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We grew impatient for the sunrise of a summer' day,
Waited till the waves swallowed our future fears.
As the rum and coke swirled our problems away
While we got off the train of prudent years.
The stars tumbled down at once,
White diamonds upon fragile palms.
Hazy sapphires festered and fused,
As if Van Goh’s Starry Night
Authentic Spauthentic
Jordan C. Sullivan
Normally volunteers
Consistently.
Activist who is a
Representational
Teenager babysits
Addition’ly.
When our biggest concern isn’t about
Fighting over the hula-hoop at lunchtime,
we’ve grown up
When our days are no longer filled with recess and giggles
we’ve grown up
When our eyebrows start to furrow
You give me butterflies in my stomach,
Sometimes there's so many I feel I need to vomit.
You smell like a childhood memory,
I'm not sure which one- it all gets so blurry.
Driving up the mountain just to see the sunrise
I saw something that really caught my eye
I saw the trees that stand proudly in the summer
And I couldn´t help but say they reminded me of her
Meeting eyes with you was like staring at a picture that has been hung in the living room my whole life.
You were so familiar, yet you never failed to catch my attention.
We were in love once, not long ago.
You said that you could never let me go.
You kissed me with all of your energy
Maybe that's why you set me free
Instead of giving me a necklace
Made up of his hands
We sit in his Grand Cherokee
And listen to our favorite bands
We had no plans and began to drive
Into the small town that had tried to hide
From a paper map, hung on the wall
it would seem to be fields that only stretch on
You don't need more food...
You should probably get a small...
You should go for a walk...
You should cover your stomach...
Why aren't you speaking to me?
Why do you always sleep?
Trapped in his own asylum
Letting fumes take hold of his lungs
Booze takes over his brain
Like a video control game.
Midnight thoughts
Rake at his mind
Like jubilation
Being exiled.
She sat in her 1994 Geo-Tracker, in the school parking lot--
feet on the dash and all.
She was sipping on Robitussin, and smoking a cigarette.
Sniffling, crying, screaming,
Searching for the savior dressed in white wires
Knowing the trail of joy has expired
But once the play button is pressed,
This is a sad poem,
but it's a beutiful day.
with the blue sky and a breeze
to cast the sad away.
ok.
But I am far to lazy to do anything about it.
I could be working,
I could be strong.
When you’re young, you’re invincible
There are no consequences
You drive too fast, slurp too many shots, and run faster than your legs want to go
Do you ever get that feeling The feeling of wanting to fly But your wings are broken Every word unspoken Do you ever get that feeling The longing desire to run But your legs are paralyzed Your nerves are tranquilized Tell me the truth As my so
She’s looking at him and he’s looking at her
And neither of them will speak to each other
Over dinner there is only silence and the
Quiet clinking of glasses and mushy chewing
Singing with The Smashing Pumpkins
at sunset.
Slumberous teenagers sinning
on swing sets.
Soul mates trapped in
sundripped snapshots.
Sipping a strawberry shake-
two straws.
im really rather fond of drivingof moving, while not moving muchof possessing the power to annihilatebut using it for meandering about andgoing to mcdonalds
We thought honeysuckleswould turn us golden like lemonade, andwe could drink from the caverns in our hands or the grooves of our fingers,
When you miss that boy
And your nights are derived of joy
Do you ever stare at the stars
And wonder where you are?
What you are doing here
With a heart and mind so unclear
And a Destiny destroyed by work
" 15 minutes " He said to me eagerly
" A lot can happen in 15 minutes"
I knew what he meant but I told myself I wouldn't give in
He looked deep into my eyes. With his gorgeous brown eyes.
17 and Screaming17 and FreakingNo one warned me about this feeling.
I am merely an average girl with a passion for fashion,
Photography is life,
And so are filters.
Realistically, I am a simple girl without filters,
Or maybe, a beauty-queen who needs a little edit.
My life displayed upon a screen-
I live behind a filter;
I never say what I think.
I’ve been trained to keep my mouth shut,
but my lips glossed and pink.
Without the social media, I am like all the rest.
Flawless Dancer
The lights brighten and the curtain rises.
I stand motionless...
Shaking.
d the ability to get a glance at the figure of the physique under the black veil I've cast upon myself, I applaud.
I know I’m unwanted,
Yet I still try
To find the one
Whom would die
For me and make me feel
The print has faded
From the movie ticket of our first date,
Just as our love has done.
I still think about you
Too many nights my mind wanders
travelling to where my lost possessions are now.
Ordinary belongings.
A blue hoodie. Hairties. Pencils and pens.
