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ashley1408
ashley1408
24/F Just a girl with dreams that are as crazy as my hair. / / My poems are my own, please give credit if shared somewhere. All copyrights of my original works belong to Ashley Serna.
There is much to say But They don’t want us to say it And I think we know who “They” are But if you are blissfully unaware, let me remind you Of exactly who “they” are And why They want us quiet “They” are taking over a country I once felt so proud of “They” want the poor to stay poor and for the rich to get richer “They” do not care about children or their education For if they did, They wouldn’t be banning books that, one could argue, laid the groundwork for their tyrannical takeover But they don’t stop at the written word. They now focus their aim at our voices that are screeching at anyone willing to listen That “They” are what’s wrong with this country Their backwards views that take us back in time That’s not where I belong and it’s not where I want to be I belong to the people who crossed this southern border for a better life My ancestors names are written on this city’s street signs You can tell me that if I don’t like the way things are running, I can pack up and leave the country But this earth was mine before it was theirs So I will not be going anywhere. They want our voices to be meek and quiet. And many of us are. It’s hard to drown out the other side when they’re screaming their beliefs with billboard signs But my voice is getting hoarse and I beg people to ponder this: In fifty years, when scholars read about this time in our American history And they laugh and ask “How could this have happened?” Will you be able to honestly say you did something to stop it?
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Oct 11, 2025
Oct 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM UTC
Freedom of Speech
There is much to say But They don’t want us to say it And I think we know who “They” are But if you are blissfully unaware, let me remind you Of exactly who “they” are And why They want us quiet “They” are taking over a country I once felt so proud of “They” want the poor to stay poor and for the rich to get richer “They” do not care about children or their education For if they did, They wouldn’t be banning books that, one could argue, laid the groundwork for their tyrannical takeover But they don’t stop at the written word. They now focus their aim at our voices that are screeching at anyone willing to listen That “They” are what’s wrong with this country Their backwards views that take us back in time That’s not where I belong and it’s not where I want to be I belong to the people who crossed this southern border for a better life My ancestors names are written on this city’s street signs You can tell me that if I don’t like the way things are running, I can pack up and leave the country But this earth was mine before it was theirs So I will not be going anywhere. They want our voices to be meek and quiet. And many of us are. It’s hard to drown out the other side when they’re screaming their beliefs with billboard signs But my voice is getting hoarse and I beg people to ponder this: In fifty years, when scholars read about this time in our American history And they laugh and ask “How could this have happened?” Will you be able to honestly say you did something to stop it?
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I would like nothing more than to lie on a bed of warm grass As the summer rains wash my whole world away Shower my soul crushing sins into the earth The autumn leaves will bury me as my body is consumed by the soil Roots from the willow trees will coil like a serpent around my body Cold and blue from the winter snow And proceed to drag me far below My veins, once full of woe, Now make a root system six feet deep. Like my heart, my skin hardens to create a shield that is tough and rough to the touch What was once my limbs now multiply and reach out to touch the sky Fragile limbs that bear fruits amongst its leaves There is a story of me, and it goes as so: A woman will find me amongst a garden. She will take hold of one of my sins in her hands And from it take a bite She will be ****** as all women are. The utopia is taped off, now the sccene to the worst crime The fate of humanity now digests in her stomach And everyone will blame her And label her the First Sinner But my fruit was poisoned from my sinful ways long before she took a bite.
