Today marks the 7th anniversary since they took my parents away, yet I cannot mourn.

The government will not allow it, but every emotion—every feeling I have stuffed down since childhood is slowly rising, and I am running out of room to store it.

My mind is a stained canvas full of rips and tears, though it is not art. I am a mess that no artist can fix.

There is one photo I own of my parents, ...

I fell to the ground, shaking from my father’s blow. “You idiot! Why do I even bother keeping you around?! Ever since you were born, you’ve been nothing but trouble!”

“I’m sorry, Father,” I mumbled.

“Sorry?! Sorry won’t bring Priscilla back!”

I cringed, waiting for him to strike me again. Instead he pointed and shouted, “Go to your room! The sight of you makes me sick!”

I obediently rose to my fe...

I want to scream

That I want you

All of the time

But I’ll get murdered

My head hurts

When I can’t

Get down on a knee

Begging for you to love me

I don’t see why

She can’t express her love

For me

And why it makes me want to fly

I don’t love her

She’s just the reason

I’m at this party

And my only hope...

In this world frowning is not allowed. The president noticed everyone looked sad one day and decided to make it a law. He tried to make everyone happy, but it led to a different outcome.

I was getting ready to go to my mom’s funeral. I knew I couldn’t cry even though I really wanted to. My mom had been there for me on the worst of days and I’m not even allowed to properly mourn her.

Once I get ...

i'm not perfect

i'm just a girl

i fail, i cry

i'm not perfect

i'm just a girl

i fall short, i lie

i'm not perfect

i'm just a girl

i have feelings, i get mad

i'm not perfect

i'm just a girl

i trip, i am not glad

i'm not perfect

i'm just a girl

BUILD A BRIDGE AND GET OVER IT

i'm not perfect

i'm just a girl

i hate glitter, i dislike pink

i'm not perfect

i'm just a girl

i like to write, i then...

People here are too happy. They should be, they're only doing what they're supposed to, but it makes me feel like life is missing something.

It's easy as an adult, but kids are so whiny and sad. I don't know why they can't just suck it up and accept happiness over sadnes. Just the word "sadness" makes me shiver. A world with sadness would be worse than one with too much happiness, but you can ne...

“I always thought I would feel different”

But I didn’t

Because I couldn’t

“I always thought it would change things”

But it’s absence,

Because it shouldn’t ,

“I wondered what if we had this?”

But that was quashed,

Buried deep,

“I searched for it but only found a maw”

A bloodied mass of silence,

Tempered by hot uncertainty,

“Was this what I was supposed to find”

But they said it didn’t exist,

T...

There is no sound now,

When I lower the bucket.

I have no wells to dig into,

No pockets of emotion to pull,

To write something.

A silly poem.

I am surprisingly awake,

For being hollow.

But I guess it takes nothing

To feel nothing.

It’s hard to swallow.

Just yesterday afternoon,

Was it?

Did I feel a bud poking from the ground.

Only for snow to come,

And cover it around.

My world does not share t...

I’ve been feeling out of place lately

More than usual.

And my behaviors are exaggerated

And I’m even more obsessive.

There’s not a diagnosis for it,

I’m just weird.

Strange.

Abnormal.

I don’t understand myself.

I don’t understand my behaviors.

I don’t understand my choices.

A lot of the times I don’t feel like myself.

Like when I get all energetic and jump around,

And laugh so easily at every lit...

This is fictional and original

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I’m scared.

I’m happy.

I’m angry.

I’m s-

OFFICER: “You’re what?”

What.

What did I say.. uh…

OFFICER: “We’re you about to say you’re  sad?”

No. I was about to say… sssssssllimy?

OFFICER: “Slimy?”

Of course.

Who isn’t?

OFFICER: “Um.”

{walks up to a random stranger}

Hey ms!

STRANGER: “Hi?”

I feel slimy. You?

STRANGER: “Excuse me?”

{w...