one minds, I'd like to post here as well. I have a lot of poems I'd like to post, as I find them to be relevant, but I don't want to dominate the thread so I'll start with the 3 that most describe me and are a couple of my favorites. One has to do with self-harm, so I'll post the trigger warning before the poem.

Empathy Tree

See the tree with its outstretched arms?
Eager for the comfort of the sun.
Its colored leaves glitter like precious charms,
Shining with water drops though the rain is done.

See the tree begging for warmth?
Leaves begin to fall and drift away.
The sky stays dark during the day,
Icy winds making the tree shiver and sway.

See the tree yearning for peace?
Pain from the biting cold won’t cease.
Longing for its falling leaves,
Crying lonely tears that no one sees.

See the tree slowly dying?
Can no one hear its sad sighing?
The cycle has started once again,
The cold numbs its spirit within.

See the partially dead tree?
Forgotten are the summer memories.
I’m filled with sorrow at what I see,
For I’m partially dead like the tree.


What you do and What I say

You tell me you understand,
I say you don’t.

You think I’m weird for being different,
I say you’re weird for not being yourself.

You stare at me for being quiet,
I say you’re too loud.

You complain because I insult you,
I say it’s your fault.

You tell me you’re my friend,
I say you’re not.

You think you know me,
I say you have no idea.

You stare at me for dressing the way I do,
I say fashion’s stupid.

You complain because I get angry easily,
I say you’re too calm.

You tell me I can trust you,
I say I can’t trust anyone.

You think I’m a liar,
I say you won’t listen.

You stare at me because of my attitude,
I say put yourself in my shoes.

You complain because I act like you don’t understand,
I say it’s because you don’t.


**Trigger Warning, poem about self-harm**

Cutting

Sadness and rage combine within,
Scars show the emotions hidden.

Bloody tears cry away,
The pain I feel everyday.

Don’t ask why I do this,
Don’t try to understand.
The knife doesn’t judge me,
It’s my helping hand.

Don’t pretend that you can see,
I’m not looking for suicide.
This way of coping works for me,
Bearing scars I cannot hide.

It may not seem like it,
But I’m not doing much.
All I’m doing is enabling others to see,
The scars and wounds I hide inside of me.

*end trigger*

I hope to post more here as time goes on. I'm sure someone out there can relate to what I write and won't feel so alone when they realize someone else feels as they do. I know what it's like to feel alone, and poems and songs make me feel not as alone, so I hope mine can do the same for someone else. ~L.C.

Tomboy24 Breath taking ly real. Loved it , felt it. Moved by i,t and inspired to go deeper into myself and the expression of me through poetry. Bless u, and thank u everyone. Great site!

I love the idea of this thread! Very therapeutic. I don't have DID (see diagnoses in signature), but I'm going to become an art therapist & I find these all very fascinating. I'd find it better though if you guys would try to explain your photographs, drawings, creations & poetry at little bit. (Although you don't have to.) I just think it would make it more relatable & one would understand them better & how they relate to your (your alters) emotions.

Also I have to say - tomboy - Your poem, "Empathy Tree", is absolutely amazing & beautiful. As a long-time poet myself - that was absolutely phenomenal.

- EGD.