I wasn’t sure,
Not until that night
When I stepped up in front of you.
The very action of it
Was so normal
And so natural
That I couldn’t help
But notice your eyes
Or your smile
Or the way
You made my
Stupid, stupid
Butterflies act up for the first time in years....
My quiet mind,
Well, it used to be full
With thoughts of
You.
My idle hands,
Well, they used to fit
Just perfect with
Yours.
I guess my mind
Got too loud
With all those silly
Thoughts of you.
I guess my hands
Lost their grip
Trying to hold on
To your fingertips
My quiet min...
The rain splatters drop by drop on the window, as her eyes open to find the dark. Wind beats up hard against the house, and to her ears it sounds like a monster. She moves closer to him, and he wakes to the roar of thunder and her trembling body.
He takes her in and can’t help a smile. She nev...
Is it possible that we,
Still so young and unsure,
Are making the descent
Into the madness of aging?
I don’t believe the time has come
To say goodbye to summer
And hello to that tasteful, colorful fall
Into the madness of aging.
If we were to say no
With tongues of absolute positivit...
Kiss.
One single second of unsure certainty that the moment is right. The fleeting sentiment of fear that has left you with butterflies for the past month. One wrong smile that turns into a contest of wills. Who will break first?
Leaning in, the observing of each other's lips and stance. Is t...
When I think of things changing, I think of rooms for some reason. I think it’s the fact that a room is something that stays the same, but in the end its something you have to move on from, that you eventually change it yourself. I think of all the countless rooms that have meant something to me a...
A foot from death
An edge that comes to a halting stop
My feet take one step closer
While I stare to the sands below
It is that sand
Not the fall
Not the wind rushing past me
But the sand that could kill
Small, grainy pieces of memories
Memories I can no longer face
Faces I can no long...
As teenagers, we’re asked all the time what we want to do with our lives. For those of us who answer ‘write’, we get a mixed variety of responses. Some respond with interest, asking more, like what we write and how long we’ve been doing it.
Some, though, take all they know about sufferin...
Small gray eyes
Have watched
Year in and year out
At all the joy and pain
She saw the deaths
She saw the fights
She saw a love
And she witnessed a lost hope
She’ll witness more, I know
More loss
Maybe a first heartbreak
Maybe the smile after a first kiss
Though she has no words
...
There is a room in this home, one that is made solely of paper and words. This room is my home, my haven, where my friends and family exist. We each hold something different, a greater knowledge of a certain subject or a new adventure that no one has yet lived. When someone enters our abode we are q...
Dear Daddy,
Today, when I was in the middle of that crowded, smoke-filled room, trapped in between two guys, one of them wanting to putting his hand on me, in the middle of all of it, I thought of you. I thought about what you would have done if you had been there, and what my punishment would ...
Can we pinpoint a date
Can we say a time
As to when we knew
She was gone
It wasn't that morning
But a long time before
When I saw that she had stopped
And that her fight had left her
I picture the help she needed
And quiet screams she let out
I remember running from her home
Jus...
Taking my time
Soaking it in
Taking a breath
To give this a chance
Wishing for dreams
Letting them pass
Wishing to remember
All the we had
Moving along
Holding my breath
Moving right through
To a world without you
Becoming a new girl
Leaving the old
Becoming alive again
In the f...
Dear You,
One Month Later
I don’t know why I’ve decided to write these letters. Its not like I’m ever going to send them. I guess that right now I just really need the closure. I need someone to talk to, and since I have no one else, I’ll ‘write’ to you. If you’r...
Will
Darkness.
That’s all there was here. I have been here for too long, and I don’t know when I’m going to be able to leave. The woman who put me here, in this darkness, had told us something. A way to get out. But with every passing second, I couldn’t keep track of the days here, I ...
I lay in the dark
With no idea
Where I am
Or who I am
All I know is
Who I once was
But now your lies
Have taken that away
The whispering shadows
Tell me the truth
And I separate it
From your words
I thought I knew
What life had in store
But now I can’t even see
The light at the end ...
Is it really true?
Are my tears real?
Oh how I wish
That this was just a joke
A car accident
That’s what they’re saying
They tell me you’re gone
But I don’t believe it
I would know
I would feel it
If you were gone
My heart would have stopped
Its true though
You’re gone, never ...
I watch you sleep
As I lay in your arms
Could it really be
That we’ve finally come to this?
After all we’ve been through
All those years
Finally passed by
And now we’re here
I close my eyes
And I know when they open
That you’ll be gone
Just a figment of my imagination
But I open ...
Aw, I have found my escape
At last I’m free
Boredom had set in
But I broke away
I know I should be listening
We’re reviewing for a quiz
But the teacher’s voice
Makes me fall asleep
I don’t understand
Half of what we learn
I’m lost in my own world
And that’s fine with me
I may...
It takes one moment
For my world to change
Just a few words
And I’m upside down
I’m lost in a world
That I’ve never imagined
And I break down
When I think about it
Everything could end
But a whole life could begin
If I just took it
Took this chance
I’d leave behind all of it
So ...
Of all the little things
I’ll miss your smile the most
You were able to light up the whole room
Just by that little toothy grin
Of all the big things
I’ll miss your hugs the most
They could make me feel so safe
Even when life was really hard
I can’t believe you’re gone
Could it ...
They talk about fairy tales
Prince Charming and Cinderella
We both smile, each of us only wishing
When the truth is:
When my world’s crashing down
When my sun is burning out
When all those stars come falling
You will be the one who holds me
You’re the one who keeps me sane
I never want...
Thick heavy drops
They fall one by one
Each bringing
The sound of a slap
To my window pane
Can I just sit here forever?
Can I take it all in
Never to leave
This amazing spot
In my rocking chair
I wish it rained more
Then I could sit here
Everyday
To sit and just watch
As the rain...
I'll run until the world falls out from under me
I'll swim until I'm in the middle of the ocean
I'll walk until my legs can't take another step
I just need a way to get out of this mess
I've been running for so long now
If I could just sit down and rest...
But I c...
Can people fade away without being noticed? Can one person never know the feeling of being loved, and simply fade away from the rest of society without ever being noticed? This was what she was wishing, hoping, that she could do. She wanted to just go to the corner of the room and morph with the wal...
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