The car rumbles on down the dusty winding road
Not a word is spoken
We come to a stoplight
There is absolute silence
Save the noisy car
They say silence speaks louder than words
And they’re right
Who am I to say they aren’t?
Because the silence speaks the truth
Speaks louder than our ...
Barefoot toes tap on the porch
And crunch on the cold grass
The oak trees sway in the breeze
Sounds of barking echo in the distance
Shadows across my backyard
Shake with the wind
The moon
Only a sliver
Shines next to the stars
A nightlight to the world...
Green isn't my color
In the sixth grade I gave myself up to art
And let the waves of mediums carry me wherever my talent let me stay afloat
You did too and I even helped you start out
It didn't affect me much
I was glad to share it with you
But when you wrote that poem
That poem you were shy...
In the words of Taylor Swift “Why you got to be so mean?” Taylor swift not only sings about bullying but her song is based on her own experience. She writes about critics who attack her singing and songwriting and that’s a whole new type of bullying of its own. Why do people bully? Because the...
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