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Aug 2010 · 818
Wake Up
Lauren Rogers Aug 2010
Listen carefully.
Take off the face you put up
To keep everyone out.
Hear the sighs of relief
because there’s a shred of hope yet.

Listen now.
Your insecurities are screaming
“Let me go, let me go.”
You hide behind fake skin,
but the real you
is crawling beneath.

Just Listen.
You’re not fooling anyone,
and you can’t hide forever.
Break free from yourself,
and stop holding yourself back.
The dawn is breaking;
It’s time to wake up.
August 2010
After sitting next to a full row of sorority girls, I cam back to my room, ate a donut, and wrote this poem.
Aug 2010 · 455
In Other Words
Lauren Rogers Aug 2010
We could have been lovers but at least you’re still my day late friend;
I just want you to know who I am.
Tonight I made a secret oath to keep chasing after you-
It’s becoming blaringly obvious that I’m still walking after you.

Here I am, face to face, with a situation I never thought I’d ever see;
Feelings I can’t deny.
I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you,
**And you have stolen my heart.
August 2010
Each line is a lyric from a different song.
Aug 2010 · 485
About Someone
Lauren Rogers Aug 2010
It’s not by coincidence that we’re both here, in the same place, feeling the same things.
Realize this soon, because I’m growing tired of reliving old memories.
What more is there to say? We’re running out of time.
Everything will return to you and you’ll be clouded again.
And I’ll be standing in the back, out of view, waiting like I always am.
For things to change, that would be great.
For things to change in my favor, now that would be something.
It’s all there, all there is left to do is ask.
Say something soon, or it’s going to be gone.
Back, where you refuse to look.
Out of view, where you can’t see.
Waiting like I always am.
July 2010

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