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Addiction by Any Other Name

A small poem about drug addiction and the destruction is causes.

Mr. President

Just some thoughts on pointless wars.

Happily Ever After, II

This is a re-write of a story I previously posted on here. Caution: it is erotic and may not be suitable for some readers.

Happily Ever After, if Only for a Moment

**contains mature themes**

Natural Seduction

Warning: contains mature language

Sweet 16

Partydresses sparkleSweet 16 balloons lining the wallThe girl, shedancedDancedlike there was not a thing to worry aboutSailing,soaring around the floorThe othergirls danced tooBut theylooked like crowsNext tothe flamingoDresse..

Dandelion

Inspired by a book I read about gangs.

Alice

This is partly inspired by Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

Burning You Away

You can never push me down so hardthat I won't get back up againAnd I'll never let you throw me to the groundYou're just not worth my painIn fact, you're not worth anything. So I'll burn your memoryall the love notes up in flamesI'll burn the sight of you out of my headand I won't feel that pai..

Remember?

Tell me what I'm still doing herebecause I have no ideaThe lines keep blurring in and outfading away across the screenIt's getting darker all the timeas the moon slowly dies The whispers come from everywherein all the cracks in the wallsThe stars don't sparkle anymorethe wind never calls&n..

Unrequited

Written for my ex girlfriend who became my best friend, but I still love her.

The Unsayable

My expression of the memory of being raped.

Corrine's Song

A friend of mine believes her boyfriend hits her because she was bad. This is my song for her.

Children Gone

A poem about an abused girl and a neglected boy.

Violation

This may trigger flashbacks in those who have been molested or raped. Read at your own risk.

Only Six Feet Away

This is a song I wrote for my grandfather.

The Butterfly Project

Draw a butterfly on your wrist; if you cut the butterfly will die. Keep the butterfly alive.

The Dinosaur Traveler

My friend Kayla wanted me to write her this story. She's the main character, and her personality is reflected in the story.

Cinderella Girl

I use Cinderella as she was before she met the prince; I use the image of her as a slave to the evil stepsisters to symbolize a woman being oppressed by a man.

Childhood's Demise

Written when I was 14 or 15.

Dear Grandma

Written when I was 14 and my mom still hit me occasionally, but of course never when her mother-my grandma-was here.

Missing You

The end of this friendship wasn't actually my fault. It was hers.

Dear Best Friend

A few years ago, I seemed to have real talent losing friends. It was making friends that was the problem.

My Mistake

On losing a friend over just a few words, "Your new girlfriend is a w***e."

Beautiful Girl

This is another old poem, written almost three years ago.

Bruised

I wrote this a few years ago after learning a friend of mine had been severely abused by her boyfriend. I edited it today though, so this is a new version.

Jack and Sally

This is another song, written for the same girl that "Alive for Me" was written for.

Alive for Me

This is a song, written for a girl I love, and am trying so desperately to save.

Speak to Me

Three small wordsthat everyone lives forThey're not even that hard to say.Three small wordsthat would show me I'm worth somethingat least to one person.Three small wordsbut I never hear them directed at meonly to everyone else.I want to hear it too.Those three little wordswords I've spoken a thousan..

Fighting Your Shadow

A fight against the people who's expectations are crushing me.

Kill All Your Lost Ambitions

Written for an ex girlfriend. The first letters of the title spell her name, Kayla.

Relief

I can make the pain go awayI can get rid of the tensionwith just one slice of a bladeor whatever else I'm givena thumbtack, a paperclipit makes no differenceWhen the blood flows from my wristit all washes awaythe pain flows out of my veins and drips down my handthe anger falls into droplets on the f..

Dancer

This isn't really a story, more of a narrative.

That Voice

The voice I hear in my head is my own. It's all my negative thoughts and regrets. All the negative thoughts that are so hard to fight off.

He Doesn't Know

I was mistreated by a guy I dated. Since I was only 14 and thought I loved him, I didn't realize at the time what he was doing. I knew he was doing things that hurt me; I thought he'd stop. He didn't.

Monster

This isn't personal. I wrote it after watching a show and in that episode there was a little girl who had been sexually abused by her dad.

Angela's Song

I'm glad you came home safe. This one's for you, Ang <3

Iraq

As the flowers bloom,And the breeze teases the branchesThe river runs red,And shouts break the silence.While the children playAnd the snipers watch,Singing turns to screaming.Thrown baseballs and footballsTurn to grenades as they grow older.Carefree young adultsNow mentally scarred,Physically broken..

F R E A K

When I was 16, around the time I had my first girlfriend, I carved the letters F-R-E-A-K into my right forearm with a knife.

Raindrops In the Sky

Raindrops fall gentlyPlayful winds tickle tree branchesAll is quiet.The world is at peaceThis beautiful night.Some stars shine through the mist,Few cars interrupt the silence.I lay outside as the rain slowsDreaming about nothing.Lazy and calmThe rivers run over rocksEternally changing shapeAs molecu..

Horses and Wind

I love my horse, Dillon.

Executioner

French Revolution themed I guess

Soldier's Mama

She walks through the graveyardearly one summer day,angry at the armythat took her son away.As far as she knows he’s still alive,but she eyes the empty spotnext to her parents’ graves.Even though she should be hopefulshe isn’t very brave.He left a week ago,he kissed her goodbye at ..

Panic Attack

My hands are shaking,I'm curled up in a ball,Pulling my knees to my chest.My legs tremble and the flashbacks start:I feel you pushing me,Holding me down.Inside my head I'm screaming,Outside my eyes are tearing.Cold and numbMy chest is too tight;All I can do is take shallow breaths.I can't make this ..

You Lied Your Way In (Now Get Out)

HonestyNo apologiesI always knew you lied to meSuffer sharplyRun awayThis won't go onAnother dayThere's a special circle of hellReserved for liarsWrite me a postcardOnce you're thereI know someday you'll be thereYou swore it wouldn't go onI laughed and said goodbyeOnce there was a timeWhen I would'v..

Lips

Your green eyes know secrets,Secrets dark and destructive.Your heart yearns for love;My blue eyes see your desire.Tell me baby, can I be the one?When you kiss my lips,Let me take your pain away.I want to protect youMore than I know the words to say. Your soft hands brushed the tears from my eye..

Lost

Confused, hurt, angry, emotionlessAn average day in her lifeOut of reach with realitySlowly losing grip on lifeIgnoring friendsBattling familyTrying to stay aboveAnd come out on topWhat would her friends thinkIf they really knewHow she felt insideHer thoughts about life, them, everything?Would they ..

The Price of Freedom

Their songs cry out let freedom ringBut the chains that hold us down singA song of misery, contempt, and slavesA song that will play until we reach our graves The ones in charge sing songs upbeatWhile the people below rock out to defeatBut underground societies refuse to stopUntil the cult come..

Red and Gold

I won an award from a Holocaust remembrance society for this one

Breaking

We've been playing a gameAnd I'm losingBecause the I'm sorrys are running outThe words are becoming emptyIt's been my faultEach and every timeDon't try and deny itI'm not blindMy faith is running outThis facade is becoming thinYou know we can both seeIt won't lastLet's just stop pretendingYou'll get..