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Jul 2016 · 186
Death.
gray rain Jul 2016
Has anyone ever thought 'what would I do if this person dies?'
then they do.











and you don't remember what you thought.
Jul 2016 · 205
Sorry
gray rain Jul 2016
I couldn't say it...
Jul 2016 · 865
Jigsaw
gray rain Jul 2016
Pieces of our hearts
fit together like a
jigsaw puzzle;
each piece fitting
uniquely to us.
yet somehow
someone managed
to break us appart.
Jul 2016 · 372
Guilt
gray rain Jul 2016
Sorry for not going to see you today
When you're always there for me
And I'm crying, actually crying
with actual tears.
Whilst I get told to make more of an effort
because you won't be here forever
thinking about all the times I walk past your house
and didn't say hello.
I say sorry and usually I make the same mistake over and over and over.
Because it never seems real
it will never seem real
until I walk past your house
and it's empty.
I avoided my family all evening
because I could hear your name and ambulance from upstairs
and I didn't go to see you and make sure you were well.
I didn't go to see you
I didn't go to see you
replays in my head
because I won't see you tomorrow
'cause you'll be in a hospital bed.
They will never be seen in that house again.
Jul 2016 · 182
Ink
gray rain Jul 2016
Ink
Ink is like an incurable virus
once it reaches the paper
there is way to remove it.
Jul 2016 · 459
Sometimes
gray rain Jul 2016
Sometimes I write how I feel inside
Sometimes I write what's on my mind
Sometimes I write how I try to hide
Sometimes I write what to me makes life unkind
Sometimes I write how I try and try
Sometimes I write how I want to die
Sometimes I write how people think I'm quiet and shy
Sometimes I write about time passing by
Sometimes I write what I'm trying to find
I wrote this a while ago
Jul 2016 · 281
The UK Is Deteriorating
gray rain Jul 2016
First we left the EU
and the prime minister didn't know what to do
he left us with an empty number 10
and a handful of homophobes to fill it in.
Finally we were making progress
after hundreds of years of unacceptance.
Now the economy's a mess
and we have no defence.
We seem to be going backwards
but no one ever said 'trust a politicians every word'
Regression of the UK
lies told every day
building up hope
then the day after we hear nope
'I didn't care for politics
I'm just a overly patriotic *******'
So every thing will stay the same
and the UK will waste away
because of a bunch of lies
and hundreds of people terrified
for their future.
Old news but I was reading something about potential PM candidates being homophobic unaccepting of marriage equality and same-*** relationships and can't see it ending well considering the state of the UK at the moment.

I sound like a patriot, I'm really not. I'd just rather see progress than whatever has happened in the last month and what is to come.
Jul 2016 · 436
What Is Wrong With Us?
gray rain Jul 2016
As a society we are unable to help each other,
unable to notice something's wrong.

We've tried to create a perfect world
so perfect that it will crumble
because perfect is different to everyone.

We try separating ourselves
from those who hurt us
but the pain and suffering has gone on too long.

We have become as a society self absorbed
trying to climb the hierachy whilst we all sink lower and lower as one.
Jul 2016 · 926
Sport's Day From Hell
gray rain Jul 2016
It's sports day
it should be fun
there's no way
anything could go wrong...

