“ ...and I laugh and I spin and dance and frolic in ecstasy and I... I hurt no more, while you...you petrified little man, are left to wonder if it's you I speak of. Kellie Elmore
“ ...and should I die in her care, I would leave smiling because, I will linger in the hills beside her... Kellie Elmore
“ The train blows, just when I was forgetting. Forgetting that I am here alone. And I wonder if those cars got held up by its passing, just as I have yours. Kellie Elmore
“ I miss your face. That big bright smile. You always had it, in any weather. It's hard for me to find one these days. These cold November days. Except when I think of you. Kellie Elmore
“ The train blows through towndelivering reality,slapping my face and screaming,“You are alone”Rose colored memories drown,taking their last breath. Kellie Elmore
“ ...and the smoke that creeps off the tip of my cigarette and into the dim, scattered strands of light leaking off the moon, in through the clefts in the curtains, is much like my spirit trying to esca… Kellie Elmore
“ It...whatever 'it' is, has swallowed me and I lie here in the pit of its cold dark stomach being eaten alive by its bile and I...I don't even know if I want to be saved. Kellie Elmore
“ You're surrounded by people and voices and noises, but there you are, alone and trembling inside. And you want to be invisible. (thinking) Please, don't notice me. Kellie Elmore
“ Sometimes you have to put yourself in other people’s shoes to really understand the hardships of their souls. Kellie Elmore
“ Resting on the roots of this old oak I lean back against his knotted trunk, shine my granny smith on my sleeve And ponder the days… Kellie Elmore
“ ...what happens when you returnand find nothingbut a hollowed shell,shingles and floor,walls and echoesand the light that lead you herehas now burned outand the ones who built ithave traveled afarand… Kellie Elmore
“ How mighty you are as death comes upon you and your color fades. Yet from life and lush to bold array, screaming into the night. Kellie Elmore
