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  Perfectly Imperfect

  

  By JenJenJ-Wow, Brielle, NJ

  Continue doing what you’re doing It makes you who you are Scream at your family as you think I love you Rebel as you whisper I agree Run away as you say I miss you And hide from it all as you shout into the wind Find me Be perfectly imperfect Love and lose Never dream of stopping Bec...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Salty Tears

  

  By JenJenJ-Wow, Brielle, NJ

  When you learn a loved one has died, Don’t be afraid to sink to the floor And cry No matter where you are Don’t be ashamed To show up to the church Dressed all in black Except for your red eyes As salty tears stream down you face Landing on you pink trembling lips Don’t be embarrasse...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Shadow

  

  By JenJenJ-Wow, Brielle, NJ

  I am shadow Content to follow where she goes Content with my existence Not able to hide in the light But able to run wild, fast, and free when darkness falls Far and wide Not stopping Until light begins to seep into sight I return without complaint Flipping through her books Thum...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Unwanted... Or Unwanting?

  

  By JenJenJ-Wow, Brielle, NJ

  I feel so alone But not lonely May be Unwanted But not too sad Shed some tears Move on Scream a little Move on They go too far Mean names don't matter Don't stand up for me means the world Cry buckets Push everyone away Scream words I don't mean Drive them away Unwantin...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Nothing Is Something

  

  By JenJenJ-Wow, Brielle, NJ

  The pain comes silently No slaps or punches but turned backs and whispers I ignore all the people Can't ignore feelings And oh, do I feel Hurt Lonely Scared But how can you feel something when you are nothing? Nothing that people with care about After you're gone So why not go...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Picture It Without Hate

  

  By JenJenJ-Wow, Brielle, NJ

  A picture that keeps alive Passions that absorb cruelty, Endure turmoil, and question reality Evaluates the meaning Of life And lives it Provides beauty for the blind eye Music for the deaf ear Words for the speechless tongue Seizes love In the end A picture of a world Without hate...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Impossible

  

  By JenJenJ-Wow, Brielle, NJ

  It's impossible to look cool when you're part of a tour group. It's a known fact among teenage boys, and possibly teen girls, but definitely not parents. They think it's the most awesome thing to go on a tour in the most boring town ever, in the most boring state ever, the the ...
• Fiction > All Fiction
  Directions

  

  By JenJenJ-Wow, Brielle, NJ

  My heart pounds in my chest, and my pulse races as I sit in the darkness brought along by night. The full moon casts a soft glow on my face that is distorted by terror. I inch farther back, curling up, hiding in myself. I hear the crunch of leaves coming painfully closer. That's what's...
• Fiction > All Fiction
  Alone

  

  By JenJenJ-Wow, Brielle, NJ

  As I walk through the silent halls, I hear little things. Things that make no sense at all. Glasses clinking, chairs scraping, voices laughing. But I'm alone in this house. I have been for nearly three months now. No one knows that, of course. I would be whisked off to who knows where w...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Perfect

  

  By JenJenJ-Wow, Brielle, NJ

  "Jenny, you are such a loser!" "You're so ugly!" "You're the farthest thing from perfect I have ever seen!" That was two days ago. I cried as I ran home, and that added to my embarrassment. I never did anything to those kids. They ad actually ben my fr...
• Fiction > Romance
  True Love

  

  By JenJenJ-Wow, Brielle, NJ

  We were kids then, not knowing a thing. It started with me glancing at him in class and when he'd glance, I'd blush and look down at my paper, and he would too. Then, we started talking me. Not about anything really. The tortures of out parents thinking we were still children, even tho...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I Are Fantabulous

  

  By JenJenJ-Wow, Brielle, NJ

  I ain't no idiot You hear me? I ain't no fool neither You understand? I are fantabulous I are awesome You are poop, and you stink You should be admitting you are poop I enjoy to ***************** eat you You taste like bacon So thanks a lot...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  More Fear

  

  By JenJenJ-Wow, Brielle, NJ

  School has finally ended. Today is the first day of summer camp. And I can’t wait to meet my best friend, Liza, there. I hop out of my mom’s car, saying a quick goodbye, before I run into the intense rays of the sun. I feel myself heating up as I make my way to the welcoming shade of the tre...
• Fiction > All Fiction
  Stupidity With a Name

  

  By JenJenJ-Wow, Brielle, NJ

  As I slowly, proudly walk inside the glass doors, I suddenly wish that they were automatic, because they are just so fun. But then, I’m inside. I flip on the light, and switch the closed sign to open, while marveling about how ever since I ran away from home, things have been going uphill. I me...
• Fiction > All Fiction
  Savvy?

  

  By JenJenJ-Wow, Brielle, NJ

  Once upon a time, yesterday, like a quarter to 6, I was watching TV. I was bored out of my mind, so shut up and stop interrupting me! Like, oh my God. What kind of person does that? Ok, now I’m interrupting myself! Anyway, so I was bored. I went outside and the sun exploded! Not really, jus...
• Fiction > All Fiction
  Lifelike

  

  By JenJenJ-Wow, Brielle, NJ

  “What the hell is this?” Chiara asks. “I don’t know, I found it in the hallway,” Toni answers. “Maybe it’s what Sheldon got busted for in class,” I say as Sheldon stalks past. “Shelly belly,” someone coughs as he goes by. You see, no one likes Sheldon. He’s mean, and he...
• Fiction > Sci-fi/Fantasy
  Stuck, Imprisoned, Trapped... Whichever Works

  

  By JenJenJ-Wow, Brielle, NJ

  The world is so bright. The lights are all on, illuminating everything. Bathing shadow in light. Even our moods are always bright. Shadows and dark thoughts are illegal here. There’s a weekly inspection to make sure these things stay away. This isn’t how it’s always been, though. You se...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  Do You Know?

  

  By JenJenJ-Wow, Brielle, NJ

  Do you remember how we were best friends? No one could separate us We sat together every day Do you remember how she told? About my true feelings for you No one could bring you back to me We never sat together anymore Do you remember how you ran into her open arms? How that killed me ins...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  Go Run

  

  By JenJenJ-Wow, Brielle, NJ

  I hate you You love me We get along terribly With a shut up, get out, leave me alone You go run home...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  Do You Remember?

  

  By JenJenJ-Wow, Brielle, NJ

  Do you remember when we, still had time for playdates And now we can’t hang I miss you I had the whole family Gathered down at the beach I was so lonely But then you showed up too Do you remember when we, still had time for playdates And now we can’t hang I miss you We went w...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Good Luck

  

  By JenJenJ-Wow, Brielle, NJ

  Once someone asked me If I could have one wish What would it be? Peace, world peace Good luck, he said Cuz that ain’t happening! I stared hard as he left and said Thanks, because I’ll make it happen...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Nothing

  

  By JenJenJ-Wow, Brielle, NJ

  The sun explodes The light is gone Down below the horizon The moon is up The stars are out He left me Left me with nothing I am nothing But an empty shell of past love...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Another World

  

  By JenJenJ-Wow, Brielle, NJ

  People all around Dancing and fighting Loving and hating They lead me to another world I follow Soon I hate to leave though I enter my room Close the book I’m back...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Secret

  

  By JenJenJ-Wow, Brielle, NJ

  I keep a secret Have kept it for a while I may tell you May not though It should stay with me Not be passed to you But I may like someone Oops, there it goes...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  But No More

  

  By JenJenJ-Wow, Brielle, NJ

  Her smile was genuine Her laugh was true Her heart was love But no more Our smiles are forced Our laughs are fake Our hearts are heavy We are empty Never to return But we will miss her Forever more...