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 Jan 2013 Marissa Burts
Aon Tops
If I could bask today in the ignorance of the sun, would I let it burn my skin?
Because tomorrow could bring a cancerous wave that just might **** the curiosity.

If I could wash and wade in the oblivion of the ocean, would I let it pull me in?
For tomorrow could bring a laundering wave that just might save the day.
Or tomorrow could bring a compelling wave that just might **** the curiosity.

If I could be sedated by the serenade of the thunder, would I gently fall asleep?
Or would I have find 10,000 ways to laugh myself to sleep?
Would I have to face 10,000 ways to intentionally **** the curiosity?
We are Actors and Actresses
In a play call Life
And we all wear masks to follow the scripts
That God has written for us.
Some of the Plays are Tragedies
And some are Comedies
But most are personal.
We wear masks in the scripts
To hide how we are feeling on the inside.
How we are feeling in our hearts
How we are feeling in our souls
And how we are feeling when with others.
The masks we wear are generic.
We put on a Happy mask when need be
We put on a Sad mask when need be
We put on an Angry mask when need be
And we put on a Confused mask when need be.
All of these masks cover up our true emotions
That we want to show them
But cannot because we are chained to the scripts
Known as Our Lives.
Our true emotions keep on knocking
From the inside but we were created to keep those within.
Showing our true emotions
Will set us free and open the world
To the true feelings of everyone.
The world will be a better place
If everyone shows their true colors
So that our problems will be solved
And our lives will be complete.
Actors and Actresses of God’s play,
Stand up and go to the front of the stage
And break the chains that hold us prisoners
To these masks that we wear.
Dig deep in our hearts,
Dig deep in our souls,
And dig deep in our minds
And find the treasures that are buried within
That we like to call the True Masks of Our Lives.
Break free from these chains
And exit
Stage Life.
 Jan 2013 Marissa Burts
Juliana
Tangled and mangled and dragged through my shame
I'm torn into pieces, I've forgotten my name
I look in the mirror, but she's not me at all
I've grown taller in inches, but became so small
I always listen, but I can't seem to hear
Always lost in thought, but my mind's never clear
Try to retrace my steps back into my youth
As if some faint memory could show me the truth
Through my window I see them, but they can't see me
The world is so beautiful, but at the same time, so ugly
The sun never sets, it just gets further away
Just like people get close, but they don't ever stay
Then it all becomes dark, and cold, and alone
Suddenly that empty feeling is written in stone
I start to ask if that person was not who I thought
Finding their fragments in moments I'd almost forgot
I don't cut ties, I only rip them apart
As if no one can hurt me, if I chose to depart
But every cruel action has been engraved in my soul
The separate stings of each mark are debilitating as a whole
They say time heals all, but with time comes scars
The sky would be breath-taking, but I can't see the stars
My telescope is tainted, my cd is scratched
And I'm afraid the tears in me are too great to be patched
Those burning questions, each day add up to more.
The key is missing, but there's a way out of this trap door
In fact, no one is hoping to be the lead role.
Too much asking, makes you think why you were born.
Understand, people already tried to solve this before.
This burning puzzle, way too hard to ignore.
Regardless of being puppets in a world wide show.
give us the chance to be the ones who get to glow.
Morning, I wake
I wanna sleep all day in the wake of you
In the wake of your, breath
Breathing in and out, so steadily
So steadily and silently, I stare,
Staring at this one brief moment that we share
Until the light of day casts a beam  
And casts away our cares
And no longer will I be next to you
Belonging to the sun
No, not the moon
Awating the moment when you'll say
I'll see you soon
I'll see you soon.
 Jan 2013 Marissa Burts
Kai McC
Why?
Every day goes by

With this question echoing in my head
Why *you
?
And not me
I can barely hear what's said

Over the screech of the tires
And your screaming
They said, Everything will be okay
I nodded, but inside I yell, Liars

The blackness entreats
Greets

They ask, how are you feeling?
I answer without even seeing

Because I'm already gone
Lost to the darkness
You don't know anything about me.
You don't even know my name...
But yet you judge me.
I don't like being on the outside looking in.
kissing in the woods,
leaves framing your face

an angel in waiting,
and I can't wait to get a taste.

loving in the woods,
the soft brush of skin,

loving forever,
a win win win.

talking in the woods,
discussions of life

but what would you say about the afterlife?

Would the love still last,
or just shatter like glass?

Meet me at the gates of heaven,
or the door to hell?
This heart ache, I will not take.
The person I have been trying to hide
has escaped and I cannot be who I was before.
I live to dream and I dream to love but what if the
emotion I long for is lost within me?
Will I fight for it or let it ride out to sea?
Will I let dawn come or forever live
in the illuminating presence of the night?
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