but it did
during rounders my shoulder became irritated due to a previous problems during swimming.
200m sprint well I was put down for 400 but I did 200 instead. All went well I was in the lead from the beginning
but when I finished I wasn't tired like I usually am and was about to pass out.
I was told to sit down but didn't realise what I was on about.
Eventually I got away from the crowd still unable to breathe properly
and threw up, calmed down, nearly passed out with the help of nobody.
So sports day went so well that I now have to explain to my parents that I had a panic attack again.
Jul 2016 · 652
Pain Of Pointlessness
gray rain Jul 2016
Something changed
it was a new kind of pain
I don't know why
watching people run with bulls
being injured for no reason
other than to look 'masculine'
seems so pointless that it hurt
it was so painful it felt like my chest was closing
like I couldn't breath but I was
it wasn't a panic attack
I was having a bad day
I was tired
I wanted to go home
but watching something so pointless hurt so much and I don't know why.
So today is San fermin and there were few people in school so both Spanish classes were merged together and we watched the 2007 bull run and being scared of just about every animal I don't see the point of it then I started to feel like I was going to have a panic attack but knew I wouldn't it just hurt watching people be trampled amd I don't know why.
Jul 2016 · 332
Alone But Not Alone
gray rain Jul 2016
I'm alone but not alone.
There are so many people to talk to
But I'm sat here on my own
In the dark with no where to go.
In my home
But no one will know.
Or no one will care
it's not like I'm doing anything
It's not like I can share
it with anyone, no one is listening.
The loneliness I have to bare
but talking doesn't take away the fact I'm just existing.
Jul 2016 · 234
Nothing Interesting
gray rain Jul 2016
I don't know what he's thinking
build a mountain of rubble
behind the school.
Is it a non-metaphorical mountain
you want them to climb?
Was the metaphorical one not working?
Are you building it for both schools?
They both have this mountain climbing metaphor engrained in their roots.
If you are we don't want to share the mountain with you.
So this needs an explanation
My school and another school are on the same road. The former vice principal of my school (DTA) left 1.5 years after DTA opened to create another school (DMA) 2 years ago. The building DMA originally had was too big so they were demolishing part of it which now is a mountain of rubble. Which I found funny because both schools use the metaphor of climbing a mountain to University (which makes their goal for every student to go to uni). Not a very interesting story.
Jul 2016 · 1.4k
Just Another Boring Day
gray rain Jul 2016
I don't know what to write today
Nothing was different so I have nothing to say
I nearly fell asleep in lesson, what does that teach?
maths lectures are boring, I don't want to hear someone preach.
We may have a band name as original as it sounds!
It's a generic name for a band yet to be found.
Science had less stories without my friend next to me
no catchup about the weekend and who we got to meet.
English was just researching any topic of my choice
I chose 'nationalism is bad' to make a speach, so people have to hear my voice.
In history was the usual ****
the teacher talks we write and watch a video clip.
So today was just a boring day
I just hope tomorrow is less grey.
gray rain Jul 2016
Two days of school missed
I can't catchup on Spanish
my homework, I just can't do it
there's too many words for my head to fit
'food' was covered in year 7 and it's year 10 now
I don't remember any vocab, I don't know how
I guess the blanks, they're probably wrong
my knowledge of food and drink in Spanish is not so strong
I pick up my pen and try not to cheat
(use Google translate for help) although the translation's in the sheet
and I want to go to sleep
and wake up the beginning of next week (more like tomorrow or Monday morning)
I'll copy my friends they're in the same class
I'll get a few wrong it's not like there's anything to pass
or I could tell my teacher I don't understand much and stay behind after school
but I don't have time for that and it doesn't sound all that cool
she said I might not get it all 'do as much as you can'
so maybe I wouldn't have to stay behind if I said 'I don't understand'
It's only homework I can catch up on what I missed
but it's kinda difficult when I barely know Spanish
My teacher gave me homework in Spanish
and I missed my lessons when I was in Wimbledon so am stuck on what to do so I made my thoughts rhyme and shared this pointlessness with you.
Jul 2016 · 395
Ignorance
gray rain Jul 2016
I can deal with people (well a small amount)
I confuse most without a doubt.
Some don't understand their ignorance is what makes us divided
because whilst I try to be enlightened they don't realise nothing's one sided.
Whilst some are not bigots or prejudice in any way
they never seem to understand so agree with what you say.
Their ignorance is ineffable, inevitable and ineluctable
however, could change although improbable.
Understanding people's identity and lifestyle should be taught to us
then no one would be beat down for who they are, on the bus.
I know so many ignorant people which is often why I am seen as antisocial because I hate having conversions with people who don't understand what they do or don't accept.
Jul 2016 · 769
The Original Cliché
gray rain Jul 2016
Everyone aims for the same thing.
They just have a different things to do that with.
Whether it be music, sport, writing or whatever else.
We all have something, physically or not.
Most choose not to use the things they are have.
They try to use what others have.
Take what makes them unique and for most it leads to both having less.
Because although inspiration is good.
Taking that thing one person has and spreading it umong many.
Makes their thing have less value than everyone else's.
Making their thing cliché.
But does them doing their own thing makes them the original cliché? Or just a cliché because they have nothing original to them? Because everyone else took it.
I was just thinking everyone is trying to be someone they're not and as soon as someone's idea goes viral people try to copy it. People have their own talents there is no reason to do the same thing as anyone else, no matter how much of an inspiration they are. Everyone is different yet we are trying to be the same... sorry if this offended you.
Jul 2016 · 721
The Negative Optimist
gray rain Jul 2016
Everything is perfect,
everything goes well
but when it doesn't
the world turns to hell.

Everything is bright,
nothing out of place
but when something does
it causes an earthquake.

Everything is happy,
nothing's ever sad
until something goes wrong
then it's really, really bad.

