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  Living Music

  

  By TaylorWintry, Carrollton, TX

  Music. Some people have a passion for it. And sometimes, people just live it. They have harmonies intertwined into their lifestyle, or they can hear every chord and instrument in a song. Mr. Marty Nelson lives music. He stands atop his short, gray podium and waves his arms like a maniac, bu...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Chips

  

  By TaylorWintry, Carrollton, TX

  Fifty-two royal rectangles Each hiding a different ecstasy Seven lay in my palm at angles My hand, which you cannot see I can conceal my solid, steel grip Of majestic, stately septuplets I feel my blank expression starting to slip My brow, once again, I knit Tossing my faces upon the fr...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Truth About Your Face

  

  By TaylorWintry, Carrollton, TX

  What if your face was no longer a face? Your eyes, now a giggling pair of fraternal twins Your nose, the helpful, friendly, decisive pointer Your mouth, the outspoken cheerleader But what about everything else? The complexities? What about the pepper freckles spilled across your cheekbones? Y...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  My Bars

  

  By TaylorWintry, Carrollton, TX

  It's only cold, black stone Lining the walls at this point No inkling of hope, no smidgeon of fear Nothing but lost atmosphere There's only bodies around No feeling within Nothing but my own worn skin So what are you in for? What did you sin for? What happened to me, I can...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Wisps

  

  By TaylorWintry, Carrollton, TX

  The slow dimming sky Covered by wispy shadows Of what isn't there...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Breaking and Broken

  

  By TaylorWintry, Carrollton, TX

  I stared down at my tattered shoes. The laces were frayed at the end, and the soles were melting away with wear. Shades of brown coated the fabric, and there was a bulge at the toe from my growing feet. I wiggled my toes around in my shoes, moving the bulge from place to place. I was regretting watc...
• Hot Topics > Bullying
  Magma

  

  By TaylorWintry, Carrollton, TX

  People are like the floating pieces of Earth's crust. They float atop a delicate bed of magma, slip through miniscule cracks and crevices, and end up mangling themselves and those around them in the very end. They also slyly slink under each other, causing an abrupt but unrealized suicide. With...
• Hot Topics > Bullying
  Wishes

  

  By TaylorWintry, Carrollton, TX

  You say you wish for flawlessness You say you want solidity You say you wish for perfectness But I just need security You say you want a promised land You say you wish for large You say you want a life of wealth But I just need a charge I wish I had your forwardness I wish I had your ch...
• Poetry > Sonnet
  Pepper

  

  By TaylorWintry, Carrollton, TX

  Scattered among your furious, fiery fellows While I notably boast my dire desire Your pieces are an inferno, your taste bellows As you spark my lips with scorching fire You scream and sting my lips with wishes Of more to reach me just like you I uncover my tongue performing swishes As it tr...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  You're Just Tan Lines

  

  By TaylorWintry, Carrollton, TX

  You're the books, untouched on the shelf You're the post-its that never, ever fell You're the lipstick stains on my mirror You're why I see so much clearer You're the tan lines of what was once there You're the highlights of my grown out hair You're the shade...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I Am Bare

  

  By TaylorWintry, Carrollton, TX

  This is the thread Simple and ongoing Thin as hair's breadth But forever growing Once it is cut You're sentenced to prison Heaven, some call it To others, it isn't To some, indeed It's blank as white To another, however It's a rainbow bright Some say it...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  Beautiful in Yourself

  

  By TaylorWintry, Carrollton, TX

  The words that you say Are beautiful in themselves Syllables escaping your lips Nobody but us We're sitting and we're talking Words against words Just listening to your voice Beautiful in itself Nothing else matters [Chorus] Oh, when I'm with you I can't hear myself ...
• Hot Topics > Bullying
  The Girl Who Turned in Alexander Carter's Math Homework

  

