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Jun 2014 · 169
sandwitching myself
Riot Jun 2014
i can sing
but i don't trust my voice
but i can sing
Jun 2014 · 814
chloe
Riot Jun 2014
Chosen
Helper
Loved
Over
Everything
Jun 2014 · 1.3k
hide and seek
Riot Jun 2014
you tell me i don't talk enough about me
like i'm playing hide and seek
like my life is an open book

what if i opened it for you?
and then you changed the words?
just so you could be right?
Jun 2014 · 171
what now?
Riot Jun 2014
you tell me to be myself
well i am and you still don't believe me
Jun 2014 · 328
this is me
Riot Jun 2014
i don't like talking about myself
because i'm not in poverty
and i don't see me in the mirror
because there's a glass side of me

i don't do trust exercises
because i'm not prepard to fall
i try to give my all
but sometimes i am not there at all

people
are weakned
people
don't have so much on their plate
but i am not a person
i'm the church's v8

sometimes i can't take people
talling me to talk more about me
as if telling you
what i see in a mirror
is going to help humanity
but i can't help everybody
and right now someone is commeting suicide
because i wasn't there
and that's one of the things my 12yr old heart cannot bare

i have a lack of experiance
i was brought up that way
so if i don't speak so much about me
that's because there's nothing to say

so that's me
for those who wanted a poem about me
you annoyed me enough to get a poem from me
so here
take it
**i don't want it
for those who want to know about me
Jun 2014 · 354
welcome mat
Riot Jun 2014
i'm sorry
i didn't mean to
i know i promised
but you locked me outside of the door

but the knife
was so welcoming
when you locked me out
it invited me in

it was cold out there
and the knife had a welcome mat
Jun 2014 · 522
hard
Riot Jun 2014
today
he said he loved me again
my one and only friend
he said that it would never
happen again

so i cried
prayed
cut away the pain
i wasn't good enough
that's why he hurt me
right?

it's hard to figure out
why you're a punching bag
why everynight
he comes home drunk
and with your hair
he drags you
to his bedroom
the only thing you couldn't do
escape

he was too strong
you fell in love with how strong he was

so you let yourself
be his punching bag
as long as he said
i love you
nevermind the punches
and drags
because his "tough love"
was all the love you had

it was hard to figure out
why he was so mad

so they lived their lives again
sins commeted
deed done
she just tried not to let him influence
her one and only son
because it's
hard
to look at your parents
as heros
when your father is the villian
your father bonds with you the most
but you need to
stay away from him
but it's
hard

when your father controls
your every
single
move

you grow up seeing your father hit girls
it doesn't matter to you
you wanna do it to

so you get in fights at school
there's a pool
of teachers
asking you
why do you act so cool?

coming to school
with bruises
as if there's nothing else to do

the crule
punching bag rules
change
when it's not you

you see your child
bleeding
crying
you die inside

you protected him with all your heart
but you can't do anything outside
the overwhelming sadness
brings you to the ketchen

she knows she can't go back
next time she sees him
he's drunk again
it's time again

for her to remember
everything he did

remembering the ****** lyrics
to her own sad song
taking out the knife
as he stumbles along
she thrusts

as if this is the only way to breathe
her son comes home from school
right after she cleans

he asks
"where is daddy
where has he gone?"

it was hard to speak for years
but the one thing she said was
"right where he belongs"
Jun 2014 · 302
if i commeted suicide
Riot Jun 2014
i wonder what would happen
if i commeted suicide
those of you who think this means i am suicidal
i'm not

it just mean you care more
when one foot is out the door
you feel worse when you see someone crying
you wanna find them more
when you see they are hiding

if i commeted suicide
i wouldn't worry about whos there
at my funeral
i wouldn't care

because if i commeted suicide
that means i already lost
i was done
i wanted to escape
whatever the cost

i will not commit suicide
but i will die inside
next time you say

*i am not right
Jun 2014 · 286
i am not a person
Riot Jun 2014
the only thing that makes sense in this world
is that i am not a person

why else would i not have freedom of speech
why else would my rights be subjected
why else would you close your ears when i talk

the only thing that gives me peace at night
is knowing i will some day be like you

but until then
i am not human
i am not a person
*i am a child
Riot Jun 2014
now frozen is a tale about a girl who has some powers
but forget to tell
from heaven or hell
where did they come from?

