I’m drowning

Fighting against the raging current

I’m screaming

Nobody hears me

They sit in their lawn chairs under colorful umbrellas and watch the waves of life

Peaceful they call it

They don’t see

I’m slipping

I swim and I fight

Yet I’m pushed farther away

I yell out each time I manage

I’m ignored

“Every teenager feels this way”

Im running out of energy

I can do this anymore

I want to slip i...

I’m screaming

I let my mask start to slip

My fake smile start to drop

I let these scars lay exposed

I’m crying out for help

I’m stuck in this pit

Ive called out to those whi claim to care

“God’s with you” paired with a heartless emoji

I’m yelling at a God who supposed to swear to never leave me

Painful silence in return

Love I once felt, he took back

I’m broken

I’m abandoned

I’m alone

I ...

I wish I never had to let go of times

When summer seemed to go on forever

Where the the days we’re filled

Running through the fields

Playing dolls in the grass

And building dams in the streams

The days where

mud on my face

grass between bare toes

Dirt under my finger nails

And ants cradled in my hands

Was all my daily life

When a smile on my face was the default

the world felt welcoming

And th...

If one ugly pebble

Taken from the beach

Where it once was surrounded by others just a like it

Just a little less smooth and a little less perfect

If it was tossed into the sea

To join the other fallen stones

Would anyone really notice?

Would it even make a sound?

I’m sure there’d be a plop as it hit the water

Maybe a few rings would radiate from the impact

But after the fact

After that pebble has...

You gave me directions to your house

Which streets to walk

And what to look for

How to get to your house

Even though we’re hundreds of miles apart

You wanted to show me your roses

Your orange trees I picked as a toddler

Your lemons to make lemonade

You’ve forgeten that I live across the country

You’ve forget my name

Soon you’ll forget yours

You’ve forgotten yourself

We’re losing more of you ea...

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My heart used to bleed

My soul used to ache

My head used to spin

I used to break

Then came the doll maker

Who promised to fix me

He promised he delivered

Now im regretting

Stole all my pain, my joy, my emotion

Painted a face that would last forever

Heart no longer bleeds

It’s all been drained

It no longer loves

But it no longer pains

Ripped out my...

Normal

The same

Like the others

Then how come

They seem to be

Swimming laps and taking strides

While I stay behind

Struggling to surfaces

Drowned by waves life

Knocked down by each social interaction

If I’m normal

Why can’t I catch up

Why am I always lingering behind

Fighting to keep a pace

The others call normal

If I’m normal

Then why do I feel so broken...

Rumors

Almost float

Like tiny clouds

Morphing into the shape

Of whatever each person sees

what each person wants to see

Clouds Bringing storms of destruction

Floating in peacefully yet

They destroy people

Can’t stop clouds,

Storms or,

Rumors...

Sometimes

I wish

I could float

Yet I sink deeper

Slipping under the waves

Drowning without a sound

I scream out

Nobody comes

Drowned...

Leaving your door open

Stealing your snacks

“Borrowing” your clothes

Slapping your back

Racing to the front

Calling you names

Saying I hate you

Every stupid game

This is how I love you

I would kill for you sis’

But you can’t borrow my shirt

My friend and nemesis

After all you’re my sister

You warm my heart

And boil my blood

I hate you Cora

But you’re also my love...