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i want to be a child sometimes. i want to embrace life's experiences with an innocent smile and look upon others as though they were understood. i want to take back every sane thing i've said and just completely let go of everything that is keeping me from living my life as intense as i crave. because it's okay to not be okay. it is okay to want to change and be somebody else for a time; just promise me something:

don't let it overtake you, steal your soul, or trap your spirit.

you're beautiful, child, see the loveliness that rapidly grows. peace spreads like wildfire from your smile. joy is evident in your eyes; it demands to be seen.  pain, though felt, is NOT what defines you.  you have been remade, and i love you. i love you so very much.*


© Melissa Carlson 2015
Hanna Kelley Aug 2015
Don't be a copie or a clone
Just be yourself
Joel Becerra Aug 2015
i
I am just a man
I got different motives
You just won't understand
What a perfect way to hold on to my sanity
By writing these
I need elaboration
Some sort of consultation
For these feelings
That are buried oh so deep
Keep me from my sleep
I'll hold my wheeps from my peeps and ride this thing
Mark Ipil Aug 2015
I am not nobody,
I am not somebody,
I am not no one,
But I'm someone.

Hey you, YES! I exist,
Even I'm not on your list,
I clearly occupy space,
In your mind full of maze.

Getting notice was tough,
YES! I had enough,
Pain, sorrow and being unloved,
By someone and be shoved.

I am not invisible,
I am clearly visible,
Just open your eyes,
And close all lies.
P.S. I am not invisible
ryn May 2015
Make me your emblem
Adopt my colours
Let them be seen
Through actions and verse

Make me your flag
Fly me high upon the sturdiest masts
Watch me billow with purpose
Catching the wind that forever lasts

Make me your anthem
With truth in words that rings so clear
Sing me loud and true
Sing me always for all to hear

Make me your creed
Pledge yourself to always uphold
My name in thoughts and writes
Emblazoned across as your brand in gold

Make me your home
Your shelter for when the day's done
A safe haven to return to
With the setting of the sun

Or just...

Make me someone...*
Anyone...
So at least I know that I exist
Make me a simple somebody in your life
Not just a name on a forgotten list
Inspired by Depeche Mode's Somebody
ray Dec 2014
i could never tell you how I feel
all I can do is hope
that you sense it in the way
i drape my arms over your shoulders
and rest my fingertips in the crease
of your spine
how you hold me close,
but I hold you closer
and that may be a sign of weakness
the way I need you like
the full moon needs the sun
to shine bright
but behind this shield I’ve built up
is the tools to take it down
maybe that’s what you’re looking for.
"Nobody wants to go it on their own"

The loneliness seems to surround me
Tears flow down endlessly
I just want to finally believe

"Everyone wants to know they're not alone"

I sit in utter silence, waiting
For "Mr. Write", the real thing
A go-getter still interested in giving

There's somebody else that feels the same somewhere"

Another lonely soul, who's been through pain
Been hurt over and over again
Maybe it even made them go insane

"There's gotta be somebody for me out there"

"The one", you know what I mean
Fills in the whole, fulfills my dreams
Truly, I want as good as they seem

"Nobody wants to be the last one there"

I can't be the only one who's in need
Begging, to at least not be made to bleed
Desperation, wanting truth isn't greed


"Cause everyone wants to feel like someone cares"

A hand to hold, a soul to know
Doesn't have to be made of gold
A silver lining, only honestly told

There's somebody else that feels the same somewhere"

Emotional touch, caressing me deep
Within my soul, not only when I sleep
Shocking to life my wildest dreams

"There's gotta be somebody for me out there"

*Do you know,
Where is he?
Yes, Nickelback' s "Gotta Be Somebody", don't judge... Thx. :)
Rockie Oct 2014
If you were on the road to nowhere,
where would you go?
If you were on the road to somewhere,
would you stay where you are?
If there was no road,
what would you do?
If the road was there,
would you carry on walking?
If the road you walked upon,
was somebody else's,
would you leave?
If the road you took,
leads to the end of yours,
would you bother turning back?
What would YOU do,
if the feet that led you,
took you onto a road,
that you didn't know about?
liz Oct 2014
I know once I walk away, I'm going to inevitably turn around and wonder where the time went.
And in that exact moment, I'm going to realize that it has been in front of me this whole entire time.
The sad truth is that once I take the first step forward after that realization, I'm going to break apart. Because I will be walking in the wrong direction- like I always have been.
But this day will be different. Because as soon as I take that step forward, there's no going back.
I'll take my seat, turn off my dreams and be like the rest.
Just somebody.
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