She’s walking on petals
as if they might break
making her way
still skirting her fate
She doesn’t yet know
that she’s over the worst
she doesn’t yet know
that she’s over the hurt
And she shouldn’t have to step so lightly
‘cause petals don’t break the same as shells
she ...
This morning I sat there, blowing bubbles,
and I realized something strange.
Each bubble lives so short a life
yet bounces lightly to its grave.
Is that what you were like, before?
Before you journeyed on your way…
Every time I laughed and you played along,
were you thinking to yourse...
“What did you learn in school today?”
I remember Mom asking me that question every day after school in first grade.
“What did you learn in school today?”
I would sit at the kitchen table and write down everything the teacher had taught us that day.
After first grade ended she di...
There are rainbows on the walls
on my ceiling, on the floor
Little spots of color
that were never there before
Each splash is vibrant, energized;
yet so completely still
I wish I could somehow catch them
and drink of rainbows my fill...
Blue is the color of magic. It’s the color of the sky, endless in its width. It’s the color of the river’s water, which can take a person’s weight away. And it’s the color of The Mountain.
Mountains are not supposed to be blue. I know this, because mountains surround my village in the ...
“Finally!”
Tessa whirled on me, wet hair flying.
“Why did you block me like that? You’ve wasted precious time, time that we may never be able to—“
“I’m sorry! I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I am sorry!”
The words rushed from my mouth in a torrent, not unlike the tears runni...
I suppose youYou, being a human, are most likely unfamiliar with most of what I have been telling you about. Explaining will be difficult. I think that the best way to help you understand is to take you back to before my second birth. That is, back to my first death. The difference makes a differenc...
There is, according to scientists, one rule about dreams. Nobody ever dreams that they die. Never. However, according to another source, most people dream at least once in their life that they are dying. It will most likely be the last dream they ever have, but it is possible. And that is exactly wh...
I knew you'd trip
I saw you fall
And yet I did nothing
nothing at all
I foresaw your mistake
I heard your cries
Yet I didn't help you
just closed my eyes
But when I noticed the danger
saw their anger
race
I told you to run
and took your place....
You’ve always been curious why I eat chips when I’m sad.
“It’s comfort food,” I said.
“But why chips? Why not chocolate?”
You pressed.
“Because it’s salty and sweet.
Salty for the past,
the tears that come from the bad that has already happened.
Sweet for the future,
...
(Chorus)
Betrayed
Just when I needed you most
Betrayed
Satan used you as his host
Betrayed
To think that I used to boast
Betrayed
That you’d be there for me…
But now I’m making you see
(end chorus)
No more
I’ve lost all trust in you
You left me broken inside, n’ ...
Walkin' down the hallway with my
head held high
Hopin' no ones noticing that
I'm about to cry
I try not to see their stares
To pretend that I don't care
But they're all birds of prey
Just waiting for me to break
Making my way down to class
trying not to go ...
I
look back on what I was
and
I
year for it because
I'm
Just an echo of me
now
Just a sketch of
What I want to be
So I
close my eyes and pretend
that
I'm stepping up to bat
and
I see the ball
And I'm
hopin' that I won't let it fall
And the...
I'm
here with no map
There's
no going back
To where I'm from
The
bus just left
There's
a high rate of theft
Where I am
But
I can deal with anything
(No you can't)
I can deal with most things?
(Uh-uh)
All right I'll admit it!
I'm sc...
Another year is gone
another year has past
Another part of your life
that you won't be getting back
The leaves fall
and grow back again
The one thing that's sure:
You won't live to see the cycle end...
At first you thought that I was too rule...bound
You wanted me to lift my head from the...ground
But you weren't convincing me
I just coudn't see
I thought dirt had more history
Than the birds and the bees and the trees
Then one day by...chance
I risked just one...glance
An...
(Chorus):
I'm on top of the world
I'm on top of the world
I'm on top of the word
but there's only room for one
I'm on top of the world
On top of the world
I'm on top of the world wondering when I will be done
[end of chorus]
All the people down below...
Crying silently
So that someone will hear
Hiding a path
So that someone will follow
Closing the door
So that someone will come through
Pushing away
So that someone will care
Covering clues
So that someone will find them
Forming a shell
So that someone will crack it
Running ...
The mind is a spring
You just have to
Find the catch
The mind is like spring
Rainy and
Sweet
The mind is a spring
It may not be wide
Nor deep
But you never know what
Surprises it will
Spring...
The mind is a spring
You just have to
Find the catch
The mind is like spring
Rainy and
Sweet
The mind is a spring
It may not be wide
Nor deep
But you never know what
Surprises it will
Spring...
They’d always told me that
Love is a sacred feeling
But that prematurely
It’s worse than stealing
I thought that we had reached
That day
But now you’ve gone and stolen
My love away
And I can see how right and wrong
They really were
And even though it’s hard for me
To ...
I thought I knew what I was dealing with
But now, I’m not so sure
Thought I knew what I was doing
But not anymore
‘Cause things have changed
Rearranged
I can feel the difference
Used to know the score
And what it stood for
But now I’m stuck on the fence
And I can’t stop...
It’s what I want
But I won’t get it
What I need
I try not to fret it
It’s so hard ‘cause the other ones are there…
My heart constricts
I fill with longing
To fit in
To start belonging
To that untouchable world…
Where everyone knows their name
They know how to play ...
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