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• Poetry > Free Verse
  Nothing

  

  By ollyson13, Cliffside Park, NJ

  Because I sit here Because I don’t smile Because it’s lonely But not because it’s alone Because surrounded by stale faces Because they were left out on the shelves Because mothers were busy Because fathers were busy Because adults were too grown up Because teens pretended to be Becau...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Pressure

  

  By ollyson13, Cliffside Park, NJ

  How good Is good enough? Apparently Better. Always better. No matter how hard You try, There is always More; More expected, More wanted More needed, More. You can't escape The pressure. You can never Be better Than better....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Writing a Song

  

  By ollyson13, Cliffside Park, NJ

  Songwriting is harder than it looks; The tune, the beat, the words, I'm lost Every song should be different, like people But then why do they all turn out the same? Making everything constantly rhyme Is not that simple. Many write for days, weeks, years Strumming a guitar for hours until...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Hands

  

  By ollyson13, Cliffside Park, NJ

  Soft, so soft. My hands are so soft. Soft and small. Ever so small. Small palm, small fingers, small nails, and through my fingers, I see my mother. My mother sitting on the couch. My mother reading. She holds the book with her pretty hands. Pretty for their long, long fingers. Pretty for their long...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  A Lonely Chick

  

  By ollyson13, Cliffside Park, NJ

  The people I trust most are at their most vulnerable. The people I look up to are no longer who I thought they were. They leave the nest, but I am stuck watching the eggs. The brave, strong, daring man has turned into a whimpering puppy dog, Defenseless like a hatchling, alone in a nest. The ki...