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  You Don't Have To Be Alone

  

  By LivyNewhall, Ruther Glen, VA

  You're carrying a heavy burden, on such small shoulders. I'm trying to tell you, you don't have to carry it alone. Open your eyes, please see this beautiful light. Share this wonderful experience with me, come feel how much you're loved. Stop trying to deal with ...
• Hot Topics > Bullying
  I Felt So Alone

  

  By LivyNewhall, Ruther Glen, VA

  In 5th grade, I was bullied. I never thought it could happen to me. I was kind, I was open-minded, I was helpful. It turns out, no matter who you are, no matter how kind you are, it can happen to you. It all started when I came to school with Blonde highlights in my hair. The popular girl in my grad...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Such A Secret To Bear

  

  By LivyNewhall, Ruther Glen, VA

  If this journey does not impale me, the reward shall not fail me. You inquire me not to go, but I must tell you no. This is a place I must go alone, I'll be sure to phone. You wrap me in your arms and beg me not to go, but as I've done before I let go to say no once more. There...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  So Loved

  

  By LivyNewhall, Ruther Glen, VA

  You can look at me with hatred, you can look at me with despise. You cannot hurt me, you cannot cause me pain with those eyes. I will not let you bring me down, I will not let you burn me with lies. For I know that I am loved, by everyone above. They love me much, they lov...
• Poetry > All Poetry
  You're Mean

  

  By LivyNewhall, Norridgewock, ME

  You make me cry, you make me wallow. I'm forced to suck it up, and swallow the tears. Once again you've gotten me down, you've spit me out onto the ground. It would be so easy for me to walk away, to say goodbye and let things decay. For some reason I can't...
• Poetry > All Poetry
  You Left Me To Fall

  

  By LivyNewhall, Norridgewock, ME

  You spoke the words, and as I felt myself fall, there wasn't a person in sight, not a hand to hold at all. I felt as if I'd broken, like my shattered heart was dust, and that's when you ran in the other direction, leaving me without a person to trust. So I let the tears fl...
• Poetry > All Poetry
  Peacemaker

  

  By LivyNewhall, Norridgewock, ME

  I’m a peacemaker, peacemaker, peace is what I seek. I wish to find someone to mind, people and what they see. To fix their mindset to fill it with kindness, even during the depression of the soul. To forgive the sins in the histories, of rudeness and cruelness. The past is no long...
• Poetry > All Poetry
  Falling

  

  By LivyNewhall, Norridgewock, ME

  Falling down, down around, the beast that sleeps, gets watered down. Face the wall, but do not fear, the one that lies to you, holds you dear....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Wait For Me

  

  By LivyNewhall, Norridgewock, ME

  If you'll wait for me, I'll return the favor And if you're waiting I'm not far behind I wouldn't let you waste your time When you lose all hope, I'll walk the tightrope I'll do anything to help you fight the light Because it's too bright for the...
• Opinion > Drugs / Alcohol / Smoking
  Never understood, Never Will

  

  By LivyNewhall, Norridgewock, ME

  I have never understood why people smoke marijuana. It just has never made sense to me. I personally don't think that marijuana should be used for even a medical use. My mom has back problems, and she's in pain every day all day long but she has never once used marijuana to relieve the pai...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Something About It

  

  By LivyNewhall, Norridgewock, ME

  There's something about the way you look at me with those eyes Something about the way you're hiding behind those eyes Like you don't want me to see Like you've got something I can't find As I ask you to come here to me you won't look my way So I tug on your arm, p...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  Missed

  

  By LivyNewhall, Norridgewock, ME

  I'm missin you, and I'll be missin you, for days and days and days. And I'm just wish I wasn't missin you, so bad these days. Cause I'm feeling down, and you're not around. I'm tryin to keep my cool, to cope with the truth. But it ain't so easy,...
• Poetry > All Poetry
  You'll Never Know

  

