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  No One to Mend Me

  

  By AliceAngel, Allen, TX

  My heart was broken once long ago, and no one was ever there to mend it. So i mended it myself. I got out the bandages and the gauze and the love. I put them all on... But here, years later, i realize it didn't work. The love was my own and the bandages and gauze were cheap. The bandages ...
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  Destroying the World

  

  By AliceAngel, Allen, TX

  This world is being destroyed. The advanced technology is destroying the people who inhabit this world and therefore they’re destroying the world itself. Why do we insist on creating more and more technology? Do we want to be less smart than we are now? Technology used to be something ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  You're so very cruel.

  

  By AliceAngel, Allen, TX

  What more do you want from me? Haven’t I given you enough? I hang out with you, Waiting to break at any moment, Your words and actions tearing at my heart, Shattering my mind, Dissolving my soul. What more do you want from me? I try my best to act happy. I try my best to act like you’...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  To Be Loved

  

  By AliceAngel, Allen, TX

  There are so many things I’d like to say, But there aren’t any words that would explain correctly. There aren’t words to explain how I feel. There aren’t words that could describe my thoughts. There are so many things I’d like to say, But I don’t know how to say them. Whether it’...
• Nonfiction > Memoir
  It's 9/11/12...

  

  By AliceAngel, Allen, TX

  It’s 9/11/12… And to think, just last night I had been looking up at the pitch black sky while standing in the brand new football stadium during one of the many Monday Night Rehearsals for marching band. I didn’t even think about the horrible tragedies that happened 9/11/01. I woke up this m...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  My Addiction

  

  By AliceAngel, Allen, TX

  I can’t stop this addiction. Once it had been started, There had been no way to stop it. You say I’m obsessed. That may be true, But there’s no one else at school as obsessed as me. You could say it’s almost like a drug. I drown in it from time to time. I envelope myself in it’s w...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Day in the Life of a 10th Grader

  

  By AliceAngel, Allen, TX

  1st period. No sweat. No class yet. I just hang out with the friends that leave me behind. 2nd period. World History. I don't like it and I don't study, But I somehow passed it. 3rd period. Pre-AP English II. The teacher can be a bore and she liked my class, But i barely pas...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Possibly

  

  By AliceAngel, Allen, TX

  I remember when I lost my mind. There was something so pleasant about that place. Even your emotions have an echo in so much space. And when you're out there without care yeah I was out of touch. But it wasn't because I didn't know enough. I just knew too much. Does that make me...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Tears

  

  By AliceAngel, Allen, TX

  The last football game at Eagle Stadium. Senior Night. It’s sad for many people. At least 1,000 people are leaving this high school. But that’s not why I’m crying. Did you hear me say “hi”? Did you see the way she looked back at me? I did. I heard and saw this, Because it’s what...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Rejected

  

  By AliceAngel, Allen, TX

  Every word, Is like a dagger in my side. I feel rejected. Hurt. Sad. You have rejected my work. I don’t even remember what I wrote. I know it was something about people in school, But what it was really about, I’m not sure. And so here I am, Writing this for all to see. Talking about...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Feeling Numb

  

  By AliceAngel, Allen, TX

  Numb. The feeling you get she you feel, But you don’t feel. The feeling you get after your god attacks you, Leaving you on the ground, Pushing back the tears even though you feel the pain. It’s the feeling you get when your parents fight. When you dad doesn’t get why your mom let one of...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Randomness About Life

  

  By AliceAngel, Allen, TX

  I was going to write this story about my life, and what it's been like. You know, all the fun i've had and a lot of stuff i've suffered through. But it's currently 11:47 at night, so i don't think i'm going to be doing that. My name is Colleen, and i was born on July...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  We're the Best, Now and Still...Is This What I'm Really A Part Of?

  

  By AliceAngel, Allen, TX

  There are times I look up and think, God…why am I like this? Why is my life like this? Why am I so miserable sometimes? And then sometimes I break down crying. Depending on what’s going on, my life could be the best thing I could ever hope for, or it could be something that I want to throw away....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  No Matter How Much It Hurts...

