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Jul 2014 night child

Impress

Jul 2014 night child

Taylor Hough

Impress

It's funny
how we do these things
to seem cooler
to appear prettier
or more perfect
all for someone
who doesn't even glance twice at you.

Jul 2014 night child

Break

Jul 2014 night child

Ruthie

Break

Have you ever felt your heart breaking?
Not just crying because somebody said no to you or something petty like that.
Have you ever literally felt your chest cave in on itself and burn with a searing pain?
Have you ever lost all control of your legs after hearing a simple sentence?
I've had my heart broken a number of times.
All equally as painful.
But this....
This is something much more.
He seems to have broken my soul.
I feel fragments of myself falling from my body.
And I know it's not just a heartbreak this time...

I think he broke me entirely.

Stupid girl.

You knew him two days.

#love #heartbreak #broken #soul

Jul 2014 night child

Self hate

Jul 2014 night child

Chloe

Self hate

You don't hate yourself
because of the
shape of your nose,
angle of your eyes,
length of your arms,
or size of your waist.

Your self hatred
runs so much deeper
than those things.
And
Your self worth
runs even deeper.

#self #harm #depression #hate #worth #self-esteem #low

Jul 2014 night child

The Song That She Held

Jul 2014 night child

Anne

The Song That She Held

Her heart sang a song of what she wanted her future to hold,
but her mind said “Shh, no one must hear, for you’re far to young to love someone so dear.
Now keep it in, keep it quiet,
and see if the song plays out itself. If it does,
well, then there’s no worries for you already know the words to fill the empty spaces.”

Keeping a love hidden.
-Anne

#love #heart #hear #mind #song #loved #dear #spaces #loveletter #held

Jul 2014 night child

Where My Nights Often End

Jul 2014 night child

Haruka

Where My Nights Often End

somewhere between secondhand smoke
and watered down whiskey,
you will find me.

you'll find the girl that exists in between
what was said but not meant,
and what was meant but not said.

they told me love was a losing battle
but i still poured every ounce of my being into you.
now i'm left with scattered fragments of the person i once was.

love is a losing battle,
and my weapon of choice will always be the double-edged sword.
because i would always rather watch myself bleed rather than
have you suffer.
so this is me,
bleeding out
emotions i no longer have the capacity to feel.

i hope it's brighter where you are.

#love #sad #depression #hate #boyfriend #insanity #breakup #tragedy #s

Jul 2014 night child

Dead drop

Jul 2014 night child

r

Dead drop

Underneath the painted rock
you'll find a key
I ain't much for hiding
but that's just me
There's a book of pomes (yeah, pomes)
beneath my pillow
You might find one or two
to your liking
But that's a'right if you don't
I wrote 'em
for you, any ol' way
Come September
if I don't remember
where I hid my key
That book of pomes'll be
still beneath my pillow
If you care
to take a read.

r ~ 7/12/14

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Jul 2014 night child

A Drinking Song (many years too late)

Jul 2014 night child

Mike Hauser

A Drinking Song (many years too late)

I've always wanted to write a drinking song
But my drinking days they are long gone
My favorite saying was...
I'll turn one up before I turn one down
But only if you buy the next ten rounds

Beer, beer, whiskey, & beer
They were the friends that I held dear
Apparently I was too drunk to see
The day they turned their back on me

In a drinking game that I was playing
Can't remember the name cause they're all the same
Forgot who I was and from where I came
But isn't that the point of a drinking game

Wine, wine, Mad dog, & Ripple
I drank so much that it made me simple
Was I a fall down drunk, well maybe so
But only at the bar when I would let go

Beer, beer, whiskey, & beer
They were the friends that I held dear
Wine, wine, Mad dog, & Ripple
*I drank so much that it made me simple

I'm 24 years sober this November...Who want's to party!
I'll bring the sodas...Lol!