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That time of month
Once a month when the pain sears
The pain we feel that brings us to tears
When we wake up to a special surprise
When we want to go to sleep, to close our eyes
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Why is this okay?
Why is this OK?
Why?
Why is there so much inequality
In a world with supposed perfect society?
Why is it that in this world
Loves
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Intelligence
Within me there is an unrelinquished and defiant need to be beautiful.
The beauty that isn’t portrayed through someone who must see.
Nor even by lights set most dim.
My beauty isn’t spun or turned,
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Somewhere
You spend most of your childhood wanting to grow up. You dream of all the things you'll do, the people you'll meet, the freedom of a life where you are the captain of your own ship.
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Make It Stop
“I can make it hurt,”
My sister’s mouth uttered these words,
as she raised her pickle ball paddle to threaten my brother
My siblings have always had their moments,
where they would fight as if they were opponents
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Stars
Four buzzes
Wake me up,
Loud in the quiet
Dark.
A seconds-long debate
In my head
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My Letter to the World
My name is Amelia.
I am 17 years old
And I am afraid for my future.
I am tired of old men
Deciding how I will live,
Determining the world in which
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I just really hope she wins.
She's finally ahead in the presidential race. The way my hope lifted when I heard that news. And the disbelief on my face? How, after ten months? I was sure I was going to be screaming from my porch on election day, "Why, why?