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Gentle Storm
Member since January 22, 2008
Member for 18 years, 4 months
I Am Woman
I am a woman
It's not my fault
I was born a paradox
sweet and soft and malleable
but armed,
with a brain as quick as a rabbit,
a tongue as sharp as a dagger
and a spirit that will not yield
Kill me, beat me, rape me,
you'll never, ever break me
I was born a woman,
a goddess in the womb
not a stallion born to be broken.
Gentle Storm’s timeline
- January 2023
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21 SatAnniversary
15 years of membership
- January 2018
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21 SunAnniversary
10 years of membership
- January 2013
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21 MonAnniversary
5 years of membership
- February 2012
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20 MonReceived a critique
on I Am Woman from @weirdelf
"Despite our differences , perhaps we can work together" -
20 MonReceived a critique
on I Am Woman from @Ian.T
"An excellent write the above have said it all, just think that a "Rapier" would be much better than a Rabbit, as it is such a sharp clean weapon to be used with caution, lol , Yours Ian.T" -
20 MonReceived a critique
on I Am Woman from @loved
"Rabbits only sexualize, they homoise and are downright stupid, in intelligence naught and forever in sexual acts get caught. The sex in rabbits surpasses all and intelligence, you as a woman too have after all. Look aro…" -
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- January 2012
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09 Mon
- December 2011
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11 SunPosted a poem
Oh my love
"This cliche teenage heart drums in rhythm with the pounding and rushing and whirring of the world surrounding me. Trapped within a cage of skin and bone, throbbing to be free, begging to be let go." - January 2009
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21 WedAnniversary
One year of membership
- January 2008
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24 ThuFirst critique offered
on "From Ashes...To Hope" by @Musical Lessons
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23 WedFirst publication
My Last Prayer
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21 MonJoined Neopoet
Membership begins
First poem published 2 days later.
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15 TueHighest posting month
January 2008 — 6 poems
About Me
My name is Melanie.
I'm currently 16 years old and junior in high school.
I've been a member of neopoet.com for about three years now.
I hope that my poetry is evolving, but of course, I can't really say for sure.
I'm a friendly, talkative, intelligent, and argumentative kid. The angst of my middle-school years has greatly subsided, but what sort of existentialist would I be if I didn't retain at least a bit of it?
Location: Michigan/USA
Recent Work
Suicide
Blood On My Hands
There's No Excuse, None At All
Why’d You Leave Me?
Why’d You Leave Me?
Dead Silence
Dead Silence
My Last Prayer
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