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  Our Time

  

  By Miss_Independent, Keller, TX

  You leave for summer Tomorrow’s the day And I what I needed to tell you I couldn’t say “I gave you my heart Keep it in one piece Take care of it Don’t break it please.” We have no time I need to stop the clock Our relationship’s a bomb Tick tock, tick tock The day runs ...
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  Want You

  

  By Miss_Independent, Keller, TX

  I wanna hold your hand And never separate I wanna kiss you And never pull away I want you to keep me on my toes And be there when I fall I want you to wrap your arms around me And hold me safely through it all I want us to talk about everything And never tell a lie I want us to stay to...
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  The Powers In Me

  

  By Miss_Independent, Keller, TX

  After the bell rang I stopped you Outside the double doors I decided to Speak my mind And tell you I drew a big breath And looked up Into your eyes And I did it I told you How I feel You smiled when I was done And I felt a tingle Travel down my spine And you then told me...
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  Funny Faces

  

  By Miss_Independent, Keller, TX

  As you make A funny face at me From across the room My heart races And I make a funny face Back at you You crack up (Silently of course) Causing me to Laugh quietly I roll my eyes With a smile That’s when I made my decision The funny faces And silent giggles Were a sign A ve...
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  I Wish

  

  By Miss_Independent, Keller, TX

  I think back to the 5-year-old boy I love so much I wish I could be Like little Powers Harris I wish I could Be who I wanted, Just me I wish I could Speak my mind About anything I wanted I wish I could Fight crime And fly I wish I could Be more Care-free Even though th...
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  Old Wounds

  

  By Miss_Independent, Keller, TX

  Seeing you Laughing and chatting Everything’s perfect For you You’ve got it all Love, friends, family It’s all second-nature It’s your life To laugh To smile genuinely Opens old wounds Brings back good memories From bad times For me It hurts to recall How things used to ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Grandfather Clock

  

  By Miss_Independent, Keller, TX

  Time crawls by Like a snail When you aren’t here I try to occupy the time By reading or Playing a game But when I check The clock again It’s as if the hand hasn’t moved I put my head On the wooden table And let out a groan I hear the tick-tocking Of the old grandfather cl...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Mixed Signals

  

  By Miss_Independent, Keller, TX

  Mixed signals are the worst So could you stop sending them? Please? One day, it’s like You’ll always be Right here by my side But the next, You’ve torn my heart out And stomped on it The next day, you’ll Pretend as if it never happened And give me puppy dog eyes to apologize...
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  Powers

  

  By Miss_Independent, Keller, TX

  An infectious laugh and a smile From ear to ear Cowboy boots, Spiderman, And his blue Elvis teddy bear His name is Powers And he doesn’t care what you say He is who he wants to be And his hugs make my day Powers is Captain Feathersword Then he’s a Rockstar He flies and fights crime...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  What Everyone Else Sees

  

  By Miss_Independent, Keller, TX

  You are who you are You’re invincible You don’t care what others say You exceed expectations You’re smart beyond your years Yet you can’t see what everyone else may Everyone else Can see my feelings And what they see it true I’m in love With a boy Who doesn’t have a clue ...
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  Quicksand

  

  By Miss_Independent, Keller, TX

  Out of the blue You were knocking on my door I didn’t see you coming But you were at my rescue I’m sinking in your quicksand You’re pulling me in tight Sinking in your quicksand It’s impossible to escape Sinking in your quicksand Can’t fight it ‘cause I won’t win You’re...
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  All She Ever Does Is Lecture

  

  By Miss_Independent, Keller, TX

  All she ever does is lecture Should I take a nap? I still wouldn't get noticed by my teacher I could put my head on my desk and drool But she stll wouldn't get the picture I could text under my desk And she still wouldn't see because All she ever does is lecture...
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  Open Book

  

  By Miss_Independent, Keller, TX

  Thoughts, feelings, secrets Are never only yours For very long You noticed me You saw the way I looked at you Is that the reason you Snickered with your friends? Did you think it was funny? I noticed you I saw the way You looked at her My heart split through the middle And your...
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  Normal

  

  By Miss_Independent, Keller, TX

  If normal is relative, does that make me not-normal? Because the normal human-being doesn’t meet the love of their life at age eleven Because the normal kid isn’t falling head-over-heels for someone they hardly talk to If normal is relative, does that make me a weirdo? Because the n...
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  You and I, We

  

  By Miss_Independent, Keller, TX

  You were always you I was always I But we were always we You had your head held high I was shy beyond belief But we were together 24/7 You had tons of friends your age I didn’t have any But you seemed to hang out with me the most You laughed-out-loud I was more of one for silent gi...
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  Two Halves Of A Whole

  

  By Miss_Independent, Keller, TX

  Sitting here Listening to your voice On repeat in my head My wall, my barrier, That protected me Is now nowhere to be found You got what you wanted, Just someone to fill The gap in your heart Too bad you took me for granted We could have been one But now we’re two halves of a whol...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Buzz Off Haiku

  

  By Miss_Independent, Keller, TX

  It’s none ya business! Go mind your own dang bee’s wax! Just leave me alone!...
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  In A Dream

  

  By Miss_Independent, Keller, TX

  This is too good Too good to be true ‘Cause he’s here with me now He’ll always be here Right next to me He makes me feel like I’m in a dream His loose, chocolate brown curls And deep, knowing eyes Can’t truly be for me Am I in a dream? Can this be real? What’s happening t...
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  Powers

  

  By Miss_Independent, Keller, TX