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NO DOUBTS, NO REGRETS

KRISTEN FORBES

The following poems were written by Kristen Forbes, who passed away from cervical cancer in June of 2008. You can read more about Kristen here and in her father Kirk's forthcoming book Love, Kristen.

I survive

everyday

I’ll do this till I die

I must

for that I’m forced

you wouldn’t know

I look for understanding

but from who

and what reason

I close this book

with knowledge that

I’ve said what I said

no doubts

no regrets

**************

Put in a box

loud loud

music

craziness runs through your bones

to the fingers

then you move

not knowing not caring

***************

Everyone has left me

no more tears to hear me

now that you have stripped me

take the one thing

you haven’t touched

my breath.

**************

I’m not really here anymore

no opinion

no sharing

we order our death through windows

for our convenience

**************

Such words

that are so unexpressed

will this last

or is it just a simple test?

**************

Relaxing

just as the sun sets

then I find time

to come to terms with myself

The beat vibrates

touches my toes

shakes me into reality

something that

everyone can be touched by

Move back and forth

don’t ask why

follow what you feel

and what you want to do

by day’s end you’ll feel

much better

Come with me

let me show you something

show you how the world is

wonderful

***************

To learn more about Kristen and her family, visit kristeneve.org.

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Paige | June 4, 2009 - 7:34pm

Amazing writing.

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