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  Where We're From

  

  By BloomingInTheRain, NRH, TX

  We're from longhorns, wildcats, and Johnny Rebs From Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter From Tyler's and Miss Me jeans From cousins in X-Box land and sisters addicted to Littlest Pet Shops From the iPhone 5 and forgotten locker combinations We're from long lost best friends From...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Dreamsequence

  

  By BloomingInTheRain, NRH, TX

  White cleans my slate Pink takes my hand Red leads the way As orange takes a stand Gold keeps me warm Yellow sprints through the trees Lime comes by the swarm Green creates a breeze Olive makes its mark Sky asks me to fly Blue runs to the park Navy tells me to try Indigo seized the day ...
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  Glory

  

  By BloomingInTheRain, NRH, TX

  In all his holding the championship trophy at the game pumped on adrenaline and powered by cheers Glory. In all her Statue-still in the the dance's final pose as the audience goes wild Still done up in full costume and makeup Glory. In all their You only live once Love like you'v...
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  Don't You Dare Kiss Me

  

  By BloomingInTheRain, NRH, TX

  Don't you dare kiss me Although I want it so Don't you dare kiss me It's hopeless, Romeo If only you could kiss me And hold me in your arms If only you could kiss me And lie under the stars I'm wishing you could kiss me Under this foreign sky I'm wishing you co...
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  Burn the Sorrow

  

  By BloomingInTheRain, NRH, TX

  Burn the sorrow Black as pitch Treasure tomorrow Still a wish Abandon pain For light of day And honor those who've gone away...
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  Everrisen

  

  By BloomingInTheRain, NRH, TX

  they fight their way from earth and sky theirs is not to reason why rising ever from the ground theirs is never to be found...
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  Broken in the Middle

  

  By BloomingInTheRain, NRH, TX

  reflect in the mirror defect stop the tears don't quit like the others fly like a bird's feather...
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  Junior High Blues

  

  By BloomingInTheRain, NRH, TX

  locker jam lunchroom ham tardy sweep cheater's peek MissMe jeans bully queens but those just don't bo ther me...
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  Galleria

  

  By BloomingInTheRain, NRH, TX

  When I joined band, I never expected to have this much fun. I was standing on level three of the Galleria Mall, with $40 and four hours on my hands. Admiring the Christmas tree standing elegantly in the center of the ice rink, I noticed my crush goofing off with his buds on the ice. I immediately he...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  A weird conversation

  

  By BloomingInTheRain, NRH, TX

  Hi. How are you today? Leigh Beth: Do you like cheese? Makayla: Uh, yes. Leigh Beth: Good. Sadie: You're messed up. Leigh Beth: True dat! Makayla: Heehee Halayna: You suck. Sadie&Makayla: Nuh-uh. Halayna: Shut up. Sadie: It takes skill to trip over flat surfaces. I have a lot...
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  Golden girls

  

  By BloomingInTheRain, NRH, TX

  It’s a celebration of summertime joys No desperation to get to school boys The exhilaration you get at the beach In clear animation for all to see It’s a winninlovinscreaminslidinsuperflyamazing day If you want to fly You can do it All you gotta do is follow your dreams today If you want...
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  The Hollows

  

  By BloomingInTheRain, NRH, TX

  It's in the way they ^walk Expressed in the way they talk^ They're Hollow Yeah, they have a *liver and kidneys and ((intest ines)) but they don 't feel like me. They act perfectly normal av er age kids but they have an empty heart<03 with noth ing inside Not fe...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Cookie Girl

  

  By BloomingInTheRain, NRH, TX

  My mom pulled into the driveway at 9:30. I rushed out to help her with the groceries and froze. There. was. a. glorious. box. of. Cookie Crisp. in the backseat. I shrieked and ran to the car. In the middle of the sidewalk, I ripped open the box and began stuffing my face with tiny cookies. My mother...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Glitter Touch

  

  By BloomingInTheRain, NRH, TX

  the Glitter Touch is a power to make all things Beautiful Three pure souls wield it gracefully All that we love makes us shine Makes us Glitter, some say A passion for beauty is What we have A loving caress Gives glitter to our love And makes it a part of us again Too true is our love So ...
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  not Best yet

  

  By BloomingInTheRain, NRH, TX

  At tryouts I leaped and plied and releved my Best I made the team of the Best dancers I was proud of myself First day of practice I made the lowest team There were three Thirteen other girls were still better than me. I hadn't even stood a chance Thirteen I still wasn't Best not...
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  Keepsake

  

  By BloomingInTheRain, NRH, TX