hailey-ngo - Hello Poetry

School is just a prison. White walls. Strict rules. Itching souls. School is just a prison. After all, we're told what to wear, when to eat, what to do, what to say, how to behave. School is just a prison. What voice do students have? What power do we hold? What checks and balances exist by us? Like prisoners, all we can do, is bow our heads and just take it.

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Apr 11, 2016

Apr 11, 2016 at 6:36 PM UTC

Food For Thought

School is just a prison. White walls. Strict rules. Itching souls. School is just a prison. After all, we're told what to wear, when to eat, what to do, what to say, how to behave. School is just a prison. What voice do students have? What power do we hold? What checks and balances exist by us? Like prisoners, all we can do, is bow our heads and just take it.

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You could stand there, stand there waiting. You could wait there for the storm. You could stand there, stand there broken, stand there waiting for the fire. You could stand there, stand there vacant. You could remain there empty inside. You could stand there, stand there hiding, stand there cowering from the shadows. Yes you could stand there, stand there lonely, stand there without a soul.

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Apr 7, 2016

Apr 7, 2016 at 6:19 PM UTC

Standing

You could stand there, stand there waiting. You could wait there for the storm. You could stand there, stand there broken, stand there waiting for the fire. You could stand there, stand there vacant. You could remain there empty inside. You could stand there, stand there hiding, stand there cowering from the shadows. Yes you could stand there, stand there lonely, stand there without a soul.

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You know, one of the worst things you did was doing nothing at all.

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Apr 6, 2016

Apr 6, 2016 at 9:54 PM UTC

Nothing

You know, one of the worst things you did was doing nothing at all.

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No... You don't need to... Don't need to promise me the world because I'll just take it for myself. Don't need to protect me like I'm fragile, insecure, weak. Don't need to shelter me from the rain of the sky or my eyes because I can build my own home without you. Yes, I can live without you. And I think you're the one who can't live without me, can't live without someone to make you feel strong, make you feel important, as you whisper meaningless promises into my ear.

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Apr 6, 2016

Apr 6, 2016 at 9:26 PM UTC

I Don't Need You

No... You don't need to... Don't need to promise me the world because I'll just take it for myself. Don't need to protect me like I'm fragile, insecure, weak. Don't need to shelter me from the rain of the sky or my eyes because I can build my own home without you. Yes, I can live without you. And I think you're the one who can't live without me, can't live without someone to make you feel strong, make you feel important, as you whisper meaningless promises into my ear.

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I realized I stopped loving you when your "trust me" simply wasn't enough anymore.

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Apr 6, 2016

Apr 6, 2016 at 5:54 PM UTC

Anymore

I realized I stopped loving you when your "trust me" simply wasn't enough anymore.

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You know I used to think that crying was embarrassing. I used to hide my tears, stifle my sobs, bent my head in shame. I used to lock myself in the bathroom. Covering my mouth to prevent any sobs from getting through the cracked, chipped white bathroom door. From getting through into your ears. Where you'd scream at me to stop, to stop my sobs or else maybe you'd hit me again. I used to lock myself within the cages of my bones, my skeleton kept me from falling apart, from spilling all of my guts and feelings onto the floor, where you'd just yell at me to clean it all up. My skull kept the feelings from rushing out, kept the tears from falling down, kept the nightmares from getting known. I used to lock my soul away, I used to lock my sadness away, I used to lock myself away, from this cruel, cruel world, and from you. But I found the key, lying somewhere in the dusty attic. And I found that maybe, just maybe, this world isn't so cruel after all, that it was just you who cast too big of a shadow over my world, left too big of a mark. I'm my own sun now, radiating my soul for the world to see. Now you can't cast a shadow over me, now you can't put me down. Now you can't make me feel less, now you can't own me.

