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Alison Lussier

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These Words

Confused,
These words,
I don't know..
These words,
The ones said.
What?
Explain,
They don't
Make sense.
I wish,
Only wish,
To have it,
Like you.
My heart
Is being played,
Played like a game.
Fair?
Hell no.
Can I stop?
I have,
It's up to you.
You are
The only one,
Only one
That can
Fix this,
This hurt.
This hurt,
Caused by you!!
These words,
Made this hole,
Hole in my heart.
Full of
What used to be,
Love.

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The Unpredictable

How could this happen?
I'm confused.
Why to me?
The frequent questions.
But they have never been answered.
I was so young!
Helpless..
Now I look back,
Look at the mess you created.
You can't predict the future.
I had no idea what was before me.
It was the unpredictable.

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Tired Of Everything

Tired OF Everything

I can’t take it anymore.
I get blamed for everything.
What have I done?
This stupid drama,
It’s driving me crazy.
It’s dumb and I can take it anymore.
I have reached my climax.
I’m tired of everything!

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Betrayal

How could you do this to me?
My heart isn’t a thing to mess with.
You hurt me!
Why?
That’s the only question I want to ask.
You disgust me.
You make me feel dirty.
Unwanted,
Not cared about.
Now I sit here,
Almost shedding tears,
Trying to hold them in,
The hurt is unbearable.
I can’t even look at you,
The same way.

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All For You

All For You
By: Alison Lussier

What was I to do?
You wouldn’t talk,
The whole “subject”,
All on my shoulders

I felt a guilt,
A guilt that made me sick!
I betrayed a friend, a close friend
All for you!

So this is my story,
I write because I cant talk.
This pain,
Its all for you!

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Pain!

Pain!

By Alison Lussier
Benson Village School, Grade 8

What happened?
Who is this monster?

I am scared.
What to do?

If I could run,
I would

But I’m stuck here,
They won’t let me go!

I want to get out,
Be free.

But it’s unfortunate,
I have to live in pain!

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Friendship

Friendship
By: Alison Lussier

The most open relationship,
And it turns,
It turns to a secret.

Why all of a sudden,
You can just change,
Change in to this monster?

Where is the person I used to know?
All I want,
That’s all I want; a friendship.

You don’t understand,
So what,
Now you won’t talk?

How mature!
Let me live my life,
I just want a friendship.

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Friends

Forever

Remembering, great memories.

Interesting things kept inside.

Endless fun times

Needing each other when times get rough.

Deciding, together what we’ll do.

Sister we are and will stay forever.

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Fake

Fake

By Alison Lussier
Benson Village School, Grade 8

You made me think it was true.
I thought it was real.
You proved me wrong.

The emotions I felt were real.
Yours weren’t.
I fell for you like no other.

The way you made me feel,
It was like a dream come true,
But then lost.

You said you were over her.
What a lie!
You have no idea how I felt.

Love

Love is a powerful word.
It’s in everyone, but do they know?
I don’t think so,
But I may be wrong.

It drives me mad most of the time,
Just knowing you love someone.
I try not to let anyone know,
But sometimes it slips,

And through my lips it slips out:
I do love him!
I might be young,
The wait will feel like ages.

For it is him that I love now,

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Free

Why me? What have I ever done to deserve this? I thought I was good, but I guess not, because I was hurt…

Now I am here regretting what I have done I hurt myself, to maybe make me feel better. But it doesn’t. If I was only free! Free to run; free to do whatever I want! But I’m not.

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Look What You Did to Me!

Have you ever felt a pull do hard you collapse? Well, let me explain what I mean. You are sitting in class listening to a very boring speech and your mind wanders off. Then you start having very frightening flashbacks. You break down, but don’t cry. You just sit there and think about it, and it doesn’t go away.

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