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Soon sixteen and life has not been a dream.
I am told life is not supposed to be hard, yet it is for the little girl.
Nous ne savons pas
Quand nous disons adieu
Parce que demain
N'appartient qu'à Dieu
Nous ne savons pas
I am a terrible texter
A shitty snap-chatter
A flop on Facebook
And all around awful at any form of virtual communication
I blame it on my depression sometimes
Why is it that it is so easy to forgive other people, but we I have such a hard time forgiving me?
That I give myself one chance to get something right, but I give others two chances; sometimes I even give them three.
People come and go,
But u stayed....
People leave u broken,
But u mended....
People hurt ur soul,
But u loved....
People dont care,
But u cared....
People break ur trust,
Heeeeeeeey there....bud. Listen, I'm bad at this.
Remember that time I was weird and it made you uncomfortable?
I was probably trying to be funny, clearly it was a swing and a miss.
I love you so very much,Even though at times I do things that hurt.I try so hard to hope that you always seeHow much you being in my life means to me.I am sorry yet again for causing you pain.
I'm so tired of being the one that has to be okay all the time
I'm so over being the one that always has to take a deep breath and trek on
I'm tired of wearing a mask for everyone else while I die on the inside
I am sorry for what I did, I know you're getting sick of me
I'm getting sick of myself
I don't know how many times
I can say sorry to you, The truth is I miss you.
I’m sorry.
I’m sorry I pushed you away.
I’m sorry it felt like a one-time thing.
I’m sorry I didn’t see you sooner,
the you I wished I’d seen all along.
I’m sorry I didn’t realize sooner
I have an apology to make
An apology to myself
I'm sorry for hurting you
When I picked up that pencil last night and raked it across my arm
I am crawling and falling and calling
I need you to hear me, come near me, don’t fear me
while you flee, watch me bleed, please don’t leave
cause I’m flying and I’m crying, but I’m dying
Life is what you make it
We live on borrowed time
But if life is what we make it
Then it’s time that I make mine
Hide your sorrow in your pocket
To prepare for rainy days
My mind is a battlefield
It has trouble distinguishing danger from safety
It makes rain on a tin roof sound like gun fire
Makes fireworks on the Fourth of July into an air raid
I’m sorry that I couldn’t make you happy
I’m sorry that I can’t make myself happy
I’m sorry that happiness isn’t a language I speak
But I loved you
I’m sorry if I pushed you away
I wish I could tell you
I have something to say
But when I finally try to
You walk far away
The somethings a secret
That only I know
I tried hard to keep it
But it’s starting to show
When Simone biles runs to the bar to do back flips in the air she is an athlete.But when I run to the bar and do a backflip holding a beer, suddenly I have an alcohol problem and need help. Perhaps they might be right ya know?
Acting out emotions may delve into extremities
Throwing knifes of truth
And bullets shredding thin
Ricochet
Ricochet
Ricochet
Firm hands, from shadows on the wall.
Firm no’s, from girls around nightfall.
I promised to protect you all.
Don’t touch, These artifacts are rare.
Don’t look, It’s really rude to stare,
Just a reconnection. Please, it is all I ask.
Just one spark could set ablaze our past.
We could be something again.
But this time, we’ll last.
there is another thing that I cant unseemy brother smilewhen he used to see me
he used to smilebut now its clouds
I hurt him so muchI cant even begin to describe what he could feel
I won't say I'm in love.
I like your hair,
I won't say I'm in love.
I like how you don't want to catch my eyes,
I won't say I'm in love.
We were young and I was so high and I’m so sorry.
I was always so high.
I am always so sorry.
They tell meDon't look backKeep your head highThings will get better
They tell me, they tell meYou are a strong oneThe past is in the pastThings will get better
I'm always delayed,
Heard, most common word to say.
Only leaves you betrayed,
In the end.
Sorry.
Selfishly regaining your trust,
Only once and that's enough,
I told myself I wasn't gonna to do it again.
