Why isn't there an answer key for life
You know like in the back of a math book
There are all the answers just waiting for you
Everyone says not to use them because you don't learn anything
Well I need to see the answer key
Because I am confused and I don't know what ...
Coming back to school was not what I expected
Coming back home was not what I expected
I thought everyone would be happy to see me after my long trip across the country
I had thought that teachers would somehow be different and not give homework out anymore
My mind forgot about how much my f...
“Of Course not. You’re beautiful.”
Was I just a practice round for the real thing?
Or did you really mean it
That I was beautiful
But either way I just stared
Dumbfounded from the words that passed through the air
From your lips to my ears
“My Mom said I give good hugs.”
Was gi...
Sing is my passion and soul
Take away my voice and you have broken me
Eyes are my weakness
Take away my eyes and life would come easier not look at the outside
But the inside
Emptiness is my being
It can never be taken away
For I am empty
Always and Forever
Empty...
My Kyle is like some fresh squeezed lemonade on a warm summer evening,
He can be sour but with just the right amount of sugar he could win over my heart any day
My Kyle is also like memorizing ghost that fills your brain with thoughts of love,
He can be so translucent to people around him
Mos...
You say you love me
You say you need me
You say you only want to be with me
You say you will stop hitting me
Do you see the pattern I do
You say
You say
You say
I say you never loved me
Because if you did you would have never hurt me
I say you only needed my body
Not my soul
I say you...
Hurt is a blotchy red with gray and black shadows
It sounds like the slow, heavy breath after a long cry
It taste like the hard rind of a unripe watermelon
It smells like rubbing alcohol spelt all over my bathroom floor
It feels like a walk through a thorn patch in the middle of the night...
I tried so hard to write a happy poem this time
One of how my life was full of rainbows and laughter
But that would be a lie if I told you everything was okay
The truth is I can taste the salty water on my chapped lips
My breath is rigged and heavy
I’m praying in my head that by the time y...
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