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kelsey-burks
kelsey-burks
18, Cancer. Too weird to live and too rare to die
I just don't understand we used to be so perfect you used to tell me that I was the best thing that ever happened to you i used to make you so bright and colorful you used to be so happy with me you used to bring me flowers and say until you met me you thought about killing yourself but you don’t say these things anymore and you don't do these things anymore and lately I'm not sure if you even feel the echo of those things anymore and now I'm sitting alone in my room crying over the dried petals of a dead rose
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Aug 9, 2016
Aug 9, 2016 at 12:10 AM UTC
Rose Petals
somehow i'm always going to be too much and not enough at the same time you just lost it your feelings at least that's what you tell me but somehow i get the feeling that that just is not the truth there's always something wrong with me and god, it's always me but your lips tasted like the sweetest cherry wine and now i'm looking for that taste within a real bottle of it but i'm not finding it the only thing i'm finding is a bitter taste and now i sit here drunk searching for someone to calm the storm inside me and so i kiss another but they don't taste the same the kiss of boys who don't love me will never be as sweet as yours
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Dec 31, 2015
Dec 31, 2015 at 12:12 AM UTC
boys who don't love me
You asked me if I wanted a drink. I smiled and nodded, not noticing how heavy that red plastic cup would feel later on We smiled and talked. You danced and I laughed. I thought it could be the start of something good. But goo things never last. *If you can't hear what I'm trying to say If you can't read from the same page Maybe I'm going deaf Maybe I'm going blind Maybe I'm out of my mind* We took a walk around the house, laughing all the while We plopped down on the couch in the basement, very few people were down there with us we kept talking, it was a nice, light conversation. Who would have known how wrong of a turn it would take You kissed me "What?" you asked me. "I've heard about you." you said *Ok, now he was close Tried to domesticate you But you're an animal Baby, it's in your nature* You kissed me again, you touched me in places I didn't want you to "Stop." I said. or maybe it was in my head "Stop" I pushed your arm off. But you held tight and pushed me into the couch. *Just let me liberate you You don't need no papers That man is not your maker And that's why I'm gon' take a* "shh." You said. "be a Good girl "I saw how you were looking at me, I know you want it "I know you want it" I started crying. *You're a good girl Can't let it get past me You're far from plastic Talk about getting blasted* "Please stop," I begged Did my tears turn you on? I hate these blurred lines I kept pushing you, but it was no use. I closed my eyes and tears kept leaking *The way you grab me Must wanna get nasty* Pain shot through my body, but I kept my eyes shut tight. I refused to look at your sick, twisted grin. *Do it like it hurts like it hurts* "please." I said I know you want it "Stop." I cried You're a good girl You finished, and got up. I just laid there. "You liked it." you said *Can't let it get past me You're far from plastic Talk about getting blasted* You left I hate these blurred lines
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Aug 24, 2015
Aug 24, 2015 at 11:27 PM UTC
Blurred Lines
You asked me if I wanted a drink. I smiled and nodded, not noticing how heavy that red plastic cup would feel later on We smiled and talked. You danced and I laughed. I thought it could be the start of something good. But goo things never last. *If you can't hear what I'm trying to say If you can't read from the same page Maybe I'm going deaf Maybe I'm going blind Maybe I'm out of my mind* We took a walk around the house, laughing all the while We plopped down on the couch in the basement, very few people were down there with us we kept talking, it was a nice, light conversation. Who would have known how wrong of a turn it would take You kissed me "What?" you asked me. "I've heard about you." you said *Ok, now he was close Tried to domesticate you But you're an animal Baby, it's in your nature* You kissed me again, you touched me in places I didn't want you to "Stop." I said. or maybe it was in my head "Stop" I pushed your arm off. But you held tight and pushed me into the couch. *Just let me liberate you You don't need no papers That man is not your maker And that's why I'm gon' take a* "shh." You said. "be a Good girl "I saw how you were looking at me, I know you want it "I know you want it" I started crying. *You're a good girl Can't let it get past me You're far from plastic Talk about getting blasted* "Please stop," I begged Did my tears turn you on? I hate these blurred lines I kept pushing you, but it was no use. I closed my eyes and tears kept leaking *The way you grab me Must wanna get nasty* Pain shot through my body, but I kept my eyes shut tight. I refused to look at your sick, twisted grin. *Do it like it hurts like it hurts* "please." I said I know you want it "Stop." I cried You're a good girl You finished, and got up. I just laid there. "You liked it." you said *Can't let it get past me You're far from plastic Talk about getting blasted* You left I hate these blurred lines