Everything is great
unless something is wrong with it;
then what was great
is absolute ****.
Jun 2016 · 2.1k
Unnecessary Arguments
gray rain Jun 2016
Unnecessary arguments
why do they happen?
All unproportionate
to the problem like a cannon
being set off if someone threw a pebble.
In the end nothing will settle
and everyone is angry over nothing.
Jun 2016 · 245
Confused
gray rain Jun 2016
Nothing
no feeling
confusion
hatred
confusion
do you like me?
I really ******* don't like you!
in that way at least.
nothing
confusion
what?
confusion
Why would you say that?
Do you like me?
I do not like you!!
lost
I don't know
confusion
I don't know what to write
or say!
I'm confused
and you don't even know.
I'm struggling to write at the moment and really confused by what my friend said.
Jun 2016 · 472
Regret
gray rain Jun 2016
Haha... this is gonna be funny.
Get to tomorrow and all comedic value is lost.
A lot of things are like this:
the UK leaving EU,
what we talked about on the coach yesterday
or what was said in the (really ****) hotel,
that photo on snapchat everyone saw.
All of these regrettable yet they happened and left consequences to deal with.
It may lead to someone loosing their job or being humiliated.
But NOTHING CAN BE DONE!
Things are regrettable but they cannot be change.
Wimbledon was fun besides the sun burn and overpriced pizza. I was too tired and busy to post anything.
Jun 2016 · 2.3k
6 Hours
gray rain Jun 2016
6 hours until school
4am and I'll be there
But Wimbledon sounds cool
So I don't really care.

6 hours in a vehicle
4 probably sleeping
It should be feasible
As long as my friends aren't beefing.

Again.
I'm going to Wimbledon tomorrow with school. I don't know anything about tennis and it's a long journey.
Jun 2016 · 541
Redshift
gray rain Jun 2016
If love had the equivelant to redshift in light
we would know how far appart we've grown.
Jun 2016 · 365
In The Dark
gray rain Jun 2016
Dark streets unlit
lampposts don't hang
but the light
is dead.
Jun 2016 · 462
24th June 2016
gray rain Jun 2016
What did you do to the UK?

Why did lessen the worth of the pound today?

Where do you want us to go? There's no escape.

Who let UKIP have their way?

When did maths become a political debate?

Why did the 24th June 2016 become UK independence day?
In maths we were talking about leaving the EU.
gray rain Jun 2016
I remembered the words
but forgot the verbs.
Overall it went well.
Voy a baloncesto
was where I fell.
I can't go basketball, I know
but the rest was fine.
6 minutes of Spanish; I did my time.
Jun 2016 · 393
School Is Confused
gray rain Jun 2016
You can teach us about the Nazis and how they killed the jews
but you can't teach us *** ed without permission. What are you? Confused?

You can teach us not to do something and what is right and wrong
but do not explain, so ignorance is becoming of the young.

You don't listen to what we need to learn you just read it from the book
but you don't realise it's not all in there. You read but do not look.

You teach us for the test. You make us decided before we know
but under pressure we cannot find ourselves just empty shells so...
we leave the place with nothing. No direction. Nowhere to go.
I wrote this mainly for the first two stanzas.
Jun 2016 · 256
I had a dream
gray rain Jun 2016
I had a dream...

that Donald Trump was dead
and he had a Coffin with the union flag
and his face on it.

It was a dream but I actually thought it was real.
This is true I don't know why the British flag was there but it was
Jun 2016 · 895
Speaking Assessment 4
gray rain Jun 2016
3 minutes of pauses between each of the words
but I remembered the ending of the verbs

2 minutes of questions,  maybe more
the pauses could effect my score

1 night left I'm in a better place
the practice showed me it's not a race

hands are shaking
heart is racing
the recording starts
there are no restarts
My speaking assessment is tomorrow morning but my teacher did a mock with me so I feel more confident
Jun 2016 · 442
Listen To Yourself
gray rain Jun 2016
El logro no es importante sí no lo disfruto. Hago algo porque lo disfruto no para ganar.

I should probably stop doing Spanish if I don't enjoy it. There's no point doing something I don't enjoy.

