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Amazing Things
For all the amazing things in this world
the scientific things
the bright things
the loud things
why is there no fix for simple things
how is there not a better way to get shots
take off braces
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Cell Phones
I'm in middle school, and we already have a cell phone ban in place. If someone is caught with their phone during the school day, they can get reported and get a detention.
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This Kind of Summer
Your laughter reminds me of the shoreline
as the tide goes in and out,
as fireworks pulse overhead,
your favorite beach towel with the toadstools
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The Way You Left It
I tip toe inside carefully
the room feels empty and cold without you here
abandoned
your faded teddy bear sleeps on your bed
your pink sheets already seem duller
there's still piles of smelly clothes on the floor
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Burgeon
*Can be read as an acrostic. I didn’t really know how to use the word “burgeon” so I’m not sure if it’s accurately described. :)
Bringing about
Undefined Change
Rotating through
Great things
Loves
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Two Homes, No Sanctuary
Two doors, both locked, neither mine.
Two names, one I gave up.
Two voices, both demanding I choose.
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A Trapped Poet (inspired by Emily Dickinson)
I am just like her—
Trapped in a sea of white.
My mind is just as frayed—
My heart just as sliced.
By the glittering blades
That contrived all her words.
The letters of her thoughts,
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Books saved my life
No one would know this now
From the way I suck up words
Books done in one sleepless night
It seems I've been reading my whole life
But in third grade
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Paper Map
“I can’t believe your phone is dead. Why can't you charge it overnight like everyone else?!” Julianna whined. “Overnight? We did not go to bed. We took a nap for three hours and now we're back on the road.
