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Words by T May 2017
Study. Study hard. Study again.
You cannot achieve without some pain.
The pressure to preform
Has become our norm
Our grades are so important
We need some reinforcement.
Pushed to the brink
Forced to sink
Underneath all these books
That we don't even have time to look
At what we've become
Our bodies are so numb.

It's time to see
That you and me
In our minds
We need to find
A way to tell them
To end this mayhem.
We're in too deep
We need our sleep
I cannot go on any longer
It's time to conquer
The fact that our mental state
Needs to rehydrate.

Our bodies are tired
We're no longer inspired
To play this game
Of academic fame.
I was inspired to write this due to the fact that my mental health is no longer sustained due to grade 11
Words by T May 2017
You walk around with this gaping hole in chest,
Just accept it, darling, you're not like the rest.
You try to smile
But every once in a while
You can't help but frown
As a tear runs down
Your precious face
Oh, darling, you're so out of place.
I can see through your lies
It's visible in your eyes
As you try and pretend
That depression is something you can mend.
It's a long hard fight
But, darling, if you just see the light
You can make it through
You always do.
Words by T Jul 2017
I remember brown eyes
And I remember white fur
I remember the times
That I used to hold her  
Lovingly in my arms
Or petting her till she rolled over on the floor  
Hoping for more pets on her belly
So I rub her stomach and play with her arms
Expecting her to play along
She almost always did
Until she got sick
There was no more playfulness    
At times she would only lick as a sign of affection                                    
Oh, how I miss her happiness
That's why on that day you left
I understood that it was for the best
Even though it made me a mess
I had nothing less                              
Than unconditional love
For my darling, Jessie
Baby, I'll be there right with you, just wait
I'll meet you at Heaven's gate
And once again, we can play
Like we used to until that tragic day
Words by T Jul 2017
Ive written the note
I'm ready to take the pills
Only to be told that what I'm doing is
Selfish

Apparently it is selfish to commit suicide as you do not think of those
that you leave behind.
People clearly don't understand
The meaning behind suicide.

Yes you are leaving people behind
But it is not like you did not think of them
That is why I cried while writing the note
I cried while I thought of my mom at my funeral

To those that think suicide is selfish -
They should think of how selfish
it is to drive people into such a deep depression
That the only way to make it stop is to end their life

I'm not selfish
I'm selfless
As the world is a better place
Without me
Words by T May 2017
It's time for our nation
to join this demonstration
to promote the call
for Zuma to step down once and for all
These protests Are not about the colour of your face
but coming together as the human race
For one united idea,
I don't know how to make it clear
That whether you're black or white,
that is not our fight,
our fight is for the right to come together as a country and unite
We unite as a country to call, you zuma, to step down once and for all
Today is your time
I shouldn't have to rhyme
For you to realize
That the only thing our president tells us are stories and lies
Our country has sunk, we are officially junk
This must be a curse , it can't possibly get any worse
But today is the day for South Africans to say
That Zuma must fall and sa must rise, that my friends, is the real prize
Words by T Jun 2017
The darkness engulfed
The last sparkle in my life
It dragged, it tore,
Ripped my happiness with a knife.
The one with whom I shared
My darkest thoughts
I tried, I did
I promise I fought.
The demons ran every part of me,
They took control
The darkness engulfed my soul.
My sister, my friend,
I guess this is the point
Where our friendship ends.
Depression, you've won
You've taken away
my only sun.
You took away my only friend
And due to this,
I will never mend.

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