And with each tear
that crossed my face,
the person I once was
slowly washed away.

I'd like to know the stories,
that you carved into your skin
But I'd hate to ask you to live them again.

Maybe we admire the sky,

Because no matter how hard the storm

It will always return to how it was before.

are like a slow website.
They might be the coolest site, but usually, people don't wait that long for them to open.

It teaches you that by saying' the wrong things, you could end someone's life.

And just like that, I realized that my old scars never truly healed,
because they bled again at a single word.

The version of me you created in your mind is not my responsibility.

"I read them all one day
when loneliness came,
and you were away.
Oh they told me nothing new
But I love to read
the words you used."

For your own good, walk away. I mess everything up.
I'll probably push you away, that's my thing.
I just don't want to hurt you. So please, I'm begging you...
Don't enter my life.

"Church is where I found God, but it's also where I learned to judge"

hurt people,
HURT people.

"When I lean my ear
up against your seashell heart,
I can hear an ocean of love
roaring inside."

'Suicide is the only thing, you can control in your life.
And that's why it's considered a sin.
Because you're beating God
At his own game.'

"some people feel the rain, others just get wet."

The only reason why i stay in my room is because it feels so safe in there. No one yells at me and no one judges me. I can be me without any fear.

I don't want to see stores looted or even buildings burn. But African Americans have been living in a burning building for many years, choking on the smoke as the flames burn closer and closer. Racism in America is like dust in the air. It seems invisible - even if you're choking on it -until you let the sun in. Then you see it's everywhere. As long as we keep shining that light, we have a chance of cleaning it wherever it lands. But we have to stay vigilant because it's always still in the air.

Someone once said that, "When you avoid the conflict to keep the peace, you start a war inside yourself."

made all of his young lovers tragically die...

because he realized some people are only meant to sleep together
six feet under ground.

Depression isn't always 3 a.m.
sometimes it hits you at 3 p.m.
when you're with your friends
and you're halfway through a laugh
and you just
stop.

'..I did it because I know that revenge is a meal we prepare for someone else...

..and somehow the chef always ends up starving..'

"When you're all alone, even devils seem to be friendly."

"where we are all born free and spend a lifetime becoming slaves to our own false truths."

The thing about masks is that someone always sees the string behind your head.

''''But maybe there is freedom,
In feeling things I had denied
So I lay down in its' icy arms
And surrender to the tide'''''

where sometimes you don't want to live but you won't make the effort to die. You don't want to talk to anyone but you feel very lonely. It's where you wake up in the morning and simply wait for the night to come.