Before Before I took a class Purity launched light around me My stone is cast Now I'm spent Where are white veils When it comes to "life" Dancing and prancing on strife Before Turning blue and envious of you Swirling gut wrench Pain to my side and back Take me back Still stands the oak Tangled thorns weave Live and die Beneath Faster Faster! Do IT now! Before... Before I had this view of a mountain This view of tragedy A conjured bird Or a real one Fluffs in my face Tasting my nose I could be on a chair or a dolphin This one makes me ache Nothing's all that great This view is askew New moss on the mold Wretching tight tummy Hurling up, up, up Out of the roof, the overgrown mess Out of truth. Vomit on paper Smeared with ink Stained forever Goodbye ~Dana Nicole Haley, 2005