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2.1k · Nov 2016
Fake Friends
Jessica Burgess Nov 2016
They scream
They tell
They will always eventually tell
Whether you do something or not
If you said it or did it
Everyone will know soon
They spread rumors
They spread secrets
It seems they don't understand
But it all makes sense
In the end
For you will soon realize
That they are your
Fake Friends
Inspired by my bus
1.2k · Nov 2016
Choir Teacher
Jessica Burgess Nov 2016
Dear Mrs. Seay
In your class
I feel free
I can sing without being judged
Singing was once one of my dreams
Poetry is now my calling
But my heart remains dear
To singing
my first passion
Thank you for helping me pursue that
Forever lost dream
1.1k · Oct 2016
Dear Future Me
Jessica Burgess Oct 2016
Try and be free
Even if you don't succeed
Never give up on your
Hopes and dreams
Hard work takes time
But eventually it's all gonna be worth it
For you will have accomplished
Everything you have ever wanted
Which are your hopes and dreams
957 · Apr 2017
Why
Jessica Burgess Apr 2017
Why
I sometimes
No I always
Wonder if people
Would care about me more
If I was just another dead girl
It's least likely for nobody cares anyway
So they could say go **** yourself and not care if you do

I sometimes
No I always
Wonder if people
Would see me for who I was
No just another nobody or a wannabe
They wouldn't see me for the intelligent and pretty and kind girl I am
It's basically they are ignoring the fact you are actually human as well.

I sometimes
No I always
Wonder if people
Would actually miss me
Out of the love and pain of their heart
Not just cause I helped them with homework or a problem

I however
Never seem
To realize
That no one would care
Except my parents and my five friends

I fail
To realize
That nobody except my family and five friends
Will see me for the me I truly was

I fail
To realize
That nobody but my family and five friends
Will truthfully miss me

I fail to realize
Because I shield reality
So it don't break me
If I see reality I shed tears constantly
If I see reality I see how terrible this world is
And all I can wonder is
If I died
Who would care
If I died
Who would see me for who I actually am
If I died
Who would miss me
If I died
Why was I given suicidal thoughts to begin with
Why was I bullied so much
Why was I hurt so much
Why did everyone break me
Why did I have to cry at everything
Why couldn't I have been tougher
Why couldn't I have fought longer
Why didn't I keep the ones that loved me close
Why did I push my loved ones away
Why did I make so many mistakes
Why did I turn away from God so much
Why did I doubt God
Why did I lose my best friends
Why did I gain friends worth more that I deserve
Why am I treated so nicely when I am a bad person
Why
Why
Why do I wish I were dead?
I have life so good
So why do I want to end it so badly
No matter how much I oust the thoughts away
Suicide
Anxiety
Depression
Low self esteem
No confidence

They come back stronger than I can handle anymore
So I want to just end it all
The headaches
The heartaches
They all come back

When asked if I am okay
All I can reply is
I'm fine
It's all I can do

But the only question
I want people to ask is

Why?
I fought with myself debating whether or not to post this dreadful... thing I don't honestly know what to call this it's not a suicide note I don't believe for I'm not ready to leave life yet
909 · Oct 2016
Taken too Soon
Jessica Burgess Oct 2016
You made the reunions come to life
Losing you felt like I was stabbed by a knife
Cancer took you too soon
I now look up to the moon in prayer
That one day I will see you there in heaven
You made me laugh
And then I cried
I was laughing then next thing I know
Everyone is saying goodbye
It is simple for you were
Taken too soon
880 · Dec 2016
Trapped
Jessica Burgess Dec 2016
I feel trapped
For I'm stuck at school
I feel trapped
For I follow the rules
I feel trapped
For I don't belong
I feel trapped
So I write some songs
I feel trapped
when I'm alone
I feel trapped
When I dream of a throne
847 · Oct 2016
Cheetah
Jessica Burgess Oct 2016
What animal would I be
I'd be a cheetah for I'm free
They run and sprint
As they please

For they are free
I'd run and jump
Forever free for
A cheetah is the animal I'd be

For they are
Forever free
819 · Oct 2016
Romeo & Juliet
Jessica Burgess Oct 2016
Although I know our love is forbidden
My feelings feel so forbidden
We've tried to keep our ways apart
But this is only breaking my heart
I love you I do my feelings
For you are true
I want this to work
But our love is forever forbidden
791 · Dec 2016
A Realistic Love
Jessica Burgess Dec 2016
They started to move and dance
When they saw each other at first glance

She saw him dancing and she kept on dancing
She watched with joy
For she saw a really cute boy

He saw her and he kept on dancing
Watching her blue eyes
With glee for he saw
An angel in disguise

