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Camp Feelings
I’m at a seminar, for leadership.
Here, kids are like me: perfectionists, great students, excelling, afraid of not being enough.
Everyday, we scream our heads off to a cheer, O-U-T-S-T-A-N-D-I-N-G.
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Defying Perfection
Perfection- it has taken over the lives of millions of teenagers.
Expectations of perfection from parents, teachers, guardians, random people you've never even met, classmates, friends, and even yourself.
Loves
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This is What Help Feels Like
I think I might drown
From the weight on my shoulders
Expectations,
Hopes,
Dreams.
I want to meet them
I need to meet them
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the weight of what ifs
The black and white tapestry on my ceiling
paints a subtle reflection
of the personality of my bedroom,
holding the insufferable weight
of millions and millions of stars,
some bright, some dull,
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The Little Light
The spark started small
In a 17 year old student,
who made friends with the artist.
She let it grow in her heart,
and then passed it on
by showing kindness to the outsider
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bloody ballot
Trapped in a cult
like father, like son.
Bowing down to prejudice,
is this really what won?
The day after the election
all my eyes could pour
were endless tears,
crying hope for no war.
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erosion
a rock sat atop a ledge
on the side of the road,
its home.
sometimes people would
kick it around
on their daily runs
to who knows where,
a frivolous action according to
the little rock.