I'd done it what seems like a thousand times.
It was some fucked up shit.
But this wasn't gonna
happen again.
I was wrong so now I'm in the hot seat.
Speaking is my burden Speaking is my sinNo matter if i wish to helpMy words shall never winMaybe if i speak one lessAnd choose not to say a speechThen maybe they’ll rejoiceAnd happiness they’ll preach
I'm not going to write about you anymore
I can't
they're all sick of you and
it's all my fault
when I talk about you I want to scream
that they're not listening
they don't pay attention anymore
They say sorry.
They say sorry...
They say sorry
Sorry
SORRY!They always say they are so sorry. Even when it's not there fault.
Even if they don't mean it.
You are cryptic
A knot I cannot untie
I'm sorry if I hurt you
I wouldn't quite know
Since you keep it so
Guarded from me
As if I hurt you
But I'm not sure how
I'm sorry
I'm sorry
Oh, dear Sis,
I’m so sorry!
I really thought,
I really thought he just did it to me…
or that it was just a bad dream like Mommy said.
...and I asked about the screams,
Dear You, I'm Sorry.
Based on A True Story.
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All the times I shouldn't have said sorry:1 year old: I apologize for being a mistake you made. I must get used to anger that never dissipates.
To whom it may concern:
i.e. parents, teachers, friends, and family
Yes, here I am again
Pockmarked with the tears of self pity
And I love the scars on my face
I embrace them
Dear The One Who Hates,
I still remember the days that we shared.
The plucking of flowers and pulling of hair.
The theories of God that would fly through our heads
"Tell me what's wrong?"
"You've been distinct for so long."
"I'm only here to help."
"Let me know what's on your mind."
"Please do tell."
"Please let me know."
"Come on, let me do something."
I'm sorry for everytime I called you a name
I made you upset, I gave you the blame
Yet you continued to smile when I hit you on the head
When I said you'd wind up dead
I wish I could take it all back
I would do anything for you
I'd fight a dragon
or go on some magical quest
Because I love you.
I would turn up at your door,
For nothing more
Than to hold your hair when you are sick
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry for the lies, the things I've done, and constantly reminding you how little I care.
With tears in my eyes
I look into yours
Our eternal lives
Have been suddenly cut short
Though they are closed tight
A new door unlatched.
Sometimes you fall in love with someone at the wrong time.
Sometimes you see that pair of brown eyes
for the last time and you’ll fall.
Deeper,
And deeper.
And you always have that little bit of hope
"I'm sorry if I was sharp with you:
but it's just because you descovered something broken."
I'm sorry if I ever yelled at you."
but it was just to cover that I'd flinched as you'd spoken."
Rolled flat, and put into a cookie cutter
but I didn't come out the right shape
pushed into a corner
and melted into the wall
Squeezed out of a frosting tip,
I’m sorry that I apologize constantly.
Ironic, right?
It drives my friends crazy
I ruin our fun with my apologies
My conscience tells me:
You fell for the thought,
The theory of me,
But clearly
In practice I’m not
What I seem.
~Sorry not sorry~
Dear Mom,
I woke up today screaming and then realized it was just a nightmare.
I don’t know why you didn’t come to check on me but I know I will be okay.
Dear Mom,
I don't care if you are depressed.
I will try to cheer you up.
I don't care if you are mad.
I will try to make you laugh.
I don't care if you are ignoring me.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry if I've caused you any sadness these past couple days.
I'm sorry if I creeped you out.
I'm sorry if I disgusted you with the idea of my love.
I'm sorry if I put a bullet through your heart.
The pain is almost unbearable.
I never excpected to love you, it just happened.
And now here I am wishing you'd just speak to me.
You flirt with everyone, but the one boy that flirts back is shunned.
Some people's idea of happiness consist of tender moments with another.
Other's consist of a smokey room full of friends.
Other's, of piles of money and days full of laziness.
Music makes me think of you.
Smiles make me think of you.
Poetry makes me think of you.
