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Ellie Shelley Jan 2015
Insert tasteless **** joke here*
I stand still listening to the clicking trigger of your words
As the bullet shooting from your mouth hits a still new wound
And even though this all past just over a year ago
Every time my battle scars from this ongoing war start to heal
A new obstacle must be conquered, and new wounds form
What you did to me was repeated
not once
not twice
Four more times
****
******
and Child *******
All used to just be words
Officers
Judges
And district attorneys
Were once all just people
Your **** joke may be funny to you
But think of the people who really lived through it
The *** end of your **** joke
The boys and girls standing
Hiding behind the façade of petty laughter
Ellie Shelley Jan 2015
Talking about styles in class
The teacher points to me
How my clothes make a rebel
My attitude has no cause
My hair shows my need for attention
My expensive jacket shows wealth
But my cheap flats revel I am poor
I turn my attention to her
I say nothing
I just nod
She could figure me out in a few seconds
But I haven't been able to find myself out in 15 years
Ellie Shelley Jan 2015
How do I tell you
How perfect you seem?
How do I tell you
How amazing you are?
How do I tell you
What you mean to me?
How do I tell you
What the sight of you does to me?
You are the reason my heart flutters and flits
You are the reason my hands shake and my voice quits
So my one question for you is this
Will you be my date to WPA?
Just asking a friend to a dance theatrically
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