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Playing Fake

April 10, 2017
By 22mstaup PLATINUM, Bryan, Ohio
22mstaup PLATINUM, Bryan, Ohio
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Favorite Quote:
"Kind words are short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." -Mother Teresa


It's as if the whole world is closing in around me.
While all the other girls go to malls,
I'm being torn apart in the school halls that are like battlegrounds.
I may say that names never hurt me, but
no matter how many times I say it,
they really do.
Making myself fake to impress others
only leaves an impression on me.
During the school days
I'm a happy girl who's life couldn't be better
but at night I am a girl who is juggling loneliness
and just a desire to have one friend to always count on and know
that I will never be left out
Everyone I talk to just says things like kids can be cruel
and that kids don't know what they're doing,
but I know they do.
Every day waking up,
pretending I'm someone I'm not,
you don't know what that's like.
So many people just say that they're always there for me
I try to speak, but they don't want to listen.
Why is the world this way?


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on May. 3 2017 at 8:44 am
22mstaup PLATINUM, Bryan, Ohio
28 articles 0 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Kind words are short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." -Mother Teresa

Thanks! I love your writing too!

on May. 2 2017 at 7:42 pm
Savage14 BRONZE, Delray Beach, Florida
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omg i love your poem

on Apr. 18 2017 at 9:12 am
Dancer23_CEW BRONZE, Bryan, Ohio
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You are soooooo creative?

on Apr. 18 2017 at 8:59 am
22mstaup PLATINUM, Bryan, Ohio
28 articles 0 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Kind words are short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." -Mother Teresa

Thank you! Do you have any poetry?

on Apr. 12 2017 at 9:34 am
Creativearts2303, Bryan, Ohio
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Your poetry is the best!!