Laughter makes me think of you.
Nature makes me think of me of you.
As I remember my happy times, I long for them back.
Me just a whisper of your past, but you are still screaming in my ear.
I still laugh at our walks together, our childish conversations.
You call this a crush?
I feel like shit everyday you avoid me.
I feel like I deserve to die because what I've done.
God has cursed me and left me to wilt in this ditch.
In an ocean of darkness, there is one light for me.
And it shines brighter than even the sun above.
It is so close, yet not within reach.
I try to get closer, but the light fades into the distance.
God I hurt so much.
Without you to talk to.
Im trying so hard to fix it, but god I'm tired.
Just tired.
Emotionally, physically, psychologically.
Is it even worth it at this point?
Roller coasters used to be fun.
With it's ups and downs and twists and loops.
I had you by my side to make it fun.
Now my highs are scary, because I can only go down from them.
You were my world.
You were the sun of my solar system.
The music of my life.
You mattered to me more than anything.
And you still do.
Did you ever think about me?
Did you ever dream about us?
Was it a dream?
Us?
We were so happy.
So childlike.
So carefree.
What happened?
It was too short.
I messed it up, didn't I?
My happiest days were with you.
Do you think this is what I wanted?
Do you think I follow you so I can torment you?
Do you think I'm happy?
Do you think I am mad at you?
Do you think I hate you?
I would never be mad at you.
Why do I love you?
I love you because you make gremlin faces at me.
I love you because your teeth don't quite line up.
I love you because you bounce all over the place.
Every time I think of our time as friends, I die inside.
I feel as though I just swallowed broken glass.
I want to curl up in a ball and cry forever.
Everytime I see you I think of my mistakes.
I live day by day now.
Time seems to be but a memory anymore.
Somedays I feel like time has stopped,
while others fly by.
I smile and laugh everyday, acting like I'm ok.
On the inside, I feel like shit.
I don't waste my time every morning because I think it's funny.
I don't make new friends in my own interest.
I don't stay at school to practice for 14 straight hours because it's fun.
This feeling is brand new, and I'm not sure if I like it.
It's intensity burns brighter than anything I have ever known.
It gives me hope and motivation.
It also makes me feel hopeless and demotivates me.
Everyday I fight a war.
I get up without the guarantee of seeing you.
I go to school without you to make it bearable.
I smile without you to make it real.
I laugh without you to make it full.
What do you see when you see me?
A good friend that fucked up?
A horrible friend that never truly cared?
A stranger that needs to give up?
A jerk that is too clingy?
A loser that you wanted to humor?
Love is NOT wanting to share a night with someone,
but wanting to share life with them.
Love is NOT wishing the other would kiss you because you thirst for it,
but kissing because the words 'I love you' are not enough.
I never expected to love you.
I never thought I would even become friends.
Ask me 2 years ago, I may have even called you ugly,
With your short stature and uneven teeth.
But oh how things have changed.
I used to be sad, used to mope and grief.
I used to stand on the edge of tears as I saw you.
Now I realise, there is nothing appealing about depression.
Then I saw your sadness.
You became glue for me.
Sometimes I wonder, what do you dream about?
Do you dream about wild fantasies where you are a queen?
Do you dream about worlds made of sweets?
Do you ever dream of me?
Today, you were with me.
You laughed when I laughed,
we thought alike so often.
Yet you seemed different,
sad about, something.
I wanted to ask you, but we're still being repaired.
Every smile without you is an empty one.
Every laugh without you isn't worth it.
Every step without you is heavy.
Every breath without you hurts.
Every day without you is wasted.
One, two, three
let me lay in bed and count.
four, five, six
the mistakes I've made with you.
seven, eight, nine
I would take them all back.
ten, eleven, twelve
each one just as bad as the last.
Sorry for existing
I want to say
but I know you won't understand
you'll try to fix me with your words
"don't say that, you are worth everything"
the only kind of worth I have stings when I try to wear it
Do you understand?
