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Alice In Chains

Silent Adventures

By Kelli Sheckler-AmsdenPublished about a year ago • Updated about a year ago • 1 min read
Alice In Chains
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my mind keeps hiding in rabbit holes

completing the tasks

shielding my soul

exchanging real for masks

like Alice in wonderland

I find myself lost

trying hard to comprehend

wiling to pay any cost

to get back to living

escape from this dream

circling the ceiling

to see where this path leads

learning from the adventure

how to forgive myself

rediscovering the treasure

of never asking for help

drinking the potion

changing who I am

to quite the commotion

by building a dam

collecting my thoughts

contained, make believe

where teardrops and hearts

aptly decorate sleeves

a lost, little girl

trapped in a shell, worn and aged

searching for the pearl

hidden on the next page

chained, condemned to silence

a small price to pay

weighing the balance

of the words I don’t say

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Kelli Sheckler-Amsden

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    Written by Kelli Sheckler-Amsden