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Jul 31, 2025
Jul 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM UTC
First Sin
Helpless I was not Never shall I make the mistake Of leaning on a shoulder To keep me sane When I met you There was no definitive sign No gut feeling Whispering “Him... him!” It was just you and I A couple of strangers standing Exchanging names and numbers A simple coffee run I know it’s the way it should be There doesn’t always have to be A fairytale signal A wordless “fate” whistled by wind Things for us Are calm and wonderful Just two souls making the best Of time so cherished /Simplicity!/
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Sep 9, 2018
Sep 9, 2018 at 5:08 AM UTC
Choosing This Attraction
Walking on clouds Is precisely what it feels like To avoid comparing every man To you Impossible I can’t help but chuckle When they say something Word for word what you’d say I hear your voice instead of theirs You’ve set a bar so low That it’s actually high Many of them don’t need to play limbo Yet my heart still blocks the gate I try to imagine doing all the things We said we’d do with them But it just feels like an empty hole In the pit of my stomach It makes me sick It’s tedious to know You’re out there living life And I’m trying to find one Without you Yet no matter where I journey Whom I meet I can’t bring myself to see them Because it’s you I’m still looking for
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Jul 9, 2018
Jul 9, 2018 at 2:35 PM UTC
The Search
I still love you. You broke me, Shattered my heart until it was dust, Set my soul aflame and watched me burn, But I still love you. You said you didn’t love me I cried and begged on my knees, Stay, please stay Don’t leave me I held you so tight my nails broke, I could no longer breathe. I still love you. It makes sense to me now She seems cute and sweet, Yet underneath sits a snake. Her poison runs through your veins, You like her And I still love you. My womb held our child for 9 months Tears shed when she stopped crying as you held her, Yet three months later, You seemed to forget But I still love you. Days pass with no sound My heart fills with loneliness. Do you still love me? I don’t know you anymore, But I still love you. Come back to me Come back, please Because I still love you.
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Jun 29, 2018
Jun 29, 2018 at 12:35 AM UTC
I Still Love You
Jesus looks down on me A tidal wave of hope Crushed and smashed against the rocks It drowns with everything else Somehow I make it to the nearest town Looking for shelter I stumble upon familiar roads See familiar faces Faces that may haunt me forever I climb up a lighthouse It should be the key out of here It should show me all my future It should have helped me Instead I only see the somber clouds And mystic fog settle in I can’t help but watch the water pull in and out again Drifting back and forth Moon playing tug-of-war I can’t stand looking at the familiar view The same thing over and over So I must ask myself these questions again: Do you know who you are? Do you know where you are? Do you know what has happened to you? Jesus send me another wave This time of peaceful realization Don’t send me away
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Apr 23, 2018
Apr 23, 2018 at 2:36 AM UTC
Wavy Days
We're coming to our end It was inevitable A simple sunset It's not as painful this time Perhaps I'm numb to the feeling To the lies and secrets Although you aren't the bad guy And neither am I The truth used to lie in songs: Breakeven, I'm falling to pieces.. You're no longer the best part of me Someone Like You Is no longer something I wish to find Say You Love Me Don't say it, because I don't know if I can believe it Say Something Even if you beg me to stay, I'm leaving for myself These songs used to carry The truth in every word sung But now they don't apply I do but don't know why Some songs- They still mean what they always did: Heartbreak.
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Nov 23, 2017
Nov 23, 2017 at 12:05 AM UTC
Same Songs, Different Meanings
So here I am Sitting against a counter Desiring you in every way I can't do anything but dream and hope About you and us For the rest of however I feel for you You make me and my life make sense In every way You give me a purpose And I know I shouldn't base my purpose Off another soul But why deny the truth?
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Jun 28, 2017
Jun 28, 2017 at 10:22 PM UTC
Wild Thoughts
Make out with me At a house party Intensely Kiss me as if My lips are your last breath Hold me close As if I'm your safety blanket Touch me Bite me Do what you want to me Be my ecstasy And every other drug But not just for this one night Not just at this house party Be my drug Be my king At every moment after And after And after
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Jun 24, 2017
Jun 24, 2017 at 8:42 PM UTC
Redbone
Do I believe in second chances? I think now I do- ever since I met you. Over and over again we stumbled and fell, but our ending is one only time can tell. Do you think we can last, my love? Are these signs telling us to try again coming from the heavens above? I have many questions and I am full of doubt, but don't worry, there is no need to pout. Your dark features are what shine so brightly. Your voice- so deep, travels so lightly. Let's not make the same mistakes this time around. I pray you hear me- let me be your only sound. This time promise me you will stay, and I promise to be the lighthouse by the bay.
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Mar 2, 2017
Mar 2, 2017 at 4:09 AM UTC
Three Strikes, You're Out