I told them
That I had given up
I told him, that i gave up
he said to try harder
I told him that i already
Had. He said not to give up
I told him that sometimes
Giving up just meant
That you were strong enough
To let go. He said not to let go
Because i might
Still have a chance....
His hand in mine
Fingers intertwined
Walking together
Standing side-by-side
His arms around my body
Pressed up against his chest
Always together
Never apart
.........................
These things I wish
Though know I'll never get
Had my chance
Let it slip by
Regrettin...
In The Columbia World of Quotations, printed by Columbia University Press in New York, in 1996, there is a quote about happiness. The quote is by Thomas Szasz, and it goes "Happiness is a condition, formerly often attributed to the dead by the living, now usually attributed to children by adul...
I wake up to the annoying sound of my alarm clock blaring in my ear. Its 5:30 in the morning. I reach up and turn off my pink Cinderella alarm clock and turn on my pink lamp. I toss off my multi-colored blanket and stumble off my bed, towards my closet, in hopes of finding something to wear. My room...
In my grandmother's field, amongst the sheep, there is a donkey named Dick. Dick is there to protect the sheep from other animals, such as coyotes and cougars. He has been in the field for a few months, and has eaten more carrots than I have in my whole life.
With Dick being out with the sh...
Seeing what
Others have,
And knowing that
You will never
Be as good
Or popular
Or that you
Will never
Have what
They might have.
Never knowing
How good
Or bad
Having whatever
"It" is,
Then realizing
That you
Already have
Or have had
What it was
You were
Jealous of
...
afraid of ruining it for others
never letting any one in
for fear that they'll get it wrong
and hate me
for what other said.
never listening to
the full story....
feeling lost, unloved
un wanted. un cared for
un loveable. not able to be
'normal'
all these things i am afraid of
but am every. single. day.
all because of
something that happened
before.
something that never actually happened
but ruined. my. life.
un repairable.but ...
To say that i love you
would be the best for me
To say i that love you
would be the worst for me
To say that i love you
would set me free
To say that i love you
would be the end of me...
A game
That's all it is
One that
Not everyone
Is allowed to play
There must be
A Boy
And a
Girl
Possibly some
Friends
And there must by
At least some
Interest
Or else everyone
Loses
So play the game
Or don't play
But if you don't
You will never know
What you are m...
We eat lunch everyday
And call each other dorks
You decide that you are the Dorkiest
And that i am the second Dorkiest
We declare you President of all dorks
And you agree
But then you learn
The scientific definition of the word
And change your mind.
Now, though, you are the
President of Go...
You stayed
for a while
I tried
to make you smile
You were here
but they were there
It killed you
and they knew
You wanted to leave
to go home
but she said no
so you stayed.
Now you're leaving
Barely even a goodbye
But you need to go
To be happy
To be with them
To finally be Hom...
Like a new flavor of ice cream
I fit into none and all of them.
A walking contradiction
It's not my problem, just my reality
Until they point it out, I am normal
Like a new flavor of ice cream
I feel like what you see me as
Some stuck in history, others just ignorant
How can I embrace...
So let's say that you're in high school. It's your freshman year, and you've never had a boyfriend. It's the third quarter of the year, and your friends are just now learning that you have never had a boyfriend, and she just broke up with her boyfriend. Then she finds out th...
She gets up and gets ready for another day of acting like She's fine. another day of school.
She's only fourteen, and yet so much has happened to her already. Her family is broken, even though she lives with both of her parents and her little brother. she has a lot, though not much that...
Because of my perspective
i killed their objective
To keep me at bay
And out of your way
and what they say
If i may
is that your smirk
Makes you a jerk
But i disagree
Because you're with me
So you see
it all started with
You and Me...
youre gone.
officially.
and I miss you.
a lot.
you were the only
one I could trust.
only you
knew that information
and now youre
gone.
transferred.
so many
questions left
without answers.
when will
I see you again?
will you still like me
next time we meet?
why
did you
choose t...
your memory,
still comes to me
and it’s just enough
to set me free
when im all alone
you come stand by me
in memory
your memory
still comes to me
and i cant believe
you’ve left me
your memory
still comes to me
and its just enough
to set me free
and im not alone
‘cause you’...
I don't get this. I don't even understand the concept of this stuff. What's the point? It's not like we'll ever use it again. seriously, like why go through it if we won't ever use it again? I guess I'll never understand it. Oh well...
I am a 13 year-old girl, a...
It was kind of ironic, really. The first time we met, that is. How we were both in that same elevator at that same time… Weird… I guess it was fate, if you believe in that…
I know my side of the story, at least. And here it is:
It was about five years ago… I was about 15, and I had to ...
It was a dark stormy night as Haley watched the rain fall. Just as she had started wondering when her parents and fourteen-year-old brother would be home when all of a sudden, there was a crash as the door fell in. And there, in the doorway, stood a large dark figure. He was wearing black jacket, a...
Honestly? It was you sarcasm. Your sarcasm that I was originally drawn to. That sarcasm, along with that hair and those eyes… And really? That’s the only explanation I can give about it. It was the stupid stinkin’ sarcasm.
I guess I should start from the beginning. Start from the beginning ...
We were living in a small cabin at the time, and there was snow all over the ground. We also didn’t have much money and the cabin was really run-down. The cold winter air got in through all of the holes, and no matter what we did, it was always freezing in the little cabin.
There were five of us ...
I was there for you. I was the one who helped you through the hard times. I was the one that warned you about It. It was me who told you, not him.
And now what? Now that you’re with him, what are you going to do?
Do you even remember what I said? Or even who I am?
Here, I’ll tell you ...
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