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448 · Sep 2018
My mask
Josie Sep 2018
I wear a mask
A mask that hides everything
I take it off only when I'm alone
I look happy
when I'm sad
I hide away my fears
and anger
My tears gather up and overflow
When I'm alone
404 · Sep 2018
Have you ever
Josie Sep 2018
Have
You
Ever
handled
something
a
little
too
roughly
and
it
just
...
broke?
321 · Sep 2018
How I wish
Josie Sep 2018
How I wish
that I was
still
the confident little girl
who thought
that
she
could
take
on
the
world
310 · Oct 2018
Why
Josie Oct 2018
Why
Why are you doing this to me?
What did I ever do to you?
Is it my fault that I look like the perfect victim?
Why are you saying such mean things?
I just sat down right next to my best friend
on this hot and sweaty bus
Then you start
I never even met you before
nor have I ever saw you
You arne't teasing me
but something else
it's not bullying
it only happed today
Why?
the other day the vice principal stepped on my toe
As if I was invisible
Why am I not invisible to you?
No one ever told me middle school would ever be like this
once you escape an obstacle
another one will come flying towards you
whether or not you are prepared
Why do people laugh with you?
What did I do to you?
I just minded my own business
and yet you hurt me with such horrible words
Why?
227 · Jul 2019
First rule
Josie Jul 2019
The first rule of middle school is
Put yourself
Down before
Anyone
Else
Can
171 · Jul 2019
Cry
Josie Jul 2019
Cry
Why do you keep your tears in? She asks.                          
Because I’m scared
That if I
Start crying
I won’t be able to
Stop
57 · Feb 2020
She
Josie Feb 2020
She
She looks in the mirror
Pretty
the word she longs for
out of her reach
little does she know
pretty
is
overrated

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