Posts
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I’ll Say It: I Hate Our President
I’ll say it: I hate our president
All my life, people have written me off as
“different”
“possessed” and
“antisocial”
And while yes
I am different
I am not possessed
I am disabled
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Remember
Remember your past
For it makes you
Who you are.
Remember to ask yourself
Who are you?
Remember the good times
But also keep the bad.
Remember to keep your values
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I Promise You
I promise you I care
This I know for sure.
I promise you I’m here
Just maybe not to stay.
I promise you I’m fine
Just in my own way.
I promise you I’m trying
I swear I always have been.
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Teenager
I am a teenager
My life is not simple
I am traumatized and scarred
And doing my best
But it seems like adults can’t see this
All they see is an anxious little girl
Who doesn’t seem to care
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If Only
If only I’d never met you
If only I had been stronger
If only I had seen sooner
Just how abusive you are
If only I hadn’t let you
Turn my life to ruin
If only I hadn’t tried
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Teenage Years
Teenage Years
Some of the best
And the worst
Years of your life
Or so I hear
Some of the hardest
And most rewarding
Or so I hear
My teenage years have been a doozy
I’ve had massive
Loves
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Constellations of Friendship
Hair tucked behind ears,
Cheeks pink and glowing,
Smiles illuminated by the sun,
Weeping willow branches cascading like poetry
Onto fluttered-closed eyelashes;
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Only for a second
Only for a second...
It all faded away...
Everything was so peaceful...
The white fluffy clouds past through the sky...
You could close your eyes and hear the ocean...
Only for a second...
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i peeled my orange today
"we all have our 'i peeled my orange today' stories."
bright letters fill my screen.
i'm pondering if i should message you,
or just let you be.
i give in;
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DN24 R6
I drink soda probably way too much. It's sitting here beside me in the car, full to the top of the Pepsi symbol, and the condensation is making the cup-holder damp. DN24, the light post says in front of the car. R6.
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Maybe They Don't
Do the penguins care
about the one with orange beaks, an extra stripe?
Do the giraffes mind
that his neck is longer, that she has less spots?
Because the humans do,
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stranger to blue water
sing to me.
i've been a stranger once more
to your hills and valleys, to the
gaps of sunlight between your grasping evergreens.
i've been a stranger
to the red barn