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Submitted by Addy Whaley
Sorrowful
Write a poem that could have this as the title.
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14 years old is not very old.
14 years old is not old enough
To be shooting up a school
To be killing 4 human beings
To be in jail
14 years old is not very old.
And yet
When I see the news
There was another school shooting
And the culprit was a child.
What is this cruelty that we’ve been taught
As students in schools
And children in homes
Homes that should be teaching kindness
What does this ...
(Draft #17, thx Rose Bud for suggesting this to me.)
14 years old
Is not very old.
Most people just started high school
And some are still in eighth grade.
14 years of age
Still makes you a child.
And yet-
And yet…
Yesterday I saw a post
Online
Of a girl.
She was grinning like the happiest person on earth.
The description went something like,
‘My daughter never ceases to amaze me.’
My parent...
One and then the other
You take one
you take another
You skip one
You skip two
Is this really what I have to do?
To be loved
To be worthy
It’s quite absurd****
****
**Does a lack of me equal worth?**
Deceit is your sustenance now
Are you convincing them or yourself?
You need some help
It tells me
You’re not enough
Thats too much
Please just hurry up
It’s a cycle
A never ending wheel
You’...
When the medicine,
Was as sweet as sugar.
We had just lost her,
And hell had to be seen.
Eyes closed and head bowed,
Feeding each other sadness.
Adding to our heart’s stress,
All happiness shadowed.
Trying to feel human,
But coming up short.
Agony holding court,
And I am not part of this Ken.
Not walking apart,
But always hurting.
Changed from a king,
To off the chart.
..,
Love you R
…
🖤...
Can you feel it?
Can you feel the tears streaming down my face as my head is on your shoulders
Can you feel my whole body tensing up
Can you feel my hands starting to sweat underneath the comfort of your palm
Can you feel my breaths getting faster and faster
Can you feel it?
Can you feel how hard I’m trying to not cry?
I feel like it’s obvious
I can imagine the whole room can hear my hear...
I haven’t grown since I was in sixth grade.
I thought I had,
I wanted to believe that,
But if anything,
I’m worse off,
Or just unchanged.
I forget every now and then,
Because I guess egotistical is my natural state,
But every now and then someone reminds me,
That I’m doing something wrong,
That I haven’t changed.
So I will change.
I will put on a new face just as I have done before,
Because I gue...
One year today, since we got eachother.
Your words, a lifeline to my heart.
But things went wrong, and you slipped away.
I hold onto memories, fragments of our love.
Each message, a bittersweet echo.
I miss your presence, your laughter.
Now, I’m lost, adrift without you.
Every day, I wish, for your return.
Take care, my love, you are my heart.
Come back, I’m incomplete without you....
I remember being in sixth grade, hearing that some girl named Hallie thought I was annoying.
Said I talked about mental health too much.
I can’t say I know why I did it.
I was anxious back then,
But it would still be another few months before I had my first break.
And after that first break,
I still talked a bit about it.
Not as much though.
Maybe I just wanted it to feel more normal.
And then th...
you cry
from the heat
it's torturous
the blazing hot sun
what's the point
if you're dying
hair is dry
skin is burnt to a crisp
it's sorrowful
that it has to end this way
you know it's the best thing
to die rather than live
in this desert heat
for it's killing you
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if it's bad or sad, don't blame me, blame Taylor 🤣😭...
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