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katie_a
poetry allows me to express aspects about myself that i might not like, but gives me hope for the future
I love the way books have creases in the spines that prove you have read them. I love the way books can give you a story but you get to decide how you interpret it I love every time you read a book, no matter how many times you read it you find something new that you have not recognized before I love how books can make you laugh and cry but how can relate to them more than anything I love how books can inspire or discourage someone to do something but either way it changed the way one thinks I love how even in your darkest times books offer an escape so you feel better about yourself Books offer so much that I cannot but I collect enough, maybe I soon will be able to
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May 22, 2018
May 22, 2018 at 1:14 PM UTC
Books
I don’t have butterflies in my stomach when I see you. I have an entire zoo. My heart pounds to the song the birds are singing, and to that song the monkeys are swinging. My heart knows but my brain cannot decide, Peacocks wish to flash their beauty and prairie dogs wish to hide. Lions roar and snakes reach out to you but I ignore them and the feeling too.
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Apr 25, 2018
Apr 25, 2018 at 10:12 AM UTC
Challenging Cliches 2
What is the point? Was I just put here to sit through classes and understand information I will never use? I want to be useful MEANINGFUL Give me something to believe in To be passionate about That MATTERS Not just to me But the world I want to leave something for when I die So I can be remembered So my life matters more than just barely outside myself I need purpose. I need meaning. Because if I don’t Why am I even here?
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Apr 25, 2018
Apr 25, 2018 at 10:10 AM UTC
Why?
I do not know what I want. I do not know if its you or them but I do know that I do not want this. I do not want to memorize useless facts or formulas that I will never remember I do not want a life that means nothing to someone I do not want average So what does my ideal life look like? So far not this.
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Apr 25, 2018
Apr 25, 2018 at 10:08 AM UTC
My Ideal Life
I could say that I was a pebble and you were a boulder I could say that I was like a small dwarf planet revolving around my sun I could say that I needed you but I would be lying. I try to need you I try to feel the way you feel I try to remember what it was like to love you but I cannot. I could say “It’s not you, it’s me.” but that’s cliche and a lie that would make it worse. I could say “It’s not anything you did” but I’m not sure if that’s a lie All that I know is true is you are the last person I want to hurt but the last person I need Sorry.
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Mar 19, 2018
Mar 19, 2018 at 9:49 AM UTC
Sorry
People say that rhyme about sticks and stones but don’t dare tell me that these emotions that make you feel like you are having open heart surgery and running a marathon at the same time hurts less than a broken bone. Sadness leaves scars whether they are physical or internal. Grief leaves bruises the size of your heart Anxiety leaves you broken and it takes more than a cast and pain killers to even slightly endure it.
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Mar 19, 2018
Mar 19, 2018 at 9:20 AM UTC
Challenging Cliches
Mr. Mirror does not see what she sees. He see the truth, and shows it to her But she does not have her glasses on. She does not see what Mr. Mirror sees. Mr. Mirror cannot smell or taste he cannot show what he feels or hears but he does hear the same sobs everyday and feels like hugging her and comforting her but he cannot. She tries to like what she sees. She tries to give herself a smile when she sees him but behind her face there is a girl truly in pain. Mr. Mirror did not see her smile for weeks. One day she hopped in the bath. Mr. Mirror saw it all go down from there Blood gushed down her arm her pains finally having a physical appearance. Mr. Mirror was screaming but no one heard. No one could.   Mr. Mirror did not see change for three days. He had to watch her in that state for three days until finally a man opened the door to see the horrible tragedy. Men in black uniforms came and took her away. After years of staring at the empty wall thinking of her and how he couldn’t save her a new lady started to see him every now and then. She smiled every day and all he could think about was never letting that smile fade but he can’t guarantee that.
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Mar 14, 2018
Mar 14, 2018 at 8:21 AM UTC
Mr. Mirror
I can’t hold on anymore. I fall to the ground, panting. I’m so tired of being in pain. Nothing has every hurt as much My sadness, anxiety, and stress Do not even compare to This physical pain and tension I am currently feeling I feel it everywhere My chest My spine I will never get used to it I think I’m fine but then It gets worse I try to hide it in the most creative ways. I can’t reverse the pain.
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Mar 13, 2018
Mar 13, 2018 at 10:00 AM UTC
Two Types of Pain
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Mar 12, 2018
Mar 12, 2018 at 3:37 PM UTC
in the end