Your too skinny

You can’t be that fat

You need to fit in

Don’t do that your being too loud

You need to be neat

A lady

You need to cut away that part

Make yourself perfect

No mistakes ever

You need to be pleasing to the eye

But don’t ask for it or you will just become a

“Distraction”

You need to smooth out all mistakes

You are ugly

You need makeup

You should smile more

Why should I smile in ...

This is not the prompt.

I never had the desire to be a hero, you see. I'd rather take a step back and let someone else take the spotlight unless it concerned my family. The Fairlights were known for loving rarely, but we loved for a lifetime when we did. That day, I woke up to a cobalt blue sky and my mother's whistling. The brisk knock on our door interrupted our breakfast. My father stood up t...

We knew we were different

We lived in a city

The quilt we called it

Patches of this

The parks were still green

And the building like steel

But everything was a jumble

Hospitals in parks

And schools in hospitals

It was like a fake broken world

But we loved it all the same

We lived our quilt

We loved the patches

We loved being different...

“Lucy, I was the one who spread that horid rumor about you,” The second the words came out of my mouth I regretted it.

“Zoe it was you.” The way she hissed you broke my heart.

“Yes. I’m sorry I was angry, I made a mistake.” Lucy glared at me and I shrank inside myself.

“Mistake?!? You have been my best friend for 5 years. 5 years! This last year has been pure torture because of you and your nast...

Arabella-

The dress was beautiful and it seemed wrong. The dress was black with flowers embroidered in black thead.

“Arabella are you ready.” I hadn’t even put the dress on. Wearing the dress would mean accepting the death. It would mean saying it happened.

Kira-

I got the phone call late at night so I knew something was wrong.

“Kir.”

“Anna? Whats wrong”

“Mom.”

“Is she ok”

“Moms dead Kir ...

“If we get caught, Lizzie, we tell them the truth.” Lizzie looked at me.

“But we agreed to lie.” I turned the car into the graveled driveway and looked at her.

“What you ever d do .” My sister looked at me with her big blue eyes. I can see the confusion written on her face.

“Lizzie, they have a way to see if we are lying. If we get caught don’t lie.” I whispered.

I grab my belt of daggers and ha...

Mom

Mom

Mommy

Oh mommy

I never got to say I love you

For the last time

I never got the thank you

For

Holding me

Helping me

Loving me

Loving me

I never said goodbye...

I stood on the beach my hand in yours

My heart synced

To the beat of

I am yours

You never really loved me like I did

Now I see but before I was naive

I smiled looking at you

Your brown windswept hair and your eyes

Oh so blue

We have to go you said

No, I must stay

Then you turned and we fought some more

A silly thing now I see

But it seemed so prominent

I needed to stay safe in your arms

No ...

Many people visit museums to be dazzled by many exhibits on display. They come to breathe in the scent of thousands of artists. However, my museum is different. Despite having only one painting and one room, people still line up around the block to visit it. Once inside, they gaze at the painting of my grandmother, who is depicted wearing a black mourning gown. She looks at the viewer with a raw e...

One day I stepped into the rain

I sat and danced and played all day

I forgot the warmth

I sat outside

The church bells called

But I stalled

Nothing could take me back

So I melted in the rain

No more dancing no more play

Come each Hollows Eve

I come again

No more scenes...