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Fly away, little bird
You were a little bird once
a chick
fluffy and begging for food
now you're all grown up
now you're learning to feed yourself
now your stretching your wings
practicing your landings and takeoffs
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Living in the Moment
To live in the moment
is to really see
to really feel the world around you
to live in the moment is to capture the glow of a camper's hair in the sunlight
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How do I help
One of the things that hurts me most
out of everything
is when I see you stressed
frustrated
upset
about things that I agree with too
and you're going through pain
and I don't know how to help
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What writing really is
The pen soars
leaps
flies
across the page
dancing against the paper
creating lines
curves
letters
words form
spun from the thin, golden thread of imagination.
The pen twirls
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"Teenagers these days"
You shape us
physically and mentally
emotionally and metaphorically
you make fun of us
for finding the flaws
the sketchy parts
in your systems
saying
teenagers these days
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Three friendly quilts
Three strings
each woven from a different material
braided
into one.
That's us
we're all different
but we found ways to wind our hearts together
how to connect with each other.
Loves
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I dreamt that
I
t o r e
all the flowers down and
p u n c h e d
the waves until they
s h a t t e r e d
like icy glass and I
c h a s e d
the grassy road till its end
s t o m p i n g
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this looks familiar
When you’re trapped
in a place you can’t escape,
routines that never end,
drowning under piles of paper,
with the deafening sounds
of endless haunting expectations
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on knowing people whose first language is not this one
speaking to people with honey-thick & beautiful accents brings a whole new meaning to hanging on your every word
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Ticket
"Having a career isn't all that there is in life."
You think I don't know that?
I know it isn't.
But I also know
That this is my ticket into the real world
And I'm not going to blow it
For silly parties
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Die, Earth, Die
With each unpreDictable swivel of our fingertips,
a familiar, sacred slab of tree Is destroyed.
The Earthy aroma drifts through our veins,
