Lost

It's a dream I know it's a dream but it still overtakes me
It swallows me whole and spits me back out
So maybe I'll call it a nightmare
It's more terrible than ever before 
Because it is so realistic
I can't stop now I must go out 
And start trying to stop it

I cry but why
Because of something
Too close to tell
Even masked behind poetry
For if it is figured out
I may die
From despair

So I'll be blunt
My sister I love her but others do not
They choke her into being scared
To show herself her beautiful hair
And skin and face and mind and heart
They tear her apart
Slowly

She acts like its nothing
Masking behind rainbow vans 
And unicorn friendship bracelets
But they bully her
They categorize her
They frighten her
A lot

And so I am lost
She does not want anyone to help her
But she does not want to help herself
They don't mean it
But it doesn't matter
It still hurts me
And somehow not her

Though she is the target 
She is happy
Besides that she hides
Pretending
Faking
Sad
I STILL LOVE HER


 

Frostbite

VA

16 years old

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  • A mask

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    More like tangling in my long hair
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    Encasing the empty tire like a fountain
    My worn down Vans
    Patterned like an atlas map
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