I wish i had elephant skin
placed around my heart
protecting me from bullets
protecting me from arrows
keeping my blood inside my veins
my heart inside my chest
I have the time
just not the patience
I wish I had elephant skin
placed around my heart
that way
I could stay sane
in the ins...
Ears that are deaf
Eyes that are blind
Lips that do not speak
Things that are hard to find
Hearts that are crippled
Minds that are caged
We are all on are own
even in our own home...
How can a heart take so much damaged?
Will it heal?
Does my heart need stitches?
Do I need a band-aid?
Will it ever recover?
From the pain its faced?
Will I be okay?...
some lie because they need to
some lie becuase they have to
some even lie simply because its easier than the truth
but some lie
becuase they're LIARS...
Love is complicated
Love is pain
Love is an ocean
sometimes black
sometimes blue
huge waves, little tides
Breath taking sight
entangled in lies
love is beauty
love is hard
love is not fire nor ice
for it is neither but love
ITSELF...
I'm the type of girl that reads to escape reality
and writes to deal with it.
I'm the type of girl that
laughs when I want to cry
smile when I want to scream
and live when I want to die...
I'm broken, not physically, but emotionally
my soul, my heart, my mind
here yet broken at the same time
I have the pieces just not the glue
so I guess I'm broken and just have to do...
I have rights, I have rights for freedom, I have rights to express myself,
But why do I feel like a slave?
Trapped in the U.S.A?
A slave to myself, a slave to others?
A slave to my emotions, not even my devotions?
I have rights don't I?...
Although it hurts, I'm fine
although it seems hopeless, I'm fine
although I'm stuck, I'm fine
although I'm crying, I'm fine
I know I'll get through this
I'm gonna be okay...
words of hate, problems with fate
feelings of love, good luck of a dove
tears of sadness, things of badness
wisdom doubted, thinking clouded
laughs, giggles, and chuckles
broken hearts, mistakes, and regrets
life is full of memories
good or bad they're still yours...
There once was a puppy left alone in the rain
and as he grew older it affected his brain
his self-esteem was so low he kept his chin to the ground
but when my mom found him he was glad to be found
although he was grateful
he was also very shameful
for when he stole food
he put my mom in a v...
I bleed bloody tears
I scream bloody cries
I'm trapped inside a box
No one hears
no one sees
no one cares or fears for me
I'm fighting on my own
alone in this world of a billion people
how can it be so?
how can I be so alone?
that no one knows?
Isn't it obvious?
From m...
They think they know me
They think my lifes perfect
They think I don't have problems
They're wrong
the truth is
my lifes probley worse then theirs
they don't know me
they don't know my life
so don't judge me...
how can the tears fall
flood over the walls I've carefully built?
wash over by face like rain
force me to lose my self control
how can the tears overflow?
shaking me violently
leaving me stunned
the tears are so gentle
yet so dangerous
so guilty
but so not
just ...
if I break am I damaged?
if I fall am I lost?
if I'm found am I safe?
if I tell will I be heard?
if I trust will I be trusted?
if I see will I be seen?
if I sing will I be silenced?
if I love will I be happy?
if I want something will I get it?
if I'm lost,scared,...
Everyone says they understand
they don't
They say they can relate
they can't
They say they'll always be there
they won't
They say they got my back
they lie...
I have a secret locked inside
bonded by chains
hid in the darkest of places
it gives me an empty dead feeling
it feels like everyone knows
but they don't have a clue
when the secret shakes inside me i have an urge to tell
but I shove the urge aside
and live my life day by day
I get s...
Why is it?
Everyone can see the sun
while I'm trapped inside this darkness
why is it?
everyone can see a rainbow
while all I see is black and white
but I can see the storm coming
I can see it before it decides to start
why is it?
people taste flavors
and all I taste is bitterness
...
They say if you shoot for the moon you'll land among the stars,
but wht if it's a clear night and there are no stars
or a cloudy night and no moon to aim for?
What then?
Would you aim for the sky and land in the air?
Aim for the trees and land in the leaves?
Or just stay ground? Gl...
In Dreamland I stroll
along the broken road
lost dreams I see
no sign of glee
thunder booms
shattering the glass of more dreams
the glass that holds the dreams together
the glass that has been there forever
crackling takes place
among the hidden trees
clouds of grey haze
blow wit...
How do I get my friends to focus?
To notice the tears I cry
will never run dry
that my sadness isn't rain
and will never blow away
that it's here to stay
how?
how do I get them to see
that I'll never be free
that I'll always be thinking
thinking about that sinking f...
I'm whole
then I fall apart
I can't keep it together
I collect all the pieces, but don't have any glue
my soul, my heart, my mind
here, but broken at the same time
I'm lost and can't be found
my feet glued to the empty ground...
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