the the boloved cliche of love at first sight
cruched by her sister
but the delivery was not right
instead of being nice and saying
"maybe take it slow"
she tells her sister it's stupid
"if you don't like it then just go"

so the gloves she held so tightly
conceling
never meant to show
were stolen by here sister who just wanted to know
"why are you waring them?"
as if stealing imagination can save the kids from a world
of ice

so instead of staying
explaining
to the world who loves her so
instead of being royal and not running
she lets it go

so her sister turns to no other
then her love at first sight
to take care of elsa's kingdom
while she travles through the night

while she isn't used to snowy weather
all she wants is to see her sister
because unlike elsa with her kindom she cannot let it go

so she turns to a stranger
with what he calls a talking randeer
maybe she's a little too trusting with her men?
well he thinks so

meanwhile at the ice kingdom

while elsa is making her ice castle
with a lengendary song
she has no idea who she is hurting
by not telling what is going on

but that song though

so the quest
the test of love is at stake
because elsa grew up
surronded by her mistake
the hate
of those glove
trying to control her every move
no wonder she had to let it go
so

it took so long for her to realze
it was not her mistake
she didn't know why this happened
but now she had to take
it
and keep it close
your mistakes make you stronger
if you let it go then you'll forget

so now the beginning of the problem
the love at first sight
causing the problem
for her sister now hair white
because nothing can change the heart
except love
true love
it might not be at first sight
but it's sister's for a lifetime

sometimes a single tear
can change what's inside
Jun 2014 · 495
amber
Riot Jun 2014
you cannot teach ignorance
when the ears are deafened by there ego
Jun 2014 · 176
who are you to... (4)
Riot Jun 2014
who are you to be there at the best of times?
where were you last night
Jun 2014 · 1.1k
on the chair
Riot Jun 2014
i was up there
on the chair
feeling underground

they said i was the underdog
they meant i was a hound
i was up there on the chair
feeling like a queen overthrown by the silence
but you still told me to dream

i was up there on that chair
thinking of the writing
everyday i was fighting for something i couldn’t do
i was up there on the chair
thinking of you calling us family
but telling me what i couldn’t do.

i was up there on the chair
thinking of my face
every single cut and bruise
now it’s the end of the race

i wish that i could speak, but speech is for the important

i was just there

nothing but a stare

waiting for you to say “i love you”

but i had to choose

i didn't’ want to take all the mental abuse

so on this chair i think of words

big small

or not there at all

everything you should have said

everything you shouldn't have said

when i asked

“if a tree falls in the forest does it make a sound?”

you said no

but you told me i was as strong as an oak

do you not here my fall?

are you not here at all?

“you wanted me to grow, but lowered my self esteem.

if you wanted me to be fixed

you shouldn’t have pulled me at the seams”


so now i’m up here on this chair, thinking of the words

all the silence

i just wanted to be heard

i

am

the chair

just like it does now

i fall

and yes you would hear a tree in the forest

**it cannot make it’s own fall
Jun 2014 · 174
who are you to... (3)
Riot Jun 2014
who are you to tell me what my dream is?
Jun 2014 · 282
who are you to... (2)
Riot Jun 2014
who are you to show me the light
when you pulled me into the darkness?
Jun 2014 · 1.0k
who are you to...
Riot Jun 2014
who are you to tell me that i'm not good enough...
Jun 2014 · 260
broken
Riot Jun 2014
sing me a lullaby i want to forget
what you told me to admit
i can’t sleep knowing you’re near
making sure my life is here
asking mother why do you let this happen
with tears in her eyes
she says there’s nothing left for me to do
a nightmare taking over you
a teardrop on a bed for two
the lie that you loved me was never true
oh father
you were against me all along.
Jun 2014 · 397
how is this a tear
Riot Jun 2014
Crying is not an action
It's a way of life
The heart that stays awake
and hears your wails at night
The touch of a blade
Bleeding the day away
But those drops of water
on your not so white T-shirt
Are not tears

You see
Tears are not an outer body experience
They're not what you see they're what you experience
They're the hands that tie the rope around your already bruised neck
But your feet are so heavy
Its not over yet
Because your mother is right there
Begging and pleading
But she gave up
You can see in her eyes she is already grieving

So out your mouth
The last words that you bare

**I can see that you're crying
But not a single tear
Jun 2014 · 250
real poetry
Riot Jun 2014
What is real poetry?
John 3:16
*for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son
So that whoever believes on him shall not parish
But have eternal life
Jun 2014 · 412
fire flys
Riot Jun 2014
i remember when i used to catch fireflys
and watch them as they glow
but now they're a distant memory
of the childhood i should have known

i've always been
a little less then a prodogy
but
a little more then average
my "childhood" was (is) just a job
for which i didn't get paid
and when i was tired of acting (not so) my age
my parents told me i had to go

i've always been
a little more then needed
but
a little less then right
and everyday i'd tell my bones to just
hold on tight
but now i'm breaking
making every single move a mistake
and
takeing every single word that you say
but hey
i'm 12 years old
why would i have a say?