But neither told how they felt
So it forever remained
A Realistic Love
713 · Nov 2016
Zebras
Jessica Burgess Nov 2016
We accept them for their colors
Why can't we accept people the same
For they are black and white
But society can't decide whether
To hate whites or blacks
Inspired by this cruel world
711 · Nov 2016
Birmingham Jail
Jessica Burgess Nov 2016
While we sit here and watch the violence
There is nothing but empty silence
When we should be opposing the racial friction
Not see it and go on
Nobody is fighting
So I made a stand
There are so many racial problems
That nobody is willing to try and stop them
For they don't care
"So I seldom if ever
do pause to answer criticism
of my work and ideas"
Inspired by the great Martin Luther King Jr.'s letter
666 · Nov 2016
Snakes
Jessica Burgess Nov 2016
Snakes

The snakes
Are know as fakes
They are everywhere
And they backstab you
They also spawn left right and center
You can't get away from them
No matter how hard you try
You can't escape
For they make you cry
Until you want to say goodbye
You can never escape
The creepy crawly
Snakes
Inspired by mean girls at school
601 · Oct 2016
Tragedies
Jessica Burgess Oct 2016
Tragedies what art thou foul memories
That come back to haunt me at peculiar moments

Where I can not escape thou haunts and taunts
For I relive them each day of my life

These memories have left scars that I shall remember forever
Forever is eternity
But without love what is forever?
Inspiration my anxiety
569 · Dec 2016
I just don't understand
Jessica Burgess Dec 2016
People scream at me
When I have done nothing
I just don't understand
They cuss each other out
For no reason
I still just
Don't understand
People fight over stupid things
I just don't understand
Why must there be the
All over this land
I just don't understand
544 · Jan 2017
Warehouse
Jessica Burgess Jan 2017
I hear the wind blow
Through the broken windows
No one has been here in ages
I can tell from all the dust collected
I look down and see the old pages
That once were used to count orders
But now just lie on the floor getting colder
This old warehouse hasn't been used in ages
People no longer get wages for this is just an
Old abandoned warehouse
529 · Oct 2016
Rhythm
Jessica Burgess Oct 2016
Rhythm is a funny thing
Don't you think?
We move and sing to it
It's all set perfectly together

But why follow it?
Why not make your own path
Or music for rhythm is anything
Make a beat and move your feet

For rhythm is easy as can be
521 · Nov 2016
Truth and Lies
Jessica Burgess Nov 2016
You tell me all these lies
But you say they are true
You don't see that
I can see the truth
You don't want me anymore
I see how you look at others
The same way you used to look at me
510 · Apr 2017
Crush?
Jessica Burgess Apr 2017
I liked you once
No one knew
But now suddenly
Out of the blue
I strangely have developed
The same old feelings for you
We both liked each other
You even asked me out
But I couldn't say yes
For my heart was taken by someone else
But we talk a lot
I enjoy talking to you
My feelings have come back to me
But I don't know about yours
My friends now know
That I like you again
And they will reach
To the ends to try and get
Me to ask you out
I want to but,
I am
Overtaken
With
Doubt...
Why must you have this effect on me....
507 · Dec 2016
Shopping
Jessica Burgess Dec 2016
Even though there are things we need
There will always be things that we want
We get those by shopping
When we shop usually it's for ourselves
We hardly thing about other people
when shopping until
it's around the holiday season
So all our money just disappears
Just like a flash it's gone
So be considerate and and not selfish
Inspired by the holidays
502 · Oct 2016
Hurt
Jessica Burgess Oct 2016
Though the things he bought me were expensive
It didn't matter he still hurt me
He left me with bruises
His money was very convincing
He bought me lampshades
And jewels but that never was
Out of love
486 · Oct 2016
Fake
Jessica Burgess Oct 2016
He was so fake
My heart started to break
I knew he lied
I thought he cheated
For he was never around
I saw the texts
All the girls
From the day when he was a boy
I couldn't see that I was only his toy
480 · Mar 2017
Returned
Jessica Burgess Mar 2017
I have decided to return
To this lovely site
For my depression is keeping
Me awake at night
It it drowning me with fright
So I have decided poetry will help
Me come up for a breath
I have missed this site dearly
Here young teens are taken seriously
Unlike in reality when we are mistakened for jokes
My depression makes me choke
Scared of my own image
But I have yet
Returned
476 · Dec 2016
Puzzled
Jessica Burgess Dec 2016
Life is like a puzzle
We can never figure it out
For when we can not find the right piece
We soon are covered with doubt
We try to piece everything together
But maybe we are better off
Not seeing the final product
Instead we put the puzzle away
And try to start something new
But we always will wonder
What was that missing piece
As I continuously think about this
I soon realize that the piece will never be discovered
So now I sit here and realize
I am not puzzled
Inspired by this strange thing called life
472 · Nov 2016
Cleaning
Jessica Burgess Nov 2016
As I dreadfully clean my room
I eventually need a broom
I find papers and drawings
That were never finished
They were meant to be trash
But instead they ended up stashed
Away I hoped forever
Until I find them again