Do you really understand the moment, the exact instant when you realize what the beauty of the day comes to bring you?
Can they see the sin embedded in the depths of my skin?
Are they able to hear my repentance crying out like a firstborn without stretched wanting hands?
You are my best guide
As you always guided me to be good son
You are my inspiration
As you always inspired me to dream
You are my best teacher
As you taught me the lessons of life
I never really understood this,
You were my "person" , meaning that i'm in love you with you, wantint you
You are in love with another person, wanting them
My heart used to skip a few beats because of you
she will indeed
-but she has not yet-
be all you need
-for you’ve not met-
in times of crisis
-she wasn’t here-
she’s the nicest
-don’t blame her dear-
she sticks around
It's only 5 letters but feels more like a mouthful.
You've bit off more than you can chew now you're choking on it.
You can't swallow your pride so you spit it out.
You should be sorry.
Sorry for cheating.
Sorry for being a bad friend.
Sorry for being bitter.
Sorry for lying.
But not sorry for existing.
I'm already sorry for that.
You knew who you were dancing with the entitre time, you were prewarned.
You knew i was fucked up, incapable of perfection, incapable of love.
You knew eventualy i would hurt you.
I hope you read this,
I hope you think of me as much as I think of you,
I hope you're happy,
And that your dreams have come true,
I hope you read this,
I hope you some day forgive me,
I remember you well;Your hazel eyes and all.They burned with a rich fire,I'm dying to recall.
You used to hold me tight,In your arms safe and sure.You'd caress my wild hair,Then a kiss would occur.
I'm sorry I took your time for granted
I was shy but very romantic
and I wish you'd understand that I loved you
even more than I did myself, too
Confessions
I wonder if you knew how I needed you…
I won’t tell you so, you know how my pride do.
I still think about you every day
I see you in the halls
your hair is a fiery red now
perhaps you've moved on and are flaunting your tenacity
you wore converse today
so did i
I know you have said it all before
I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it
The fight we had last night, you called me ugly
I’m sorry, you’re beautiful
She said she's sorry that she made him ashamed
To be vulnerable and open
Since she's been living that way
It was imparted on she, so to him she did the same
She never knew that the girl that she wanted to be
"Your smile fades
As you look away
I see the broken pain
That is causing me shame
Why couldn't I see
What was pointed out so clearly
I went looking for trouble
But it was right in front of me
your smile slowly disappears
and your eyes lose their life
cuts and scars appear
so tempting was that knife
you were as bright as the sun
It must feel great that your life has a soundtrack
Forget responsibilities, you'd rather sit back
Relax, just be a character not claiming any agency
How are you your own side role? Wake up, you ain't no baby
Amongst the quiet young night,
Surrounded by darkened green
And pale yellow glowing all around,
A woman sat alone on a bench
With no direction to head to
And thoughts that cannot be contained.
Now that the darkness is gone
You're coming back to me
You kept me in prison
But now you're setting me free
April 12, 2013
I had blue frosting on my lips, face covered in lies. You walked in and placed your keys in your coat pocket, "You lied, we can't be friends, Happy Birthday Erica" you said tears in your eyes and I said my goodbyes..
These hands you'l never hold
Whenever it feels cold
These hands you'll never hold
Until it gets so old
I'm not the blushing bride,
Or the homecoming queen.
I'm not the girl you take home to see your mother,
or the woman who's given respect on sight.
I'm a fighter.
I punch,
Kick,
I’m so sorry that I can’t be
Everything that you want from me
I’m sorry that I’m left trying to say
No, in the very kindest way
I get so confused, and I don’t understand
I can't say I'm flawless
Because I have flaws
I'm human
I always will be
I make mistakes
But when I hurt,
I say sorry
I'll forever be a friend
And stick till the end of time
When I hear the word flawless,
I think of precious gems like diamonds.
The thing about a diamond is that
Its flawlessness isn't about brilliance or perfection;
Unpolished diamonds look like every other rock.
