People
Are particularly
Narrow-minded
Prideful
Impatient.

I cannot say
I am not the same things
At times.

If everyone was judged
Good or bad
By the amount of faults we had
We would all
Be thought to be terrible.

So
If one must judge
Don’t judge how many faults
Every person has many
But instead
Please judge if they try
To be better or not.

You may read this
And think
I don’t have that many faults!
You are wrong
Because if you’re reading this
You’re probably not Jesus or God.

You don’t have to be defensive anyway
Because a type of person
Is not accurately judged
By the amount of faults
But instead
The amount of redeeming qualities.

Words flow
From our veins
Magic words
In our brains.

Pictures painted with a pen
Lovely sight don’t let it end.

Strings of letters
My salvation.
Places where I
Can be at peace in.

Keep on writing
‘till you drop.
If you’re reading
Still don’t stop.

Secret hideout
In these words.
They lift you up
Like wings of birds.

I hope you can understand
In your brain
A million words are crammed.
Ideas are not words anew
Just real old ones
Coming to visit you.

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One time I fell into a swamp
Where the bubbles went poppity-pop
And the crocodiles said hey
I found our lunch today!
Now, when I want to walk I have to hop.

There once was a cat
And he took a good swat
At a mouse that scurried away
The mouse-dignity frayed-ended up ok
But he never saw the end of that.

Writing
Is like eating strawberries.
They’re both
Delicious and good for you.

Sometimes you write
Even though you don’t need to.
Sometimes you eat strawberries
Even if you don’t need to.

It is sunny out
But I know storms are coming
Where are the storm clouds?

They say
When life gives you lemons
Make lemonade.

But what do you do
When life catapults
Lemons at you
From a high speed cannon?

You move forward
Away from the spot
Life keeps throwing things at.

Isn’t that hard
You’ll get through it.
Ups and downs
Laughter and tears
It’s a challenge.
But so many
Before you have
Gotten through it.
You
Can
Too
Don’t give up.
Not now.
Not ever.
The world
Cannot afford
To lose
Another person,
Another life,
At the hands of giving up.
Just don’t.