so every night the only thing i could do
was catch fireflys
but i'm too old now
**and i have bible study tonight
Jun 2014 · 362
silent screams
Riot Jun 2014
Why do you think
This is her fault
This isn't the first man
Who's name is josh

Why do you assume
She's coming at you
Or do you just want someone
To think of you

If youy feel so strong
Then there's something wrong
Maybe YOU should find out whats going on
Jun 2014 · 579
anorexia
Riot Jun 2014
i have done everything to please
even got down on my knees
and asked you to stop giving me my insicurities

i look into the mirror
and see all you've said to me
pound by pound


but i look unto the scale
and only see **103
Riot Jun 2014
i never cried like this before
my heart slamming against against my sanities door
no more
you
i cried so hard
my eyes were sore
when i thought you left
and slammed the door

my tears were on the floor
while i was trying to get god to help
send a messege through his doors
the only thing i said was
"God please help her"

when i thought you were gone
i wrote a song
saying exacly what was going on

though i didn't know the full story
i still thought i could help

but then you came back

this is my first time
witnessing a miracal
Jun 2014 · 210
there are miracls
Riot Jun 2014
For those who think
Miracls dont exist
You didnt see my dream
Jun 2014 · 213
not enough
Riot Jun 2014
there are not enough people
who know what life is about
just smiling at a a person
without a doubt

not enough people know what being a hero means
not being blinded by your cape
but stting the people free

not enough people care about
the darkness in the world
it's not that they don't know
it's that they choose not to do so
Jun 2014 · 580
hurt
Riot Jun 2014
how do you help someone
who doesn't know they're hurt?
May 2014 · 270
heroes
Riot May 2014
when the world is darkest
the hereos see the stars
but instead of blocking the light
take someone else out of the dark
May 2014 · 22.6k
hair
Riot May 2014
if girls care so much about their hair
why do they take someone elses?
May 2014 · 3.6k
Beyonce
Riot May 2014
plastic smiles and denial can only take you so far
*but then you break when the fake facade leaves You in the dark
May 2014 · 226
tears
Riot May 2014
the knowledge and wisdom of closure
May 2014 · 220
cry
Riot May 2014
cry
a person who cries knows the meaning of tears
May 2014 · 1.3k
stress
Riot May 2014
stress is without the reassurance of humility
May 2014 · 240
alone
Riot May 2014
a person who feels alone is a brain without the confidence in tears
May 2014 · 278
faces
Riot May 2014
a face is somthing we can't take off
so why do girls have to put it on in the morning
for the overuse of makup
May 2014 · 221
don't
Riot May 2014
you can get in my face
then try to pretend i'm not there
but don't you dare try to tell me
that i don't care
May 2014 · 820
my backyard
Riot May 2014
i saw a little girl
in my backyard
eyes as white as day
aways asking if i could come out and play
but the danger that is out there
is telling me to stay

she comes back every time
she thinks my life is about to end
but i've gone through a lot
and i still have fight within

but this time

frozen  closed out
never going out
the cold is too much for me
the last time she called me
i felt a little more ready

because now it's freezing inside
and there's nowhere else to hide
so she reached out her hand
and it was wormer this time
May 2014 · 262
question
Riot May 2014
what do you do on a bridge of
fate
structurally made of
hate
and cars passing saying
"do it?"

answer?
there is none
May 2014 · 350
train wreak
Riot May 2014
the best thing to do in a train wreak?
don't be the defective breaks
May 2014 · 904
birthday :)
Riot May 2014
another year goes by
where you are growing
tremendously
in a good way
not another day goes by
that i don't look up to you

not another second goes by
that i don't admire your inner beauty
for 15 years of being strong
your doing good

happy birthday Chloe
May 2014 · 264
a promise (10w)
Riot May 2014
taken by your words i promise
you said that before
May 2014 · 339
did you even notice
Riot May 2014
did you even notice
how many people need your help?
their silent screams of desperation
your silent knife in their back
every time you don't say anything

did you even notice
how many scared arms are in your hallways
how many lockers
read "*****"
how much blood is on the floor
how many people hide who they are
all because you won't say anything

