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Heart of Glass
If I hand you my heart
My heart made of glass
Don't shatter it
Don't have the shards
Splay across the ground
Don't hand it to someone else
To crush it
Beneath their fingers
But if it does
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Mascara
The brush
Covered in the black ink
Swiped at my eyelashes
Made its mark
On my face
At least
That's what it used to do
Now it sits quietly
In its spot
Far away from reach
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If we were
If every girl
Looked liked a boy
Acted like a boy
Was a boy
Would we get farther
In life
Would we be respected
If every woman
Was a man
Would we be valued
Would we be able
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We Are Your Legacy
Dear leaders,
You say you love us
The children of your country
But you do what is best
For you
Even though
We are the future
Of our country
We are your legacy
How can you expect us
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Her Name Was May
There was this girl
With eyes the color
Of the sky that fills
Your childhood memories
She had dirty blond hair
Always in a braid
A braid that held more flowers
Then cherry blossom trees
Loves
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Technically...
Technically, I’m an immigrant;
I wasn't born here.
Technically, I’m too young,
just shy of a year.
Technically, I’m inexperienced,
barely know the rudiments.
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April Headlines
News App
Your New Notifications:
"World Food Programme stops aid for 650,000 women and children due to lack of funding"
"Israel shares, then deletes, condolences over pope's death"
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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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Grow Up
When I come home from school
and my parents ask how my day was
my answer is almost always
"Irritating"
or
"Bad"
or
"A pain in the butt".
Why?
Because my classmates will
scream
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Synonyms
I hate the way
Skinny is now a synonym for pretty
Pretty a synonym for happy
Happy a synonym for enough
Enough is something we will never be
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Perfect
You’re perfect just the way you are,
but here’s a serum for that scar.
Love yourself, embrace your face,
but first, some contouryou know, just in case.