Then instead of wandering to unknown destinations,
Rooms filled with a couple handfuls of angsty teens
waiting for the next band to plug in and tune,
sweat dripping from the collective brow
of the future of society, the new movement;
Baby Girl!!
What are you doing?!!
Do you care about your life?
Being a mother isn't easy
Being a single mother is harder
Being a single, young mother is damn near impossible.
Sneaking photographs,selfies in my English classto post on Facebook
Staying up til threewith homework, and on weekendssleeping in til noon
To you whom-- has my heart
I seek in you, my whole desire.
But she punctured you, thy dart.
we speak, my love, in quiet words.
with words we must not leak
for she will come and tarnish you
Sweatpants, t-shirt, hair tied in a knot,
fuzzy socks, cozy blanket, she wears them a lot.
Laptop on her leg, slurpee on her side,
slouching on a pillow, in her messy bed she resides.
I want to like to unlike you.
Rid my skin of the craving of yours on mine.
Take out the thoughts of you that linger in my mind
For they slowly incapacitate my mental abilities.
You entered my world by chance
Delicate is that fancy cell phone held,
that sharp bottle sits, that youthful face drives.
Tell me why I feel like I'm slowly slipping away from you
When we haven't even been together for long
I just feel like I'm not good enough for you
I feel like I can't be the girl you dream of me to be
But I do try
I'm slipping.
You make me so confused sometimes.
I'm still trying to figure out if you're good for me.
You take my breath away.
But, don't I need to breathe?
I'm confused.
You're teaching me things every day.
I learn more about you:
The things you like,
And the things you don't like.
It's all very interesting.
You're a very unique and special person to me.
Dear my love, whose name is unknown
I’ve encrypted my unspoken words onto this heart of stone
Each waking hour, each restless night, every passing moment all a paradigm
I thought you were something special,
Not like any other boy,
But I guess I thought wrong.
I thought I had finally found someone who liked me for me;
Someone who wasn't just there to admire my body,
Yesterday was something special.
Just a simple conversation that meant so much.
I believe now, that there may be some hope for us,
That is not just in my dreams.
Seeing things in different ways,
is giving life a perspective.
You don't have to be blind,
if you can't see them..
Maybe you just couldn't find the right perspective?
Questions last forever,
but lying by answering doesn't...
I just keep falling back into the same things
Over and over again
I make the same mistakes
Why?
Same heartstrings pulled every time
Why do I fall in love so easily?
Another soul was lost
A soul who forgot the meaning of hope
A gun to the head
No warning given to others
Why?
I guess he just gave up
#RIPCameron
The way he makes me feel
The feeling is unreal
He makes me feel pretty
He's not the one I imagined
But still he makes my heart flutter
The way he stares at me is not uncomfortable
I dreamed of you last night
I dreamed that you were with me all through the night
I dreamed that you held me close and never let go
I dreamed that you whispered in my ear
And told me that you loved me
A love I once honed
Is now a memory long forgotten;
With how quick I lost it,
Or even rid of it-
Was it lust instead?
Cradled in my plams
Had been a lingering hope
That the past would reverse
I feel dirty
I am ashamed
I am a disgrace
How long did I think I could keep this up?
Even though I knew that it wouldn't be long till I was found out
Every time
Never fails
I feel like crying
you said i am everything you ever wanted
we were in love so we made that decision
i was 19 i barely knew myself
i was ready to take on this journey, so were you
everything was perfect
You never know what it's like to grow up alone
I wasn't complaining, just simply saying
But it is really hard to come home to a broken home
It's not that I'm asking for a better home, just simply explaining
It's a sad, sad world
Filled with too many disappointments
And I'm so tired of it
So damn tired
And as if crying about it helped
It just makes me hate myself even more
If only you knew
How my heart jumps a little when I see you,
How I spend hours picking out an outfit,
And go all out with my makeup
Only to impress you
If only you knew
In this society, the most troubling age in life, the worst part ever, the one we all hate to look back on and love to look back on with disdain, is romanticized.
Help me believe that youre the right man for my heart..help believe that you can stand to be the mother of my future childrens...
I could tell you a secret,
But it's locked inside.
I could dig in and reach it,
If I dismantled my pride.
I really want to tell you,
But you're in a different state of mind.
He's stripped her of her innocence,
His touch has darkened.
Her internal morals vanished,
Her souls' been broken.
She remains silent and carries on,
But her smile has wilted and gone.
I can't believe I was so blind,
To see the mistakes I made,
To see all the chances I could have taken,
To see all the things that went wrong,
To see all the things I could have prevented.
Instread of building a bridge,
I built a wall to Cry behind.
Instead of building a bridge,
I built a wall to Administrate the pain.