As I dreadfully make my bed
It's easier done than said honestly
The pillows get thrown in the floor
The sheets get thrown out the door

I do dishes
I make them clean
But they are never
what they seem
For little specks
Little particles of food stay
And cling on

Cleaning maybe boring
And it maybe dreadful
But without cleaning
Where would we be
In a pile of clothes
Or maybe trash

But we forever
Need to always
Clean
Inspired by my messy room and messy life
471 · Nov 2016
Angel From God
Jessica Burgess Nov 2016
You started out as my foe
And pretty soon I started to know
That we would be friends
Forever until the end
God sent you to me
For you to forever make me happy
You make me laugh
You make me cry
I hope we never say goodbye
For I don't know where I would be
Without you
Kirsten Nicole Jeffrey yea
Inspired by my best friend well one of them
465 · Oct 2016
Beginning
Jessica Burgess Oct 2016
The end is just the start of a new beginning
When we die we are just starting
Something new
We will soon hear the deep voice of the Lord Jesus Christ
Or if you don't believe in Jesus
Maybe you will become someone new
Either way the end is just the start of a new
Beginning
438 · Nov 2016
English Teacher
Jessica Burgess Nov 2016
You teach me many things
Though many people see it as a speech
I learn from you everyday
So hear these words that I say
I thank you for the knowledge and wisdom
From the beginning to the end
You will always be one of my favorite teachers
Even if it seems that this is pretend
I will always remember you until the end
422 · Nov 2016
Cousin
Jessica Burgess Nov 2016
When people look at you
They see a pretty girl

When I look at you
I see an intelligent young woman

You love complimentsĀ 
You love attention

But I know you are better than that
For if you weren't then I wouldn'tĀ 
Admire you

Yes I would love the beauty

But I would mainly love the brains
For you are my cousin
And I admire you

I am thankful for you
Inspired by my cousin who sees herself as needing a boy
397 · Dec 2016
Birds
Jessica Burgess Dec 2016
They are free
I always see them
In sight
As they are always
In flight
For they are free
Just a short little poem
395 · Nov 2016
Fire In The Choir
Jessica Burgess Nov 2016
When you are in choir
It's like a fire
That never stops burning
We sing to our desire
As we are all part of this fire
You teach us all we need to know
You make some of us happy when we are low
We are united together
For we are part of this fire
394 · Oct 2016
Blinded by Love
Jessica Burgess Oct 2016
I thought it was destined
I thought it was true
But it all led to
me being blue

I've tried
I've pleaded
I'm just not needed

I love him I do
He don't feel the same
For any chance he gets
He will give me the blame

He's blinded me
He's tried me

It just won't work
For deep inside he
Is just a ****
369 · Nov 2016
Gossip
Jessica Burgess Nov 2016
Why talk about me
When you can say
It to my face

Why say you like me
When I know that
It's not true

Why lie to me
When I know
What the truth is

Gossip is pointless
Why talk about someone
When they know what you say

Is that your goal?
Do you just want to say it
Just to be able to
Gossip?
352 · Nov 2016
Candy
Jessica Burgess Nov 2016
Whether it's sour or sweet
We don't care for we devour
It's ate left and right
And none is ever left in sight

