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Nov 2014 · 1.0k
It's 12:57
Leyla Siraj Nov 2014
I'm waiting for the bus in front of a Jamaican club.
I'm tired.
A little high.
I smell like cigarettes.
I'd rather be chillin with you.
Oct 2014 · 337
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Leyla Siraj Oct 2014
everyday I find something new about myself
everyday I realize I don't even know myself as well as I thought
and that's one of the beauties of being young
because through everything, I'm given the freedom to reinvent myself
I'm given the freedom to find myself, without losing myself
Jul 2014 · 651
girlish
Leyla Siraj Jul 2014
you said I was clever, original, and inventive 
thinking the future with imagination saw the world with rose colored glasses

now you say I am naive 

lack experience, and judgment
daydream to much

unrealistically aiming for perfection that I need to grow-up
why do you build me up, make me feel loved
is it only to bring me down
Jun 2014 · 382
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Leyla Siraj Jun 2014
Lets get coffee on a random Wednesday afternoon in the middle of Summer.
We can sit for a hour and complain about why coffee cost so much, or talk about our favorite music and then travel downtown
because there is nothing to do
you can show me your whole vinyl collection
I can teach you how to slow dance or something
and instead of forcing conversation, when we have nothing to honestly say, we say nothing…
and we enjoy it.
Jun 2014 · 361
things my mother taught me
Leyla Siraj Jun 2014
fall in love with yourself
you'll find someone who wants to share that with you
Jun 2014 · 530
youth
Leyla Siraj Jun 2014
I'm a teenager and I forgot that I do not need to plan my life out right now.
I have yet to see the world or meet new people.
I haven’t drank and danced on the streets
I haven’t really felt my heart feel free.
I've felt my heart feel heavy and carry fear and uncertainty.
It’s carried hate and dislike for myself
And I think I’m finally going to love myself all the way and all of the time
not half way and some of the time.
And I’m going to meet new people and go to these places.
Absorb my surroundings and just breath.
Drink tea and read keep my mind open
so I can learn and grow but not to be attached to anything
And let my words flow and be more care free
because its okay to not know because we are young.
So kiss that guy and hug that girl that smells like vanilla
Smoke your cigarette and sleep on the grass.
Just do whatever before your heart gets old
and your mind grows tired.

— The End —