_________________
Trans­lation
Achievement is not important if you don't enjoy it. I do something to enjoy it not to win.
This is one of the answers to a question on my speaking assesment but 'algo' was 'deportes' which means sport. I don't know why I dislike Spanish so much but I do. There is now two days left and writing about it help me learn.
gray rain Jun 2016
We're all prisoners
serving between five and seven years
some escape and find themselves somewhere else
some stay and accept the crime of being born
in the 21st century
where it is illegal to be out of education
so we are sentenced if we go
and our parents are if we don't
during your time you will be force fed Maths, English and Science - the stuff you really hate and never want to go near but what some wierd person really likes for some reason.
If you're lucky you may be rewarded
allowing you to play sport or something else you enjoy.
If you're not,  you have extra time where any such luxeries are stripped and you will be forced to sit in silence so you will learn from your mistakes.
If you're rich you can wake up later and pay for longer breaks whilst servings your time.
some will leave having learned nothing and will find themselves back for more time
but some will learn and graduate into society never to return.
To the place that kept them for many years.
I really don't know how the legal system works but I think I got the point across.
Jun 2016 · 390
When Ink Is Spilled
gray rain Jun 2016
When ink is spilled...

Do you make it into something that looks good or try clean up as fast as you can.

Do you let it soak into the paper and when you go to write it ends up on your hands.

Do you continue to spill the ink not giving a **** about where it lands.

Do you turn it into a poem or song that you could sell to the next underground band.

Do you leave it to live a life of its own and see the patterns and shapes it makes as though it was planned.

Or do you leave it for someone else to clean up just because you can.
gray rain Jun 2016
Why the **** is Spanish so ******* difficult to remember?
The teacher says "it just is! Stay 'til 5:30 tomorrow with the other twenty who can't remember either."
As my head fills with excuses about why school shouldn't be important or why exams should be stopped.
I say "ok" because it doesn't stop the fact that I have a speaking assessment in three days. Then in a year it can be dropped.
gray rain Jun 2016
Two languages doesn't
seem to be enough.

I thought I needed two
but three is going to be tough.

Music is a language
an international one,

it's difficult to read, write
and only understood by some.

I don't have time to learn a third
as reading isn't natural,

so it isn't going to be easy
I have to learn
it's not catchable.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G
seven letters of a language, so complex
it's difficult I vaguely understand it,

yet A to Z  I understand.
maybe? A bit!

A menos que sea el Español
then I want to quit.
I don't know if the Spanish is correct but it's supposed to translate to unless it's in Spanish.
Jun 2016 · 511
A middle class capitalist
gray rain Jun 2016
To become so immersed in an idyllic lifestyle that you become oblivious to the disproportionate society around you.
I wrote this in a practice question about Mr Birling in 'An Inspector Calls'.
Jun 2016 · 279
Speaking Assessment
gray rain Jun 2016
Language is a complicated thing
that takes time to understand

yet in four days I need to know two
without notes on  the back of my hand

speaking is difficult enough
in the language that I know

but speaking two seems impossible
dragging words and so

talking really slow
just to waist time

or because I can't talk fast
and it's difficult
to remember the next line...

erm...un momento
siento haberle hecho esperar

I really need help
but I can't say that or I'll loose a mark
I might add more when I think of it.
Jun 2016 · 697
Pen To Paper
gray rain Jun 2016
Pen to paper once again
this message I must send
a gift I want to share with all
but I don't know where to start or end

pen to paper once again
there are so many messages to spread
I could write about life
I could write about the dead

pen to paper once again
it's been a while since I wrote in ink
about the the sadness life can bring
and the blood spilled in the sink

pen to paper once again
I don't need a message to send
I need someone to give it to
so now this will end
It's been a while since I actually wrote a poem on paper.
Jun 2016 · 4.0k
Because Of A Gun
gray rain Jun 2016
Another hate crime.
Another death.
Another life gone
because of a gun.

Fatally shot outside a library.
People run to stop the shooter
but the damage was done
because of a gun.

Political difference, a possible motive.
Maybe gun laws aren't the problem.
In the UK people still die
because of a gun.

A city comes together
to celebrate love and loss
and remember those who
died in the past week
because of a gun.
The city of Bradford had a memorial to remember those lost in Orlando as well as Jo *** an MP who was fatally shot and stabbed to death.
To remember one persons actions does not make a community fall but stand together because they deal with hatred everyday.
Jun 2016 · 824
We Are Powerless!
gray rain Jun 2016
We're all powerless!
Nothing is in our control;
not when we die,
not when we were born,
not what we do.
Law stops us or at least most of us.
We don't choose what we learn,
that was decided long before we were around
and will continue long after we go.
We are powerless!
We are unimportant,
unheard of,
silent.
Unless we have talent
even then
we are powerless!
We are the superior species,
we run the world,
we destroy everything!
Natural
or what we created,
we destroy ourselves,
the land were animals roamed
dinosaurs maybe,
now just a city skyline.
Just concrete.
We are powerless!
We are overrun by destruction,
by ourselves,
our systems,
our ideas of right and wrong.
We are powerless!
No matter how many persuaded
there is always
one
who remains in the past!
One
who will not change!
One
who is stronger than us!
that one
leaves us powerless.
Jun 2016 · 417
Words Vs Weapons 12w
gray rain Jun 2016
Words can hit like a bullet
but the wounds are only metaphorical
Jun 2016 · 987
Defiance
gray rain Jun 2016
silence fills the air
surrounds everyone in despair
controlling the minds
as insanity climbs
closer to the peak
becoming weak
and weaker
listening to the speaker
defiance
towards silence
Jun 2016 · 6.2k
The Power Of A Gun
gray rain Jun 2016
the acts of one can **** another
one man and a gun killed someones brother,
someones sister, someones lover