I sit here wondering
Why i have caused you so much
PAIN...
You walk away
I try to get to your heart
But you shut it down
Today i sit here wondering what i have done wrong,
You say you’ll always be there
Listen to me
As if you really care
So many things flow through my head
I remember
your face
on which there was
pain and disbelief
distorting your features
beyond recognition
when I saw you
for the last time.
Forgive me
For I caused your eyes
She’s going to kill herself
Maybe not today or tomorrow,
But someday she will,
Before you cry “get a hotline”,
Know that we tried.
We tried so much,
But her heart has already died.
Stop Being sorry
Sorry that I feel so dead inside,
Sorry my smile isn’t perfect.
Sorry I have a tendency to cry,
Sorry I'm everything you're not.
Why do people feel the need
To say they’re sorry for everything?
I’m sorry you’re sad.
I’m sorry you’re happy.
I’m sorry you’re hurt.
I’m sorry you’re sorry.
Sorry has become just a word
You killed my confidence and left me crawling—
Not that I was old enough to know before
That it’s okay to love myself and someone else
At the same time with nothing to be sorry for.
all i ever am
is sorry.
the words float around my skull day and night,
"I'm sorry."
sorry when the back seats are squished
because I'm taking up room
sorry when I'm talking too loud,
too much
I always thought nothing could ever hurt me,
I always thought I was unstoppable.
Until the day came..
When I lost my bestfriend..
I never thought death could heart..
sorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorry
An endless litany
Buzzing through my head
I have no inspiration,
I don't have anything to write about.
Maybe it will come to me as I'm writing.
Maybe it wont.
Couldn't see, couldn't hear, darkness was everywhere
Why did you leave? I needed you
More now than ever I'm so lost without the two of you
Remember when you would call me boo?
Don't think you can ignore me
Walk out of the door and out of my life
I looked up to you and thought of you twice
To me you were everything, the reason I lived and breathed
I apologize, sincerely, for all that I am
I am sorry for being so rude, and never taking a stand
Sorry, my sister
I meant no harm
I didn’t know you’d be alarmed
Sorry, my sister
I don’t want you to hate me
I just wanted you to let me be
Sorry, my sister
Friends, there for you through good times and bad
Sometimes they are the family you ever had.
Friends come and go like the wind,
Some help you in the midst of your sin.
It is with a heavy heart that I am writing this to you.
I want to start off by saying I'm sorry,
I'm sorry for allowing misconceptions to seep into your mind,
Destroying your future.
You keep the past in your back pocket
Just close enough, where you might catch it
You scrape your knee on the pavement
You look down and you hate it
But I think that the blood might just sober you up
Behavior is a result of environment and time.
I was not born apologizing every time I spoke up.
I was a little girl who ran into life like there was no time to worry,
I don't want to be listen too and ignored like the dirt pavement in the forest.I wish not to be called down because of my ever changing emotions as I struggle through life.
Make Me ForgetKiss me so that I forget what his lips taste likeTouch me so I no longer feel him
I need to take some time out of my schedule just to acknowledge some people to say sorry
Now taking time out of my day to say sorry got to be major because that mean I got a lot of apologizing to do
Maybe it’s time for me to step back,
Forget get the good times, let go of the past.
I don’t think I’m welcomed anymore,
I think it’s time to walk out the door.
I’m sorry I had to hurt you all this way,
Goodnight my loves Goodnight for long
To God I hope I'll see you all
To God I'll pray "let me see another day"
To God I hope that the sun will rise and the moon shall fall
And I will be there to experience it all
I never knew what love was like
That was until I met you
How could I forget?
Your smile, your eyes the way you fret
It made me feel like I was invincible.
All that changed one day.
Everyday
Same time
Your front door creaks, did you notice?
Mine does, too.
10:30 AM, you walk out of your apartment-
The one right across the hall from mine-
And I make sure I walk out, too.
All these haters observin’ me.
Colliding their trash, an attempt to murder me.
But these niggas haven’t even heard of me.