  By LivyNewhall, Norridgewock, ME

  You have no idea what's going on with me, and you never will. If you don't have the time to listen, I don't have the time to tell....
• Opinion > Social Issues / Civics
  I Can Play The "Best Friends" Game Too

  

  By LivyNewhall, Norridgewock, ME

  I used to have one best friend. Until middle school. Middle school changes all kinds of things. For me it was mostly a good change. I used to be really shy, but I've come out of my shell a lot within the past two years. There were some bad changes though. I lost a lot of friends. Some might say...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I Love You Much

  

  By LivyNewhall, Norridgewock, ME

  I love you much, I love you most, I love you more than tourists love the Coast. You help me up, you help me down, you help me anywhere, all around. When you shed tears, I shed them too, I don't want you upset, I don't want you blue. If you seek, I'll try to find, whatever...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  Bye, Bye, Butterfly

  

  By LivyNewhall, Norridgewock, ME

  Bye bye, little butterfly, I'll catch you again some other time, and if I shall surrender, I hope you'll forever remember, the twinkle you once saw, in my eyes....
• Hot Topics > What Matters
  To Give Or To Recieve

  

  By LivyNewhall, Norridgewock, ME

  The question, “Is it better to give, or to receive?” is often a hard question to answer. To me, it’s quite simple. I enjoy giving much more than I do receiving. Although I do enjoy receiving, the look on a persons face when I have given them something that they like is priceless. I’m instant...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Watermelon

  

  By LivyNewhall, Norridgewock, ME

  To most people, watermelon is just a general food. To me, watermelon has a meaning. When I was younger, my great uncle Billy and I used to eat watermelon together all the time. My great uncle Billy passed away years ago of Lung Cancer. He never told anybody that he was sick, and refused to go to the...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Charisma

  

  By LivyNewhall, Norridgewock, ME

  Some people have it, yet some people don’t Sometimes it’s a good thing, other times it’s not. You shouldn’t worry, if you have it or if you don’t. Charisma is something, you don’t have to have. Fear not, you are not hated if you don’t. If you don’t have it, ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Dolphin Be Free

  

  By LivyNewhall, Norridgewock, ME

  I watch as they walk by, without anyone trying to stop them. They look at me and smile, what are they thinking? I try to talk to them, they don’t understand. Sometimes I wonder, what is it like to be free? Is it really a good thing, maybe it’s not. They let me go, now ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Sadness

  

  By LivyNewhall, Norridgewock, ME

  Sadness surrounds you, nobody is happy. Can they not see, this world is not free. There is a price you pay to join them, but the pain is just so deep....
• Fiction > Sci-fi/Fantasy
  Men That Live In The Woods Should Not Have Axes, Etc

  

  By LivyNewhall, Norridgewock, ME

  So, it was a nice sunny, summer day. Kids were playing on the playground, birds were chirping. Nothing was out of place, of course the man in the woods we could have done without, but, oh well. Of course, the fact that the mysterious man in the woods had an ax by his side was a little scary. S...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Dark Inside This Mind

  

  By LivyNewhall, Norridgewock, ME

  Darkness is my sanctuary, it's where I feel safe. Nothing can hurt me there, because I'm blind. What I can't see, can't touch me. What I can't hear, can't cut me. What I can't feel, won't weaken me. Turn the light on, and I'm vulnerabl...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Sometimes It Feels Like What You Feel Doesn't Matter

  

  By LivyNewhall, Norridgewock, ME

  I feel like I want to run. Run far away. So far away that nobody will ever find me. I feel like I want to run away and start over, but I know that I can't. I don't have that option. I know that I can't run away from my problems, but I want to. I'm just sick of that negative voice...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  The Staring

  

  By LivyNewhall, Norridgewock, ME

  I was sitting in my living room. I felt his eyes on me. Looking up I noticed him staring at me. It wasn't attraction. He had a blank stare. Like he didn't know what to think, or maybe he just couldn't understand what he was thinking. It was peculiar to see him looking at me. I couldn&...