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The Pain of Broken Friendship
A mini-canvas of me and her in a faceless painting style lies face down in the corner of my bookshelf. It took a month or two to turn over, but I still have the canvas. We made it at her house during a sleepover.
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Love
Both love and hate are free, and easy
But love makes people feel good;
Make people feel good.
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Phones
I am with my best friend, at her kitchen table, trying to tell her about a hard time I'm having.
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Camp Feelings
I’m at a seminar, for leadership.
Here, kids are like me: perfectionists, great students, excelling, afraid of not being enough.
Everyday, we scream our heads off to a cheer, O-U-T-S-T-A-N-D-I-N-G.
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Defying Perfection
Perfection- it has taken over the lives of millions of teenagers.
Expectations of perfection from parents, teachers, guardians, random people you've never even met, classmates, friends, and even yourself.
Loves
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who's going to break the silence
It's that time of year again
where some "news" are formed
and some "olds" are forgotten.
The faces of friends
become familiar again,
while last year's math formulas
do not.
We come together
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What Our World Could Be
In a chaotic world
of eight billion people,
each hidden away
in their own
separate lives,
be remembered for
being the person
who brings others joy,
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fifteen
I am 15, a rising sophomore struggling mentally. Can’t motivate myself to do much, still dreading the first day of school. I often find the phrase “I can’t” pouring out of my mouth as I feel out of control, laying in my mom’s arms.
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bloodshot
My body
drowning in a
hoodie and sweatpants
knowing it won't
and can't
muster the energy
to get up.
Not that I
need to.
It's the middle
of the night.
But it seems
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Even If
sing even if you sing badly; dance even if you dance horribly; write even if you write terribly; love even if you are bad at it.
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this looks familiar
When you’re trapped
in a place you can’t escape,
routines that never end,
drowning under piles of paper,
with the deafening sounds
of endless haunting expectations