sarah-bell - Hello Poetry

every person you meet is an endangered species. don't put them in a cage to look at them, but love them because there is no one else similar

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Sep 6, 2016

Sep 6, 2016 at 11:34 AM UTC

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every person you meet is an endangered species. don't put them in a cage to look at them, but love them because there is no one else similar

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last year, you fell in love with a boy that only wanted your virginity and you gave it to him on a silver platter so you could remember what love feels like but babygirl, it's not love if he only loves you for what's between your legs it's not love if the only thing he compliments you on is the way your hips are formed it's not love if every time you said no he ignored it that boy is not your lungs you can breathe without him, i promise he is not your atlas never let someone that doesn't care about the way your continents took form hold your world on their shoulders *because when they crumble, you will too*

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Jun 6, 2015

Jun 6, 2015 at 11:37 PM UTC

for a girl named kendall

last year, you fell in love with a boy that only wanted your virginity and you gave it to him on a silver platter so you could remember what love feels like but babygirl, it's not love if he only loves you for what's between your legs it's not love if the only thing he compliments you on is the way your hips are formed it's not love if every time you said no he ignored it that boy is not your lungs you can breathe without him, i promise he is not your atlas never let someone that doesn't care about the way your continents took form hold your world on their shoulders *because when they crumble, you will too*

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for the days you feel whole: you are still broken for the days you feel broken: you have the ability to be whole

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May 17, 2015

May 17, 2015 at 11:00 PM UTC

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for the days you feel whole: you are still broken for the days you feel broken: you have the ability to be whole

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tell me you remember the day you let me wear your jacket tell me you remember the day we drove to where the sun touches the earth tell me you remember the day you held my hand for the first time tell me you remember because i could never forget

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May 10, 2015

May 10, 2015 at 9:46 PM UTC

tell me you remember

tell me you remember the day you let me wear your jacket tell me you remember the day we drove to where the sun touches the earth tell me you remember the day you held my hand for the first time tell me you remember because i could never forget

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how do you tell someone no amount of telling me to love myself will make me find myself beautiful and how do you tell someone getting out of bed in the morning feels like trying to swim with stones tied to your ankles and how do you tell someone trying makes it worse and how do you tell someone everyday is a struggle, and ode to the man hanging on a cliff with one hand *a boy that still had someone to confide in dared to tell me, "don't bottle up your emotions" so i looked him in the eyes as i bought a bigger bottle*

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Mar 25, 2015

Mar 25, 2015 at 10:23 PM UTC

explaining my depression

how do you tell someone no amount of telling me to love myself will make me find myself beautiful and how do you tell someone getting out of bed in the morning feels like trying to swim with stones tied to your ankles and how do you tell someone trying makes it worse and how do you tell someone everyday is a struggle, and ode to the man hanging on a cliff with one hand *a boy that still had someone to confide in dared to tell me, "don't bottle up your emotions" so i looked him in the eyes as i bought a bigger bottle*

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loving you was the most beautiful form of self-destruction.

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Feb 26, 2015

Feb 26, 2015 at 8:25 PM UTC

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loving you was the most beautiful form of self-destruction.

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i guess i make it too obvious i don't want to talk about things because since i turned sixteen you haven't asked me how i feel or how my day was but i guess that's okay because i was always the one drowning and you were always the one yelling at me to "just swim"

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Feb 18, 2015

Feb 18, 2015 at 10:43 PM UTC

anxiety

i guess i make it too obvious i don't want to talk about things because since i turned sixteen you haven't asked me how i feel or how my day was but i guess that's okay because i was always the one drowning and you were always the one yelling at me to "just swim"

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for the girls that will never know the difference between affection and aggression for the kids forced to bring broken arms and black eyes to show and tell each bruise a reminder never to make him mad again he told you he was nothing like your father so you let him leave you bruises to know what it felt like when he was gone, tell me what it feels like when he's gone. they will tell you boys will be boys, but that is no excuse for telling you that you asked for it i love you, i beat you, I'm sorry, there is no excuse, don't ever accept that boys will be boys. darling, aggression and affection are not synonyms they exist in opposite universes and i will scream until my voice in nonexistent for my eight year old cousin to understand when he hits you on the playground it does not mean he likes you never make the mistake of thinking he loves you when he leaves you scars when you see the flames burning in his eyes and fear starts in yours don't you ever confuse it with love women will continue to believe they asked for it will continue to believe they wanted it until we convince them your clothes do not say **** me your alcohol content does not say **** me only you have to power to say yes or no only you have the power to tell yourself the only cause of **** is rapists

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Jan 27, 2015

Jan 27, 2015 at 11:22 PM UTC

for the girl that sat next to me in english last year

for the girls that will never know the difference between affection and aggression for the kids forced to bring broken arms and black eyes to show and tell each bruise a reminder never to make him mad again he told you he was nothing like your father so you let him leave you bruises to know what it felt like when he was gone, tell me what it feels like when he's gone. they will tell you boys will be boys, but that is no excuse for telling you that you asked for it i love you, i beat you, I'm sorry, there is no excuse, don't ever accept that boys will be boys. darling, aggression and affection are not synonyms they exist in opposite universes and i will scream until my voice in nonexistent for my eight year old cousin to understand when he hits you on the playground it does not mean he likes you never make the mistake of thinking he loves you when he leaves you scars when you see the flames burning in his eyes and fear starts in yours don't you ever confuse it with love women will continue to believe they asked for it will continue to believe they wanted it until we convince them your clothes do not say **** me your alcohol content does not say **** me only you have to power to say yes or no only you have the power to tell yourself the only cause of **** is rapists

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i never asked to be emptied i simply wanted to be filled

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Jan 21, 2015

Jan 21, 2015 at 10:41 PM UTC

twelve

i never asked to be emptied i simply wanted to be filled

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i was told i could be anything, so i chose to be a feminist because when i suggested my father help with the laundry, my mother told me i was crazy. because meghan tranior's "all about that bass" is telling bigger girls to be comfortable in their own skin because skinny girls already do, right? because i'd like to make as much as my male coworkers. because i was laughed at for wanting to be a doctor instead of a housewife. because people look at me strange when i say i don't want kids. because when i gave a speech about feminism in my english class, i was called a man-hater. because "my shoulders distract the boy's education". because my mom shouldn't have to worry about what goes in my drink at concerts. i will be a feminist until i can tell my boyfriend "no babe, i'd rather watch the movie" and i am not told "you're depriving him of his needs". until my body is my body. until i no longer have to carry pepper spray on a keychain. until women in foreign countries can vote and drive. until woman means human. until we understand **** culture and feminism isn't just about women, it's about humans.

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Jan 12, 2015

Jan 12, 2015 at 9:01 PM UTC

feminism

i was told i could be anything, so i chose to be a feminist because when i suggested my father help with the laundry, my mother told me i was crazy. because meghan tranior's "all about that bass" is telling bigger girls to be comfortable in their own skin because skinny girls already do, right? because i'd like to make as much as my male coworkers. because i was laughed at for wanting to be a doctor instead of a housewife. because people look at me strange when i say i don't want kids. because when i gave a speech about feminism in my english class, i was called a man-hater. because "my shoulders distract the boy's education". because my mom shouldn't have to worry about what goes in my drink at concerts. i will be a feminist until i can tell my boyfriend "no babe, i'd rather watch the movie" and i am not told "you're depriving him of his needs". until my body is my body. until i no longer have to carry pepper spray on a keychain. until women in foreign countries can vote and drive. until woman means human. until we understand **** culture and feminism isn't just about women, it's about humans.

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