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  Supersede

  

  By msztweetybabii, Mattapan, MA

  Out from the darkness, into the light Overshadowing nightmares Were dreams of flight. Insight blurred the pandemonium. Insert the knowledge, Eject the fear. Supersede alone, With God is here....
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  Sleep

  

  By msztweetybabii, Mattapan, MA

  a kiss after a long day lazy long bones, unaware, facing fears. arms outstretched The clock is ticking, Open palms ready to catch a ball of dreams....
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  Carpe Diem

  

  By msztweetybabii, Mattapan, MA

  Carpe diem That's Latin for run away Or was it seize the day I'm your average heroine I'm not scared of anything Except I'm only scared of heights when I'm looking down Scared of death but I'm scared of life I want to win but I'm scared of trying Trying...
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  Unrequited Love

  

  By msztweetybabii, Mattapan, MA

  "One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for ALL." I bleed America. I breathe America. Did you hear me, Uncle Sam? I said, "I bleed, America. I breathe America." America scorns me-- an unrequited love since childhood. Hot dogs and popcorn, basebal...
• Opinion > Social Issues / Civics
  TO BE YOURSELF, OR NOT TO BE YOURSELF

  

  By msztweetybabii, Mattapan, MA

  E.E. Cummings once wrote: 'To be nobody-but-yourself - in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting,'" We're all fighting this battle- teenagers, k...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Memories of You (my cellphone)

  

  By msztweetybabii, Mattapan, MA

  I remember the day I bought you home like it was yesterday -- maybe, it was yesterday. I saw you, in all your manifest, through the glass display You were a man-made blessing, every teenager's dream, beyond perfection Slick, pocket-sized, curves in the right areas I was anxious to show...
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  A Quarter for Your Voice

  

  By msztweetybabii, Mattapan, MA

  Our motto is live to be a fabrication. The word special in our society Only precedes education. Our motto is live life to die For what, For fame. When we're rotting in our graves maybe then people will remember our names. Our motto is persist on sitting at the bac...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  My Brain is Filled with Ideas

  

  By msztweetybabii, Mattapan, MA

  I'm in the mood to write a poem But I cannot think of one. I start with a line or two Its always left..undone. My brain is filled with ideas. I'm lying , I got none....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  hey, I'm me

  

  By msztweetybabii, Mattapan, MA

  I’m really shy. But I’m crazy. I don’t say much, But I speak really loud. People think I’m useless but God has blessed me with so much talent. I love God, but I am unworthy of His love. My birthday is the same as America’s, but I was born in the Caribbean I do...
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  Writing

  

  By msztweetybabii, Mattapan, MA

  Writing I can’t paint with a brush that well, But I know how to paint with a pen and an ink well. My words form pictures that pictures themselves couldn’t describe. Your photograph may be worth 1000 words. But my words are worth much more....
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  What You Thought Was A Secret

  

  By msztweetybabii, Mattapan, MA

  You don't know how much it pains me You don't know how much I cry The fact that you’re killing yourself Makes me want to die. The smoke lingers in your clothes Weed in your teeth White stuff in your nose. Your mother, Your friends- I mean they're whispering in the halls,...
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  I disobeyed my mother

  

  By msztweetybabii, Mattapan, MA

  I heard, but did not understand Does determination make a man or does lack of it make you less than? I touched and I was burned. The feeling; a lesson learned....
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  I, love and you

  

  By msztweetybabii, Mattapan, MA

  When we kiss its unpassionate. You never close your eyes. And when we're walking down the street your hands are 'occupied' One hand in your pocket, the other around my waist, if I'm lucky I must say. Most times your texting other girls yet you can't give me the time...
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  He's Gone

  

  By msztweetybabii, Mattapan, MA

  Gone. But I can't let you go Somehow in my mind You are still mine. I'm like a selfish 3 year old. Long. 'Cause it was over so long ago. Feels like yesterday that I was yours forever to have and to hold I'm always going down that road. Song 'Cause I can hear t...
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  The Over of October

  

  By msztweetybabii, Mattapan, MA

  October's over, the sky is gone. October's over and all is done. October's over,We're no longer pretty. October's over, and your not mine. October's over, the sun won't shine. October's over, the world is dead. October's over, last night he said: "I love you now. I'll love you forever.There...
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  My Anger is Angry

  

  By msztweetybabii, Mattapan, MA

  My anger is angry. Its pain. Its frustration. Its irritation. My anger is angry. My anger is confusion. My anger is past, present and future. My anger's disappointment. My anger builds up and explodes like thunder on a stormy day. Its fiery red. Its envy. Its greed. Its tempta...
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  CAGED

  

  By msztweetybabii, Mattapan, MA

  I want to free myself But I don't know how. I'm confined in a prison that I call my house....