I think I made you up inside my head You see me for who I am You see me for what I love. My sense of style. My humor. The way I sing all my favorite songs As loud as I can Even though I sound horrible. And the way that I laugh until my ribs hurt. I think I made you up inside my head Because you ...Read more

"what is your biggest fear" I pause, Do I really want to reveal The deepest parts of myself? "Spiders" Its safer to say that. They move on to the next question And I'm left behind Pondering the real answer The one that makes my chest hurt Just thinking about. "I am really scared of spiders" "The...Read more

Today was the seniors last day And it never really occurred to me Before today That I may never see these people again. And I only know a few of these seniors So why does it still feel like something's ending? But next year, there will be new seniors. And it will be their last day. And the year af...Read more

You only see me laughing You know how I feel And I know how you feel. I know that if you loved me That it would make me A better person Than I ever could be without you. I know that the way you look at me Isn't the same way You look at others. And sometimes I wish it was. I wish you treated me ...Read more

I see the way That you hug your other friends while walking down the hallway The way that you come up to them when you see them The way that there always seems to be Another friend above me. You say you only have "Like 3 real friends" And I know you put me on that list And I've never doubted that y...Read more

I'm okay, I swear I'm going to be okay It's going to be fine It's.... I... I can't anymore I say as a tear trickles down my cheek Leaving a trail of sadness behind it I can tell by the way my heart It aches Yearns But also won't do anything To fill that emptiness I lie here in bed After only eati...Read more

Dear you, I love Every single thing That there is to love about you I love your hair The way it flows from your scalp Like a rippling waterfall Or your voice The way that certain words They have that southern shape to them I love everything about you The way you laugh The way That you can just ...Read more

I like him. But he doesn’t like me back. And everybody says— "If you keep talking to him, He’ll like you. Eventually." His friends say it, My friends say it, Even I... I say it to myself. Over and over, Like a lullaby I don’t believe in But hum anyway, Just to fall asleep. "If I keep talking to ...Read more

I will go out of my way To show you that I love you I will stay up Until I can't anymore Just so I can talk to you I will buy you the whole world And if I don't have the money I will make it out of paper I will look into your eyes And see The most beautiful art work I will look at you And see th...Read more

The hurting inside my body Like a tornado that rampaged Through my mind Everything is broken And I don't even know What to fix. I'm not broken enough On the outside For people to ask what's wrong, Or offer help. Maybe if I hurt myself more Then people would see That I can't fight off the darknes...Read more

Cracks begin to spider through the walls— thoughts scrambling for space inside my head. They deepen, stretch, grow jagged and cruel. Shards bite as the structure starts to fall. The words— they still echo, They won’t leave me be. My eyes blur, no longer seeing the truth— only fractures that can’t ...Read more

The seasons come and go. Leaves on the trees, They fall off, And crumple up, And die. I often feel the urge To be a leaf. To fold in And give up. In fact I feel it now. Yet, summer is near And if all the leaves On all the trees Will soon be green again Then I too shall live And thrive Yet anot...Read more

Our veins like lightning in the sky Our scars like shooting stars up so high Our stomachs like ocean waves Or memories buried deep in graves Our pores like strawberry seeds Hair on our legs resembling weeds Fingerprints like the rings of a tree We are so free We always talk about the beauty of na...Read more

I wish Oh how I wish The girl in the mirror Could see Just how beautiful She is I wish Oh how I wish The child I used to be Wouldn't have to see That I am no longer That little girl But that little girl Still lingers in me Watching, knowing That I am not me For I no longer Know "me" Anymore I w...Read more

The shower rains next to me As I sit and wait for it to heat To get to a boiling, Melt my skin off, Burn the bad thoughts away Temperature. You are not enough, You will amount to nothing, You will not achieve Those wonderful goals That you set So many years ago These are the words that ring in my ...Read more