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Mar 2016 · 470
Sonnet for Ruling the World
Alexie Bowden Mar 2016
Who is to say that you can’t rule the world?
The most feared teen is one with a voice.
One who can stand confident with hair curled,
And be self-reliant in every choice.

Even if you dream in sugar and not spice,
Stand up, let every thought you have be heard.
Don’t get stuck in a fake fool’s paradise.
Don’t conform to standards, be a firebird.

People will try to extinguish your flame.
You have to find the will to keep burning.
Do not let them threaten you with any shame.
Make them question all they have been learning.

Stand like a tree and make your voice reach skies.
Be the entire world’s angel in disguise.
Alexie Bowden Mar 2016
There once was a fool named Trump.
He thought he was cool, but he was really a grump.
He wanted to “make America great again”,
But he’s a migraine.
He belongs in the garbage dump.
Mar 2016 · 3.0k
Disappearing
Alexie Bowden Mar 2016
Sometimes I wish I could leave.
Disappear from everything, and everyone.
Get away from the people who were once so close.
We're not even really family anymore.
Just individuals who live in the same house.
Not really sure the terms for that, but I've narrowed it down to:
Family now acquaintances.
We used to be so close, so we'll assembled.
Like a puzzle fit perfectly together.
Now all we do is fight.
Something broke our perfect creation.
We fight over the simple things, over sad things, over complicated things, & even over things that are supposed to make us happy.
We fight.

She yells, He yells, I yell.
She cries, He cries, I cry.
I'm sure my neighbors think we're crazy. Or maybe that everyone inside my house are violent abusive people. Though, they probably could care less. Which I'm okay with.
The fighting wouldn't be so bad if it didn't happen all the time.
Those are the moments disappearing becomes more of a reality than merely a dream.
I wish it was as easy as blinking.
Disappearing would be so natural, so calm & undisturbed. Like the way I find tranquility in sleeping.
It seems to be the only time I can get away from what is so bad in the world, in my house, in my mind.

Disappearing.
Otherwise known as the act of leaving without a single trace of evidence left behind.
No way to track a living soul.
All signs of existence washed away.
No one knows where you are, or what you're up too.
Maybe you'll finally cross through their minds, maybe you won't.
No more fighting. No more crying. No more pain. No more hurt.
Complete solitude.
Nothing can compare.
As She gazes into my eyes, Hers began to sob.
She says "I promise. This is the last time".
Her promises mean nothing more than the overuse of I love you.
She says it as if she's never spoken these seven words before.
Yet, she wonders why my mind cries out for help knowing no one can hear it's screams.
She wonders why I became so distant so quickly. As if, being three inches apart physically and mentally is too much space.
Her laughs depress me. My frown fears Her smile.
I can't help but know I'm being selfish. As if, I'm ruining everyone's happy ending.
Once Upon A Nightmare.
"Two months." She says. "Only two months". Another argument breaks out.
She can't wait to get out of this hell-hole.
As though, multiple three-headed canines guard the gates, which are meant to be forever shut.
Tearing people apart, and eating them inside out from the moment they step foot indoors.

Disappearing.
It would be easier than having to start all over, than having to sit through another argument. Knowing I'm only going to be found guilty.
It's easier than being here.
Enclosed in this world, inside my house, trapped in my mind.
If I could fade into the dimension between life and death, overriding all rules of time, and space.
It would be blissful. No more arguments. No more pain. No more tears.
My happiness, an eternal feeling I'd never shake.
"Two months is not long enough." I say.
There is is still much left to do, people to meet, and goals I have yet to accomplish.
Two months is not nearly enough time.
She says "Two months is all the time you have."
And with that, another argument breaks out.
Disappearing.
The act of leaving without a single trace of evidence left behind.
Mar 2016 · 1.2k
Ode to my Brain
Alexie Bowden Mar 2016
You giant bowl of noodles.
You basket full of emotions.
You disease filled vermin.
You memory hoarding squirrel.
I used to hate you.
You gave me anxiety,
And told me I’d have to live with it.
You always need everything to be perfect,
And you can’t rest when it’s not.
You over-think every situation until you’re dying
From an overdose on stress.
Oh, thought creator and keeper.
Oh, decision maker.
You have thought of every word that passes through my lips.
You have dreamt every best and worst nightmare.
You have conceived my finest and lowest poems.
You have fantasized every dark intention and every bright light.
You socially acceptable being.
You waterfall of brain.
I apologize for never noticing how much you do for me.
I apologize for never seeing you for what you are:
A hot tub words sit in ‘til they’re scorching.
A fantasy the dreamer never wakes from.
Dec 2015 · 297
First Love
Alexie Bowden Dec 2015
Like a breath of fresh air,
a deep breath, the kind that
is painful to hold in. Even more
to let go.

Loving him wholeheartedly was the hardest thing to do.
With every inch of my brain, body and heart, every crease of my soul, I loved him.
I loved him even when the
bruises and cuts covered my heart in blood.
I loved him even when I shouldn’t have.
Nothing would ever make me leave.

His blood, entwined with mine, tangled in my veins.
I have his eyes. His smile. His attitude.
Two lives completely different,
completely the same.
No, not my first lover.
The first person I loved.

— The End —