  

  By AliceAngel, Allen, TX

  My heart is pounding. My head is spinning. These hurtful words, knock me down. I drown out the noise, leave myself with my thoughts. My thoughts stab me and push me down. I let the noise back in, and i'm being hurt. About to cry, i push back the tears, and just deal with it. I'...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Left in Tears...

  

  By AliceAngel, Allen, TX

  Megan: Hey there Colleen. HOW YOU LIKING PIT Colleen: it’s okay…how’s cymbals? Megan: beast bro way better than last year Colleen: I bet…the pit is pretty boring…and remy’s in pit, and he’s annoying…so… Megan: lol I love Rems. <3 Colleen: Haha, yeah…he made Mr. Noy...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Breaking Point

  

  By AliceAngel, Allen, TX

  I'm on facebook, looking at everyone's profiles, searching for their schedules, listening to my music. I get this warm feeling in the pit of my stomach. I know it's not a good feeling. And that's when the tears fall. Crying, about what, i'm not sure. Thinking this y...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Alone

  

  By AliceAngel, Allen, TX

  Ignore me. Push me down. Yell at me With your hateful words. It doesn’t matter anymore, They all make me feel the same way. I'm alone in this world, No matter what I think. I’m the only person like me. I'm a unique person, And sometimes that scares me. My mind is very weird....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Secrets

  

  By AliceAngel, Allen, TX

  This page has a secret, can you guess what it is? I know the secret, and it's certainly not his. He's afraid of the dark, she's had sex. That dog can't bark, he killed his ex. But that's not what I'm talking about, I'll tell you right here. There'...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Quiet Words

  

  By AliceAngel, Allen, TX

  Do you hear my voice? Of course you don’t. You ignore me And you don’t pay attention. I speak to you, But you don’t listen. You don’t care. You think it’s none of your concern. What if I told you I was going to kill myself. Would you listen to me then? Would you let me go ahead a...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Angels in Hell

  

  By AliceAngel, Allen, TX

  Fallen to earth, We’re all fallen angels. The earth seems peaceful And quiet, But it’s really not. Yes, good things happen, But there are a lot of bad things too. Hurricanes and tornadoes Can destroy your house. You could get in a car accident And die. One of the members of your famil...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Reality

  

  By AliceAngel, Allen, TX

  Imagination or reality? That is the question. Things that happen to me Seem to be my imagination Even though I know I’m living it. And then things that I imagine Seem to be real. Reality. Is it real? Is it fake? Well, according to the word, It’s real. But reality is so cruel. It’...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Prescription

  

  By AliceAngel, Allen, TX

  Crazy. Insane. Deranged. Mad. Mental. Psycho. That’s what they call me. That’s how they describe me. I need a prescription, But I don’t have one. The doctors say im fine. Okay. Sane. Healthy. Rational. Sober. Normal. Well what is normal? If no one is normal, Then is normal i...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Vulnerable

  

  By AliceAngel, Allen, TX

  I have no love life. That’s what my friends say. Do they know the boys that have asked me out? Do they know the boyfriend I had in fourth grade? No. They don’t. I don’t even think they know about any of these boys. My real love life is small. My fake love life is huge. Books are my fak...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  That's Why I Love Him

  

  By AliceAngel, Allen, TX

  Looking around, I see the boys and girls Looking at me with angry expressions. They yell at me; Words I cannot hear. They push me to the floor And yell at me some more. I finally break down And cry out all my tears I had been holding in. I was strong, But not this strong. Why they hate me...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  Goodbye John

  

  By AliceAngel, Allen, TX

  CHORUS They told me so, you’re not the one! They told me so, now we’re done! You’re a liar, a cheater, and so much more! You’re a sigher, a beater, you’ve started a war! All the fighting and the yelling is over, Now I don’t have to be sober. They told me so, and now you’re gone....