Posts
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Nature's Beauty
Redwoods standing tall and strong.
sycamores with mushroom-like foliage.
Maple with their sap soon to be syrup.
Willows weeping in the new dawn light.
Cardinals singing on the branches of a oak tree
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Silently judged
Every day
I feel like I am constantly being watched.
Judged
And looked down upon.
I know that this might not be true
But I feel the same regardless.
Because that is human nature.
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Expectations
As a teenager I am expected to conform.
Even though people tell you that you should be distant “stand out from the crowd” the second you do they tell you “what are you doing?”
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Finding Joy in the Small Things
In this time in the world with everything that is going on, we need to find joy in the small things. Your sanity depends on it.
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Shut out the world
I write to shut out the world.
I want to get lost in my own worlds
Not thinking about life and what’s happening in the world right now.
I write to escape to a whole new world where I have control of everything.
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Loves
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Why Can’t I be Both
Why can’t I be both
Why can’t I like
Crop tops
And still support
Women’s rights
Why can’t I wear makeup
And still think
All bodies
Are beautiful
Why is it bad
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The Way Of Life
One foot
Infront of the other
Head held high
Flat expression
On my face
The only sign
Of any emotion
Are my fists
Clenched by my sides
Or my thumb
Tapping each finger
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Borders
Sat down drew
on a piece of paper
the land
we knew.
Sat down drew
lines between
us
----
them
it's a squiggle here
decided,
the river's clear
ly a bound
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One Word
Every
word
you say has the power to
alter the
world,
every sentence has the power
to
create
and
destroy,
every paragraph has the
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I'm Sorry
I'm sorry
I'm sorry for what
My country is doing
For what we seem to think
Is OK
I'm sorry for how
My president is acting
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Vulnerable
At school
we're doing a poetry unit.
"Oh cool, we write poetry all the time!"
My friend says.
What we didn't realize, though,
was that the teacher turned on the tap
to our inner selves