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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
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Loves
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infinitely halfway
I want to grow up but I don’t.
But I do
but I don’t.
But lucky for me I don’t have to make that decision.
I’m forced to grow up whether I like it or not.
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A Girl Can Dream
When I saw you
No, not when I
saw you
But when I
saw you.
That was when I knew that there was something among me that needed you
always
to be
near me
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Little Musicians
The beginners of the beat,
Just learning the ropes,
Figuring out their instruments -
They come in,
Wide-eyed,
And regard the older kids
With awe.
I love to be looked at this way
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tired perfection
The lies are ready on your lips, practiced, you done this a thousand times, but you falter. You falter and shatter the illusion of truth.
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Dew-drop
In a dew-drop, a little world exists
A place turned blue and silver by the light
That lingers well beyond the morning mist.
In a dew-drop, a little world exists
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The Third Grader
Raincoat like the petals of a sunflower hangs to her knees
Glittery rainbow headband
That only keeps half her hair back
Shiny pink nails
Strawberry boots
Shy smile that makes you feel lucky you got to see it