Ill kill you off verbally.
Destroy your life emotionally.
Disturb your soul mentally.
It was all predetermined
By the actions I made from the start
Doing things I had no bussiness doing
And now it's come to haunt me
Slowly ruining my life
And the realization sinks in
At time like this,
I clench my teeth so that the tears don't fall.
When I hear the words that come out of your mouth,
I feel useless, incompetent...
Like a dead weight.
Sometimes I wish I hadn't been born.
I'm sorry that I
couldn't stitch the broken
Inches of love
On the surface of
Your skin.
I'm sorry that I
Tried to pick you up
When you wanted
To stay on the ground.
It was your wish come true
A gift from me to you
The poisoned arrow flies
Falling down it petrifies
One minute can't delay
What mine lips must shall say
It never was my wish
They call me the "Ice Queen" for a reason.
I honestly don't know what happened.
Even when I was kid, young, naive, and believing in everything, I didn't believe in myself
Never thanked you for making things possible
Never apologized for that day I made you cry
Never understood what you were trying to say
I was truly blind
This isn't crap
This is real
Two days ago I woke up with a sign on my door that read "Sorry We Missed You"
I was with my friends late last night so I didn't even think about answering the door
My daddy always told me "Baby girl live it up while you can"
Cry.
Cry until your head hurts.
Cry until no more tears come out.
Cry until your heart can’t take it anymore.
Cry for release.
Cry for your soul.
Cry it all out.
Cry for pleasure.
She was beautiful once. She was feisty once. She could ride a Harley, choke a stogie and found herself as a fine woman of the 50’s.
This I must confess
That I wonder when you will wake up and realize
What I truly am.
Because for all my fanciful thoughts and fairytales
I must confess that I will
My heart will always want you
In my world its only you
My mind is mixed and you know it
In my thoughts you are always in it
Youre the reason for it all
And to be with you again Id have to give it all
When my Great Grandmother was near death in the hospital
I was curious to see what an old person's butt looks like,
so I kept standing on my tippie toes to catch a see
Thoughts of her
Dripping into my sternum
From all the way up there
In my brain
Where she has implanted herself
Like an alien egg
hey daddy, it's me, you're little girl...
I need to tell you something that will make you want to curl.
I went to that party, it was right down the block,
but I didn't bother telling you, I was distraught.
Should I be sad or feel sorry
For the lonely house wife whose husband is six feet under
Even though it wasn't my fault I didn't give him the pain or neediness
I hid behind pretty words and fake smiles,
while behind them i was always lost and confused,
you made me feel so safe at your side like i belonged there..
yet so horribly vulnerable i wanted to disapear,
so i ran...
The pain i put you through, after everything we would do.
This time it's to late, I can't take it back, it's a fool I am.
So go on be gone, depart from me.
Can't you see we're no longer meant to be.
Is it truly never enough for such a word to be understated?
to question its power and under rate it?
to be sorry is it not enough?
Writing is an escape
From the things I can't control.
Because my other method to cope
Truly gives no control at all.
My life is wild and crazy
And the blades just make it hazy.
We were friends
We knew each other well
But there are things I didn't know
I didn't know them until it was too late
You were hurting
I didn't know
You were lost
I didn't know
These hands delve into the ground to remake what I once found
When I was better and my conscience was light as a feather
I made this as empty as I feel, but now I'm not alone
I am a weight eroding those
lots of things can end in silence
a fight is fought
with words like knives
cutting the one you love
and there are too many
i'm sorries to be had
so it ends in silence
Had a sporadic moment of brilliance today
This extra-terrestrial brown skin
Bronzed with historical significance
Scarred with repetitive adversity
It isn’t coming off
Capture the past
I'll let it live
Very loud, asking for forgiveness
Ignite a passion for history
Let you beat me like I beat you
Who I am
It’s hard to describe
But something lies in between both eyes
A vision to be greater
More than me
Bigger than the bigger picture
More than free
Who I am
I may never decide