did you even notice
all the skeletons in your closet
depositing a check
for a hundred more laws
in your mind
behind a cage of time
your past is the master
controlling your ****** design
but you didn't speak

did you ever notice
you never cried
a good cry  
and you can't speak out
because your the same inside
May 2014 · 595
modern slave girl
Riot May 2014
rope burns as she try's
to go upstairs and hide
and while he is at work
she try's to make a sign
but he always comes back
downstairs to find
her hiding
her sign
and teaches her not to lie

rope burns in the basement
****** back in the kitchen
tears on his pillow
your own
wondering why you're alone

wondering why your family won't bring you home
but a thief
a thieving world
were little girls
act as slaves

is a world that we live in
were rope burns
at breakfast
and ****** backs
at dinner
are a ******'s fantasy come true
were an abducted modern slave girl
acts as a chew toy for your dues

but if you actually saw that sign
tell me
what would you do?
May 2014 · 391
tears
Riot May 2014
a little tear across his face
took the place
of the smile on his face
to erase
the trace
of happiness
and grace
was like taking everything he knew
off of his face
but they did

adopted
in a world of hate
you are not loved
you are
adopted
and it matters who adopted you
but your friends don't understand
that some times
an adoption
could be a man and a man

they ripped his heart out like it was nothing
because of a different way of living

living in a world of
"****"
not living in a world
of people
living in a world
were people can't live their lives
and we all live in evil
no matter what form

so he went home
with his own blood on his shirt
crying out for his dad(s)
they could not understand him
through his tears
but what he was saying was:
**what's a ***?
May 2014 · 216
there is no real reason
Riot May 2014
the reason i can't trust?
thinking back now there's none
May 2014 · 308
you
Riot May 2014
you
i won't stand by while you take away
everything i knew
my night and day
you can't choose the way i walk
and i'm going to walk away
you can't choose the way i talk
but i'm saying what i have to say

my whole life
i was your slave
i can't believe i didn't know
i still don't know now
but my poetry tells me so
May 2014 · 199
i can't
Riot May 2014
i can't sit here and love for you
May 2014 · 215
rain (he)
Riot May 2014
her whole life was a vision
the rain was a mirror
but a mere reflection of the challenges she could not see
he
was a long time ago but still changed the thought of gravity
shaking the earth every time he would speak
shaking life into her though she was dead underneath
a welcome mat
hanging on the floor of humanity
and she tried to get past it but the only thing she saw in her dreams
was he

he
was the man
who brought her to his bed
he made the thought swirling in her head
and in the eyes of the man she loved
she saw he instead

her only hope
was when it rained
to her
it was Gods reminder
that he sees your tears
as the black and blue
on that little girl
matured over the years

she was locked out of freedom
her thoughts were suicidal
and that little girl
of black and blue
came into her spirit
bridle

when her husband
could not touch her
and when she could not believe
that he loved her
that is when she knew she needed to be set free

so in the rain
she cried out
"i can't do this on my own
if you can take the pain away
i don't' want it to end this way
"

and years later
after the process of
forgetting some of the pain

with her husband
and their children
*they all walked in the rain
May 2014 · 275
recipe for success
Riot May 2014
God put everything in you
That you need
To conquer anything
But what you need to add into your own mix
Is humility
Riot May 2014
the majority
tells you what you are
where to stand in the midst of all the stars
confusing
the rules
but you'll get used to it

step one: don't care out laud
the very first thing that got me
was my friend
more confident then most
but had to cave in
we go in the midst of all these people
and can't choose one topic
because she cares what people think?
but then later that day tells me she doesn't care what people
say
what's the difference?
if anything it should be the other way around
but being a teenager means you are on a different ground
which brings me to

step two: do what you gotta do
know this one actually applies to everybody
but you find it starts with the particular stage
you find yourself switching gears
if you will
when another crowd comes your way
and what do you do  when two crowds are together
go with the winning side
because if you're winning the battle
there's no need to hide
but you hide

step three: remembering God is being pushy
i find this one in many shapes and sizes
you're having too much fun
to remember what the prize is
you love to hate so you forget to love
but then you ask God about the lack thereof?

step four: it's not ok to slam a door
you believe life is full of chances
and that is is true
but some of those chances are not meant for you
it's ok to say no

but not to your parents :)
May 2014 · 178
i
Riot May 2014
i
i* cried every night
my head was in my heart
i told myself i wasn't strong enough
i didn't even know how to start
telling you my goodbye
in your eyes i saw
my pain
in your disappointment
*could i live with that?
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