michelle-nyamekyeWhisper

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Identity ConfusionCanadian or Ghanaian, which one do I choose / This conflict I experience always leaves me confused. / Who am I and where am I from.
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Jul 20, 2015
Double StandardsMental illnesses, they aren't real. / With time everything heals. / Why would you even inflict pain to yourself?
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Jul 20, 2015
Optimistic or PessimisticIt's oddly hard to see, which view is better for me. / A ****** end to the year and an even worse beginning. / This type of thing can have two meanings.
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Jan 2, 2015
What We Can't SeeThere's this stigma that being mentally ill isn't equivalent to being physically ill. / And I just wonder how can that be, because they both seem like a sickness to me. / Who taught you that a chemical imbalance in the brain is the medical way to say that you're insane?
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Oct 29, 2014
SpeechlessThe days where we don't talk are long and hard to get through. / Because everyday, no matter what, something reminds me of you. / The warmth I feel curling up in my blankets after being out in the brutal cold,
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Sep 20, 2014
Restless nightsIt's 4:19 in the morning and I'm awake because I chose not to sleep. / And I would have nothing to do but I have a friend talking to me. / If I texted you now, I'm sure you wouldn't be awake.
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Sep 20, 2014
What you can't seeHair that flows smoother than long grass in the wind. / It's that beautiful golden brown that food turns to when it's cooked to perfection. / A face that makes all people turn around to admire.
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Aug 3, 2014
A lesson you learn as a childThink before you speak, that's what they always say. / But my mind is like a bomb and it keeps ticking away. / Ticking and ticking, and soon it's gonna blow.
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Aug 3, 2014
Abolishing StereotypesA ball player and a thief / Will likely be pregnant by age 16. / Lives in the ghetto and is poor,
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Feb 11, 2014
Harassed Cause of ClassHow long can your legs quake, your body shake, before your heart breaks? / How many times do you have to be knocked down before you can't pick yourself off the ground? / How much taunting and teasing does one have to do before it finally kills you?
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Dec 8, 2013
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