Poems from lionbirbs

Hiya! I'm Shelly and I like lots of stuff. I've been writing poetry since freshman year (I was introduced by my awesome teacher), and I'm currently 18 and a freshman in college at Cogswell Polytechnical College. Aside from writing poems, I write a lot of stories, and I really enjoy drawing. If you want to see my art and get it on some cool stuff, go here: http://www.redbubble.com/people/lionbirbs
Do not speak
The ears of those around you have their teeth bared
And all it takes for their mouths to bite
Are a few words that slip off...
I like to say I have friends
I know a ton of people and can hold conversations with them
And with a few, I can go as far as to say they’re...
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It seems that people need to be educated
Of something that kills me to see being misunderstood
Please, understand
Sadness is not poetic...
My hands are tied with strings and ropes of countless failed relationships
Years of pressure and games of tug-of-war that I was the one to...
There are no words I can put together that could justify you
I could say a thousand times that we have our good days, those happy moments...