It's bad for you
It makes you sick

But we don't care
Love is like candy
For it is also bad for you

They can both hurt and break
But we never see our mistake
Candy and love

They are both sweet
And both a treat
But love is like candy

Candy can hurt and break
But we never see our mistake
349 · Oct 2016
The Strangeness of My Mind
Jessica Burgess Oct 2016
When I close my eyes I soon fall asleep
Knowing that I will soon start to dream
Though dreams seem real they are only make believe
However when my dreams turn into nightmares I then start to grieve
Because my twisted mind leads to me having dreams that soon turn into
Nightmares
340 · Dec 2016
123
Jessica Burgess Dec 2016
123
123 our life can flash
123 we need more cash
123 it's all we need
123 that's the number we often see
The most important thing
we need to remember
We don't need money
We don't need time
I don't even need this poem to rhyme
I just need my life to be exciting
This poem to be good
for that will satisfy me
For its as
Easy like saying
123
338 · Nov 2016
My Words I Dread
Jessica Burgess Nov 2016
There are many things that I dread
It usually is something I've said
For I can't take it back
It's out there forever
If I dread it
Or if I've said it
It's permanently on the outside
For I could not keep it in
For now I dread
What I've said
I wish I didn't say it
It's been very hurtful
I'm sorry to those
Whom my words have affected
335 · Nov 2016
Gabriella
Jessica Burgess Nov 2016
The night before
Was gone for longer
Periods of time
Men on horseback
Soon arrived
My eyes sought
On the knights
For they would not open to doors
As the walls circulated around me
I fear the worst
As I cry out for I feel trapped
Because
The night before
was gone for longer
Periods of time
332 · Nov 2016
School
Jessica Burgess Nov 2016
I go to school
It's full of fools
Who don't know how
To follow the rules
They get everyone in trouble
When you just want to learn
They make your day bad
Which makes you either
Mad or sad
But that's just how is has always been
When you go to
School
Sorry a lot of drama happens at my school
325 · Mar 2017
Unknown
Jessica Burgess Mar 2017
Have you heard something you wish you shouldn't have
Today I did I wish I could forget
But it was very serious
So my mind is turning
Hoping that this person is okay
And that they are sad by the end of the day
I know this isn't like my poems but I needed to get that off my chest
317 · Jan 2017
Silence
Jessica Burgess Jan 2017
I keep my mouth shut
Though I have much to say
I try to keep my cool
For just one more day
This silence inside me
Is driving me mad
Though the things they say
Is making me sad
307 · Nov 2016
Players
Jessica Burgess Nov 2016
The boys at my school are players
For one minute they have a girlfriend
Then next thing you they hate her

Then the next minute they are with someone new
It's not unusual to see a boy with girl after girl
Or boys who dump girls they get back with them
Because they are soon desperate

So players take advantage
They like preps
Populars and *****

They don't like normal people
That are nice
For they are
Players
Inspired by boys at my school
295 · Dec 2016
Drive
Jessica Burgess Dec 2016
I am finally feel free
For I have my license
As you can see
I can go see amazing things
I am thankful
I passed
I don't think I would last
Without being able to drive
I now know that this
Is the one thing thing I've
Been missing all
My life
Inspired by all the teens who can't wait to drive
291 · Dec 2016
Fire
Jessica Burgess Dec 2016
I gather wood
And flint and steel
For I soon will need
To feel the warmth
Of a burning fire
So I arrange the wood in a certain order
I hurry for I'm getting colder
I get the flint and steel I finally
Start the fire so now I am warm again
But I honestly hate having to start
The fire
289 · Apr 2017
Lecture
Jessica Burgess Apr 2017
As the teacher yells
I look at the others faces
And I can tell
The majority of them don't care
The teacher tries to better us
And all you hear is snares
The others laugh and joke
The teacher yells
She even threatens to
Call home and tell their parents
They think she's being funny
She tries her best to mature us
No one seems to realize
The power that she possesses
289 · Nov 2016
Graphophobia
Jessica Burgess Nov 2016
That's a strange word
Don't you think

The fear of writing
Is what it means

It's amazing to think
That a person could
Fear one of the most powerful things

Since they use it everyday
Or they see it everyday

It's a strange word I shall say
Though the meaning makes me
Feel a bit grey
288 · Apr 2017
Self Portrait
Jessica Burgess Apr 2017
J-ust another person
E-xcited to write
S-arcastic
S-ensitive
I- ntelligent
C-reative
A-nxious
Just a few words in my name to describe me
284 · Dec 2016
Holidays
Jessica Burgess Dec 2016
The holidays are here
They fill us all with cheer
We spend time with ones
That we love dear
We laugh and joke
Just pray we don't choke
On this food we can't get enough of
There are those who don't find
The joy of holidays
But don't let that crush your spirit
Keep the joy with you at all times
And listen to the joyful carols chime
280 · Nov 2016
Lies
Jessica Burgess Nov 2016
Many lies can be sticky sweet
They can appear as a treat
So we never know the truth
It easily slides out of our mouth
Just a little lie
We never think it could ever hurt someone
But we end up being wrong
But lies can be sweet
And they appear as a treat
Lies can be satisfying
So the truth stay hidden
275 · Jan 2017
Ring
Jessica Burgess Jan 2017
This ring you have been given
Has been cursed
For you are not the first
To have this ring upon your hand
For if it's removed you will be banned
From ever having friends
Or family
For this ring represents
The love you bring
So please whatever you do
Keep on the ring
275 · Dec 2016
Different
Jessica Burgess Dec 2016
They are so different
For she is proper
And drinks her evening tea
And he drinks his coffee
In the morning
They are so different
But yet so similar
For they both love each other
The same
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