  By TaylorWintry, Carrollton, TX

  "Shut up, you nerd. Nobody cares." I watched as the helpless, tiny boy with glasses that barely traced his eyes was shoved against the wall, papers flying everywhere and evil laughter sprinkling through the air. My eyes hurt just looking at the poor boy, and I stumbled forward to help r...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  Approach With Caution

  

  By TaylorWintry, Carrollton, TX

  Watch the animals And keep your hands near Don't let emotions take over Emotions like fear Danger, danger They're the wild ones Danger, danger Keep clear of the guns 'Cause they'll shoot Without caution They'll attack Without poison Keep your hands Within ...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Sound of My Death

  

  By TaylorWintry, Carrollton, TX

  "Is she awake?" "I believe so." Their hasty voices echoed inside of my skull, sending throbbing vibrations with every syllable. "Watch her eyes." "Yes, sir." The voices were louder and somehow closer. I felt warm breath caress my face. "See the ski...
• Nonfiction > All Nonfiction
  Eyes: Two Personal Windows

  

  By TaylorWintry, Carrollton, TX

  They say that eyes are windows to the soul. I believe that this is so. Blue eyes stand for courage and sometimes arrogance, while brown eyes stand for the sweetness of chocolate and a hint of slyness. It's not that your eyes give away every detail of your personality; they don't. Howev...
• Fiction > Romance
  The Puzzle I Could Never Solve

  

  By TaylorWintry, Carrollton, TX

  It wasn't just a conversation. It was more than that. It was a group of sentences that fit perfectly together like a puzzle. I love puzzles. I'm always searching for the few clues that the puzzle-writers don't put in it. Our conversation was perfect. It wasn't normal; it was ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Forever or Until

  

  By TaylorWintry, Carrollton, TX

  You're only you Forever Or until No buts Just answers No excuses Just corrections You're only you Forever Or until You are not Anymore...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  Fly Me

  

  By TaylorWintry, Carrollton, TX

  I won't go alone Fly me to the moon, baby Go wherever you wanna go Fly me to the moon, baby I'll go where you wanna go I hear 'em say The sky's the limit There's still a limit It's just far off I don't wanna live in a jail Don't wanna be bossed aro...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Seasons: Explained

  

  By TaylorWintry, Carrollton, TX

  Only twenty-three And a half Degrees To separate us from Eternal vagueness And our glorious changes The ones that begin With a floral prelude A colorful first chapter An expressive beginning A sweet, shy character And a quiet spy And the second A bright, bold star With a red hot sk...
• Poetry > Ballad
  To Those Who Believe

  

  By TaylorWintry, Carrollton, TX

  To those who believe That writing's a crime That it's abnormal A waste of time To those who believe That we aren't real humans That we are so different An alien, not normal men To those who believe That our lives are spent In pens, and pens alone All to our consent A...
• Poetry > Ballad
  All They Laugh At

  

  By TaylorWintry, Carrollton, TX

  They laugh at my hands Covered in ink eternal From gripping my pen While writing in my journal They laugh at my pencil Short and stubby to boot From writing in my journal My only venting route They laugh at my pen My pencil replaced Running low on ink With unsurpassed haste They la...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  No Better Than Me

  

  By TaylorWintry, Carrollton, TX

  I don't lie Never have, never will I won't lie When I tell you What I'm going through, baby It's kinda hard To put it into words But I guess your girl's No better than me But I had to let you know Oh, baby, I'm not lying We, we could be flying Way past t...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  I'll Try to Stick Around

  

  By TaylorWintry, Carrollton, TX

  It's those deep, blue eyes That pull me in They're like the skies Grab me from within And that smooth blonde hair That you refuse to style It's perfect, I swear Brings me another smile As you brush past me I can feel my cheeks Fill up with heat I don't know if I ca...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Gossamer On My Heart

  

  By TaylorWintry, Carrollton, TX

  It breaks And then I patch it up With a makeshift fabric A thin, fragile thread Nothing can hold Or keep back All the stress And problems Pushing On the walls Of my struggling, red heart The one that keeps breaking Through the gossamer thread The only attempts to hold it back Are the on...