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Mar 17, 2016

Mar 17, 2016 at 10:21 PM UTC

I used to

You know I used to think that crying was embarrassing. I used to hide my tears, stifle my sobs, bent my head in shame. I used to lock myself in the bathroom. Covering my mouth to prevent any sobs from getting through the cracked, chipped white bathroom door. From getting through into your ears. Where you'd scream at me to stop, to stop my sobs or else maybe you'd hit me again. I used to lock myself within the cages of my bones, my skeleton kept me from falling apart, from spilling all of my guts and feelings onto the floor, where you'd just yell at me to clean it all up. My skull kept the feelings from rushing out, kept the tears from falling down, kept the nightmares from getting known. I used to lock my soul away, I used to lock my sadness away, I used to lock myself away, from this cruel, cruel world, and from you. But I found the key, lying somewhere in the dusty attic. And I found that maybe, just maybe, this world isn't so cruel after all, that it was just you who cast too big of a shadow over my world, left too big of a mark. I'm my own sun now, radiating my soul for the world to see. Now you can't cast a shadow over me, now you can't put me down. Now you can't make me feel less, now you can't own me.

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I don't know how to save you. I don't know where to start. All I know is I can't even save myself, can't chase away my own demons. You want me to be your savior. I wanted to be yours too. But as I tried to put together your pieces, my heart shattered even more. As I made you whole, you made me empty. So I don't know how to save you. Don't know where to start. I gotta save myself first. Piece by puzzle piece I'm the more broken one now. But as I turned to you for you to be my savior, you took one glance at my scrambled heart and turned away, one hand already reaching for another's soul for her to heal your heart, just as I've always done.

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Feb 28, 2016

Feb 28, 2016 at 6:06 PM UTC

Who To Save

I don't know how to save you. I don't know where to start. All I know is I can't even save myself, can't chase away my own demons. You want me to be your savior. I wanted to be yours too. But as I tried to put together your pieces, my heart shattered even more. As I made you whole, you made me empty. So I don't know how to save you. Don't know where to start. I gotta save myself first. Piece by puzzle piece I'm the more broken one now. But as I turned to you for you to be my savior, you took one glance at my scrambled heart and turned away, one hand already reaching for another's soul for her to heal your heart, just as I've always done.

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Maybe they make the Internet quick so that you can get off it faster, and back to your real world.

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Feb 11, 2016

Feb 11, 2016 at 3:00 PM UTC

Quick

Maybe they make the Internet quick so that you can get off it faster, and back to your real world.

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People tell you to forgive others. To let them go so that you can move on. But in the process of doing that, sometimes you forget to forgive yourself.

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Jan 18, 2016

Jan 18, 2016 at 7:07 PM UTC

Forgive Yourself

People tell you to forgive others. To let them go so that you can move on. But in the process of doing that, sometimes you forget to forgive yourself.

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You promised me protection, promised me the world right at my fingertips. You promised me hardship, but nothing we couldn't go through together. You promised me humor, said we'd somehow find it in this cynical world. You promised me hope, said we'd beat the world at it's own game. Just the two of us, you promised. Just us against the universe, because we could do anything with just the two of us. You promised me all this before I even left your womb. You promised me all this before you even knew who to love. You promised me all this so that you could believe it yourself. You promised me all this so that I can do the same when you become too old and frail, too weak to hold up your end. You promised me all this so that I can help you the way you once did. And I promise, I will.

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Jan 13, 2016

Jan 13, 2016 at 5:04 PM UTC

Promises

You promised me protection, promised me the world right at my fingertips. You promised me hardship, but nothing we couldn't go through together. You promised me humor, said we'd somehow find it in this cynical world. You promised me hope, said we'd beat the world at it's own game. Just the two of us, you promised. Just us against the universe, because we could do anything with just the two of us. You promised me all this before I even left your womb. You promised me all this before you even knew who to love. You promised me all this so that you could believe it yourself. You promised me all this so that I can do the same when you become too old and frail, too weak to hold up your end. You promised me all this so that I can help you the way you once did. And I promise, I will.

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