one bullet leaves them dead
the blood they bled
left the ground stained red

they will be remembered for what another had done
by the actions of only one
with the power of a gun
The US need tighter gun laws so cowardly people can not **** people for being themselves. It's sad to see so many people be lost in such a tragic way. Two shootings and one attempted shooting in two days should not be acceptable.
Jun 2016 · 689
Anger And Silence
gray rain Jun 2016
nothing flows
the anger controls
hitting the walls
so no one else falls

silence a friend
time together we spend
anger the enemy
part of identity

so I am alone
with my friend and foe
sometimes I hate both
and they hurt just as much
Jun 2016 · 558
Rain
gray rain Jun 2016
It started raining
drip
drip
drip
then the flood comes in
drip
drip
drip
destroying everything
drip
drip
drip
puddles forming
drip
drip
drip
the rivers bursting
drip
drip
drip
then nothing.
Jun 2016 · 2.4k
Nonconformity
gray rain Jun 2016
I wandered down a path
until I started to stray.
How we walked it made me laugh,
so I went the other way.

I had to step over an obstacle
as I made my way through.
At times it didn't seem possible,
that I would breakthrough.

As I watched others take the easy route,
I didn't know what to say.
I wanted to do something they couldn't do;
to do that, I couldn't stay.

So I lead myself off the trail.
I didn't care anymore.
It no longer matters if I fail.
I did something different. Something you'll remember.
gray rain Jun 2016
This may not make sence if you haven't read The Girl
http://hellopoetry.com/poem/1669837/the-girl-trigger-warning-self-harm-suicide/

She fell in love with a girl
and then fell in love with the world.
They traveled hand in hand
over mountains, hills and desert sand.
On a journey of self discovery
once she was saved by her princess and started her recovery.
Many years later the scars are still there
but she is too lost in her girl to care
They became memory of the past,
as she no longer felt like an outcast
but accepted as another human, not hated for the cuts that she made to bleed,
or the scars from the many times she left to be alone like she was some sort of disease.
She was free from the hurt and pain they caused
and loved by her girl who embraced every flaw.
They were inseparable they would never leave eachothers side-
they took life as it came and everyday was a different surprise.
She could look forward to life and what would come next...
but what happened then was not what she would ever expect.
her girl - the only one who ever supported her was stood opposite,
she suddenly became less talkative
as she realised her face was turning maroon
and the girl she loved wasn't going to be leaving any time soon.
I suddenly got the idea to write an alternative ending for the girl where she didn't die.

If anyone wants to write their own ending
the structure is 22 lines long but the rest depends on what story you are telling.
Jun 2016 · 923
Shit!
gray rain Jun 2016
****!
Sorry I didn't mean it.
****!
Don't worry we'll work out it.
****!
Stop dwelling there's nothing you can do about it.
****!
Well ****, would you stop saying it.
Well ****, I don't know where this came from.
written 7th June 2016
Jun 2016 · 229
Writing A Story
gray rain Jun 2016
The girl could have fallen in love with a girl or guy
but no, instead she just wanted to die.
Characters are created to tell a story, if the writer thought of a different purpose for the character the story would change completely.

http://hellopoetry.com/poem/1669837/the-girl-trigger-warning-self-harm-suicide/
Jun 2016 · 351
Silent days
gray rain Jun 2016
bad days are bad
good days are good
sad days are sad
and silent days are torture
Jun 2016 · 514
If You Fell
gray rain Jun 2016
If you fell
I would catch you
but I'm not strong
so we would fall together.
Jun 2016 · 2.4k
The Sky Is The Limit
gray rain Jun 2016
I climbed a tree
as you may have seen 
to reach the sky
how I must try
limitless possibilities
yet limited capabilities
because when I passed the sky
I couldn't breath so in the vacuum I did die
Is the sky the limit or is death?
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