Instead of building a bridge,
there was a boy and a girl
they met unexpectedly on the street one day
he dropped his book
she picked it up
he smiled
“I’m not going to tell you to do anything. I’m going to ask you instead.”
Her eyes opened as her mouth shut.
The welling tears form a layer of haze from the outer to inner corners.
I hold my breath hoping that the liquid will recede like a wave returning to its base from shore.
Stop trying so hard
And just relax
Take each day slowly
And give love back
Life is short
And terribly long
Painfully bitter
Yet a beautiful song
My version of entertainment is not watching a family fight.
It is not watching a man's life fall apart.
It is not watching a girl flip over a table
Not is it watching a girl get punched in the face.
I forgot
Those times I sat on my bed and cried, And sobbed my losses after all I tried
And you sat by my side and held me tight
You spoke comforting words to make things right.
So you ask me why I write...
You want to know why I do what I do?
So here, how about I give you a clue,
I am an emotional volcanoe just waiting to erupt,
but not in the way you may think, I don't live to dectruct
Normal,You're normal,You're just like all the restA number stamped across the pageA statistic on a testThe SAT's just like a treeThey said climb and do your bestBut little did those people know
I write a poem; a verse; a page in my diary,
To calm this fire and rage.
Cause there is no soul I trust to let the air out.
I listen to those music; to those rain drops falling;
My skin is tan, and my back is strong.
strong enough, to take the pain ..
inflicted again & AGAIN.
I get scared to, and I fight back knowing I'll lose because I'm
strong enough, to take the pain ..
A year has passed since last we were together,
when the days were long and sunny,
when I smiled a lot more.
But after that day,
when I learned the truth,
about those feelings you have deep down,
It's funny how people think I'm a really strong person and nothing bothers me.
I'm always smiling, trying to be the happiest person I can be.
I hide behind fake smiles & "I'm fine"
I am a teenager
I am young but feel so old around my peers
I am alone with my elders I am whole
with the gossip I abhor-
my heart just seems to break.
Thepressures
irr
irreg
Like a repetitive note hidden in a melody
Giving significance to the sky in its remedy
Not hearing the flow from a space through a crack
Unless the vibrancy is constant in its subliminal act
Tu me donne ton portable, et j'ai lu un message.
Je découvre qu'il s'agit d'une terrible annonce.
Tu ne m'aime plus?
Mais, je ne comprends pas pourquoi?
J’écoute, je comprends, et je peins mon amour pour toi.
Look around and see eyes staring.
Wonder what they see when they look at me.
Can they see what I feel or can they see the disguise i cover myself with.
Do they see the confused and scared girl?
Make the puzzle piece fit
Make my words come out SWEET
Wear a veil
tiptoe real meek
One step too close
Face-to-face
Nothing else matters
But this moment today. Now only centimeters apart
This crushing distance is closing
And with one final spin,
You decide to leave me abandoned.
The mind is a maze of mirrors.
Every which way you turn you run into yourself.
But which you is real and which is covering up the path that you must follow?
Is that all that you are?
All that life is?
once lost, it disappears,
it vanishes.
it disintegrates into nothing,
it's absence leaving a void
that can never be replaced.
She stepped out of the car and quickly strutted her way to the
classroom, avoiding as much eye contact as possible; Then, during the second
that she looked up- the look that had to be made because she was tired of
We,
like the forever wind, rage
like the gemstone sky, scare
like the diamond fire, sear
We are,
like a roaring train, a force
like her ocean eyes, electric
like the sun’s breath, gold
This is the story that is more about nothing. More or less the present day Cinderella story where nothing turned into something.
He looked at Me today.. He didn't speak but He peeped at Me today.. I caught that little smirk, I still consider him a jerk for the way he portrays himself around school, but its all cool.
Love was in our verses, Love was never perfect, when the music had played out its like god came and birthed it. Heaven had met earth it had finally scratched the surface, those three years that i spent had really felt like they were worth it.
After all the dew has fed the lillies,
I will group them into portraits of your smile
I would give anything to be in your company,
to spend eternity in your arms
If not for just a little while.
Our backs were bent ‘til we were walking
on the knuckles of our souls
The trees were drinking angels’ tears
in the deserts where they grow
And the only time my heart was shaken
was when I threw it to the wind
I just want to scream until my lungs give way
Exploding with the stress I have tucked away
No fight left in me, the spark fizzled out
I'd give any possession to escape this route
My sense of purpose lost
I thought women had
silver dollar nipples
not ones that look like
balls of scrunched up
panty-hose.
Hooded eyes: downcast, afraid
Hunched shoulders, bearing the weight
Sad smile, betraying the truth
The pressure: too much for this youth.
