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Isnt it strange to think
We are whale’s heaven,

Because this isn’t heaven.

My seventeen year old friend snorting 4 too many pills isn’t heaven,
His mom kicking him out for trying to leave forever isn’t heaven.

It seems strange for heaven to go against gravity,
And that we are up for something else’s down.

I think we have it all backwards and heaven is in the ocean,
Floating in a weightless paradise void of broken people

Because this isn’t heaven.
The truth of it is-

he's not going to fix you

she's not going to make you forget
the way your father would hit you

He is not going to make your collarbones sprout roses
He will not make you forget how to need

The truth of it is-

She is not a savior
She is not able to fight off the demons in your dreams

He will not make you forget the way your mother left
The bloodstains in the bathtub will still be there

The truth of it is-
This is your life
This is not a movie

No one is going to swoop in and save you

You will have to grow your own wings if you want to fly away
Some call them *******.
Smart girls will call them weapons...
...of mass seduction.
© Bitsy Sanders, April 2014
 Apr 2014 Emily Williams
Molly
I held a match to the rose you gave me
but it wouldn't
*******
burn.

I tried so hard to leave you
but you wouldn't
let me
*go.
 Apr 2014 Emily Williams
Clare
the thought of him falling for a girl
who doesn't see the sun rise
when she looks in his eyes
or feel galaxies forming underneath his fingertips
when he holds her while she cries
***** the air right out of my lungs.
because there is an entire universe inside of that boy,
and he deserves someone who sees it.
An
Empty
Cross
Shadows
An
Empty
Tomb
HE
IS
ALIVE!
I came into church broken
and emotionally spent but
You healed me.
With song and prayer,
You taught me how
to love myself again.
I didn't realize how good going to church felt until I was singing in the choir. My eyes lit up and I began to feel truly happy.
 Apr 2014 Emily Williams
Redshift
caffeine makes me feel like ****
but today i'm chugging it
focus on the negativity in my cup
so the positives don't put me too high up

happy is just how far from the ground you are
happy is just how far you'll fall
how hard you'll hit
the pavement
i'd rather be an inch high
than on a cliff
is it worth
the self interest
I think the world's greatest sin
is wearing a fake grin.
My, what a world we live in.
If you are genuinely happy, show it! If not, someone will always be there to help you.
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