Pushing

We all push ourselves for something

we push

          for achievement

          for recognition

          for forgiveness

          for purity

I push

          to prove to myself

that I can do it

that I have made myself better

that on my journey

to be

and to find

myself

I have bettered and bested myself

I have broken and built

myself

so that when I fall 

I know that I will rise again

myself.

C

Csquared

VT

16 years old

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    A Moment

    there is nothing

    as pure as

    sitting

    in near-darkness

    soft fabric beneath you

    and a fire dying by your side

    feeling fat drops of salt water

    course down your face

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    Bouquets

    Flowers of songs are arranged in bouquets in my brain.

    Not by genre 

    or artist

    But by which dance from my life they transport me back to.

    The daisies,

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  • Poetry

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    Upside Down

    Things are different.

    I don't know when they changed

    or when I noticed them changing.

    But in any case,

    my eyes are open now

    and I see that things are upside down.

    At first it was just a drop

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