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She could have been beautiful She could have been tough She could have been so many things There was titanium where her bones should have been and liquid steel coursing through her veins there was a wildfire in her eyes But she's been torn someone ripped her wide open and everyone could see inside While she was sitting there with a gaping chest something was taken from deep within something precious was stolen by the quickest thief Her body was a temple it was the sacking of Troy the magnificence of her soul is gone What was stolen was broken the pieces of it falling to the darkest corners of the universe leaving nothing left for her to have Now the emptiness occupies her body she doesn't understand how can something so hollow completely fill her up She is walking irony a living oxymoron because somehow she was too much and not enough at the same time and now she has bones of ice and blood of water you snuffed the wildfire like it was a candle flame
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Aug 24, 2015
Aug 24, 2015 at 6:09 PM UTC
Wildfire
It's a little funny when you drink cough syrup, despite not having a cold. Popping a few pills is a bit strange when you have no nerve pain. And it's a tad ironic, taking fever reducers when you don't have the flu. Because in reality you're so much sicker than you thought
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Aug 24, 2015
Aug 24, 2015 at 5:40 PM UTC
Fever Reducers
Ten. These are the worst kinds of nights. The kind where you're gagging on your own breath that's hitching in your throat. The kind where you open your mouth to speak but you can't get those words out. To say them makes them true. Nine. The rain pounds against your window pain and the voice inside your head doesn't stop no matter how hard you cover your ears. You're screaming until you feel your throat bleed but you can't shut off the noise inside you. You can't stop the yelling within. Eight. You wonder if anyone ever notices your raspberry painted smile never quite reaches your eyes and you wonder if anyone ever wonders why your sleeves are stained red. Seven. Cold. You feel so cold like the wind that rattles your bones and you can't remember what it feels like to sit in the sun. Six. Rip the things from the walls. Tear off the bed sheets. Shatter the mirrors and blacken your own eyes. The hurricane that's made its home inside you needs destruction to keep on living, but you don't know how to **** it. Five. you're falling to your knees and god **** it stop crying. Stop! Don't you dare ask for help. Tears and running down your face and you can't make them quit. Crimson runs down your arms with your hands clasped in prayer, you swear you'll never do it again. Four. The only thing left in you for now is the hollow feeling. Your thoughts are whirling around the room gaining turbulence. Three. Pick it up, rinse it under cold water, tape it up as best as you can. No one told you when you poured your heart out it might fall to the floor and shatter Two. if you smile tomorrow no one will know, and you could be beautiful. Honestly. Maybe someone could love you One. your thoughts and feelings come rushing back into your body and soul. something breaks deep within you. your whole heart falling down. Irreversibly damaged in 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
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Aug 24, 2015
Aug 24, 2015 at 5:34 PM UTC
The Countdown
Ten. These are the worst kinds of nights. The kind where you're gagging on your own breath that's hitching in your throat. The kind where you open your mouth to speak but you can't get those words out. To say them makes them true. Nine. The rain pounds against your window pain and the voice inside your head doesn't stop no matter how hard you cover your ears. You're screaming until you feel your throat bleed but you can't shut off the noise inside you. You can't stop the yelling within. Eight. You wonder if anyone ever notices your raspberry painted smile never quite reaches your eyes and you wonder if anyone ever wonders why your sleeves are stained red. Seven. Cold. You feel so cold like the wind that rattles your bones and you can't remember what it feels like to sit in the sun. Six. Rip the things from the walls. Tear off the bed sheets. Shatter the mirrors and blacken your own eyes. The hurricane that's made its home inside you needs destruction to keep on living, but you don't know how to **** it. Five. you're falling to your knees and god **** it stop crying. Stop! Don't you dare ask for help. Tears and running down your face and you can't make them quit. Crimson runs down your arms with your hands clasped in prayer, you swear you'll never do it again. Four. The only thing left in you for now is the hollow feeling. Your thoughts are whirling around the room gaining turbulence. Three. Pick it up, rinse it under cold water, tape it up as best as you can. No one told you when you poured your heart out it might fall to the floor and shatter Two. if you smile tomorrow no one will know, and you could be beautiful. Honestly. Maybe someone could love you One. your thoughts and feelings come rushing back into your body and soul. something breaks deep within you. your whole heart falling down. Irreversibly damaged in 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
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