At this very moment my heart is breaking
It is breaking in two and I can feel it
It feels like a huge weight is on my chest
as if a ton of bricks fell on me
It is hard to breath
It hurts so bad I can't help but cry
I want the breaking to stop
I feel like a part of me is being ripped apart
and there is nothing I can do about it
I feel like part of me is gone and I can't get it back
Crying makes the pain worse
with every tear that falls
Another part of my heart breaks
Every breath I take
makes the aching hurt so much more
When the tears have stopped
a numbness falls over me making me very tired
With each breath I take my chest burns
like an open wound left untreated
I fall asleep and dream of memories
that make me smile so big
Then I wake up
I realize it was only a dream
I cry as my heart breaks all over again

Standing in my cap and gown
I look into my bedroom mirror
Today is my Graduation day
I cannot believe that the day is here
It feels like just yesterday I was a freshman
four years seemed so long
Now I am graduating, it is overwhelming
I will soon be walking the stage where I belong
I took my tests, I did my assignments
I made some great friends along the way
I partied hard, I made mistakes
that only prepared me better for this day
I laughed a lot, I cried a lot
I had my heart broken once or twice
I have said "Hello", I have said "Goodbye"
I have taken in lots of advice
I am leaving a place where I grew up
for a world where dreams come true
I may seem calm but I am really scared
I am unsure of what to do
I have the whole world at my feet
I can be anything I want to be
Now is the time to broaden my horizons
and be the best that I can be

As I stare at my bedroom walls full of memories from the past four years
I cannot help but cry
High school has been my life
I am not ready to say goodbye
There is more of the world I have to see
there are opportunities high school has prepared me for
I sneak in a smile as I straighten my cap
then I slowly close my bedroom door

I am sitting at my graduation
I suddenly hear my name
I walk the stage knowing that once I take my diploma
I will never be the same
The applause is getting louder, my classmates are whistling
I feel so much excitement inside
I take my diploma with confidence
and unleash emotions I can no longer hide

As I walk off the stage I see a new view of the world
I realize something new
Now is the time to live my life
to do all the things I have been waiting to do
I look at the people I am graduating with
I know they are all feeling that same way
Knowing that I take a deep breath in and tell myself I will be okay
Moments pass, we are high school graduates
we throw our caps into the air
We hug each other, we jump and scream
as confetti falls on our hair
We join our families who congratulate us
and tell us how proud they are
Happy tears run down everyone's faces
as I stand there feeling like a star.


I dedicate this poem to anyone who has graduated High School/College. With the way things are nowadays it is becoming rare to see people start something and then finish. I didn't finish high school but I went to my friends graduation and I felt so much pride for the ones graduating. It was amazing to see everyone's reactions when the graduation ended. There were tears, relief, shock and over all just happiness. People think graduating is just some lame thing that people do to be perfect and that is not true. Do not let anyone make you feel stupid for wanting to work hard at something. If that something is school, then keep going until the end. Be proud of your education and never stop learning.

A breakup means you are one step closer to finding your soulmate.

I believe that if a man cannot handle you in pajamas or sweatpants then he does not deserve to see you in a **** pair of jeans or a dress.

When you try to leave the person who is nothing but a problem for you day in and day out and you end up staying with them because you feel bad when they cry and beg for you to stay that is not love. It's pity.

You cannot be terrified to lose someone you lost a long time ago
You cannot be loved by somebody who does not want to love you back
You cannot make someone fall in love with you
All you can do is give them the opportunity to be with you
If they pass you up say okay, go out and find somebody who not only wants to be with you now
they want to be with you until they take their last breath

I never said I was perfect so do not put words in my mouth
I am not perfect and I do not try to be
I have done things that were not good for me
I have hurt people
I have disappointed people
I have made the decision to change,
to turn my wrongs into rights,
to let go of things that have made me angry for so long,
just allow myself to heal and accept the fact that I cannot control everything
Behind every success story is a struggle
I do not talk about my problems to gain attention
I do it to let others know that they are not alone
Hopefully the stories I tell from my past inspire people in some way
I am as real as I can possibly get
To be perfect is just stupid because there is no such thing