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Desert Rose Oct 2015
Wings broken
Grounded to the Earth
Staying here
Even though I know
I'd find happiness elsewhere

Fly away fly away
Find a place
Called home to stay

Little bird
Once you grow up
You'll take your wings
Fly somewhere safe to stay
Desert Rose Sep 2015
19 years of
Thinking it's okay
My parents are happy
They'll always be together

Now they're not
THings have changed
They're divorcing
I have to pretend it's okay
Desert Rose Sep 2015
It ***** when
People ask if you're okay
You want to be honest
Yet always feel
Obligated to say I'm fine

Things are not always okay
But I say I'm fine
Not just so others don't worry
More to try and
Convince myself it's the truth
Desert Rose Sep 2015
Being told you
Having the right
To express your feelings
Is nice
Until you realize
That's not entirely true

Having thoughts and
Expressing feelings is great
But people still shut you down
Tell you it's wrong
To feel that way

Freedom of speech is a lie
When you're told
You can say what you want
Then you get in trouble for it

I mean you have the right
To be offended by my opinion
But there's a fine line between
Telling someone they're inappropriate and
Censoring everything they say
Desert Rose Sep 2015
Who are we to
Judge others on
What they've done
Mistakes they've made

We have all
Done something
Wrong stupid or bad

We are all people
We are not better than
Someone who has made
Some mistakes
Desert Rose Sep 2015
It's hard to be
Original these days
Every word has
Already been spoken
Each phrase
Done to death

Every idea is a cliche
It's all been done before
Yet we claim
Our ideas are our own
Even though
Someone long ago
Thought of it before
Desert Rose Sep 2015
Growing up
Going to school
Making friends

Get to high school
Make the grade
For a good future

Go to college to
Get a degree
Find a job

Never knowing what's real
Just moving along
Because that's what society wants
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