You see, I didn’t have feelings f… I wanted us to just be friends And then you kissed me and somehow It made me even more sure that it… I just wanted to be on my own

What am I? Am I really your friend like you’ve told me over and over? Or am I just a space-filler? Somebody you talk to when She isn…

There’s a curse word written in cu… Scratched out in somebody’s notebo… On the outside that word looks so… Before the reader has time to do h… For that split second

Where did you go? Have you left me here alone? I turn. “Hello?” My voice echoes in the silence A tear hits my cheek

I did a bad thing Hurt you more than I ever thought… You wrote me all those letters Proclaiming the sadness you felt And I didn’t feel anything.

You said I was cancer-- That I stick around and play nice… And without warning Turn around and ruin lives. You said you couldn't stand

Remember what you told me Remember where we were When you said we’d never part. Can you even see what you’re doing By throwing us out like this?

I promise you this I’ll stand by you I’ll be there when things get r0ug… When life gets you down I’ll be there with a hand to hold

I am sixteen, born and raised in… I went to school here since the ag… From Sierra Vista, to Skyview, t… Down the street is my home Where I live with my mother, my f…

I sit alone Outside the band room Books scattered about Milkweed. Paper Towns.

I know that I'm not the prettiest… Or the smartest, or probably the n… Maybe we're not perfect, or "meant… But that shouldn't matter Because perfect and "meant to be"…

Welcome back to my Pink House The place inside some naive little… Only existing because she’s such a… With her big imagination and her s… One day she took her dream a littl…

What am I supposed to feel When you walk out like this? You expect me to fight against you To get you to stay here. But you don’t understand.

The silence is deafening; It’s louder than any words. This quiet causes more pain Than a verbal “Fuck you”ever coul… I thought we were okay,

I loved, I broke, I loved, I got… And I thought there had to be som… I thought I wouldn’t trust, would… I learned that it takes the right… With a patient care and a kind hea…

I am young. They tell me I can’t know the tru… They say that I need to run from… I am naive. I argue until my ears go numb

What can you do when you’re trappe… Sit, stand, walk in circles, sit b… Stand back up, walk some more, sit… That’s what we’re doing, but I ca… See if you show me, take my hand

When you tell me you choose me Just what does it mean? Do you choose me for the cheer, The grateful smiles, The eyes that will adore you,

How could I know what you’ve been… When all I could do was sit and w… Caring about you from a long dista… I thought I knew, but you pushed… Even so I found my way back.

What friend would sit there and wa… When they know that he’s not happy… When they know that he’s using you… When he told them himself that he… How bad of a friend would they be?

Why do I say I love you? A question I can’t quite answer. It just feels right to say it to y… Like there is no one I can tell, No one except for you, my love.

You can’t keep crying all of the t… Then change what is making you cry… You can’t keep not eating? Eat. You need the nutrition. You can’t keep pushing people away…

I was fine for a bit On the verge of apologizing And I did. I apologized to you. Yet it wasn’t good enough.

I went to the woods to reflect on life—to reflect on who I am. Most people would come back from the woods having learned the things that life had to teach. For me, it wasn't that simple...

It’s funny how quickly things chan… From just a couple of weeks ago We’ve come from being only friends “Hey look at this picture” “I’ll be there for you whenever”

Why can’t I just forget about you… You’ve forgotten about us. Every memory of us together, Thrown away in an instant. But they still linger in my mind..

I am confused most of the time I don’t understand the big world a… I try to. I am a little girl with an enormou… I trust easy, I forgive even easi…

It’s over, we’re through You’re not in love with me anymore And I guess it’s time to pack up… Except You’re still here,

some good stuff. I’ve never had friends like this that loved me unconditionally and got me through the worst parts… I’ve grown a lot as a person,

Isn’t it a little funny how we sti… On that week spent together at sum… Remembering the memories we made. I challenged you to out-shoot me And you won by at least a mile.

You don’t hate me at all, do you? If you did, would you watch us lau… After what had happened to us? Would you thumb through every poem… To find those about you,

He says to kiss the right person, That each kiss should be like the… He says the right person can calm… With only one gaze as you look to… He says the right person looks at…

Stare from a top story window Stretched away from myself Not occupying my being. I can’t think my own thoughts; They’re the thoughts of a stranger…

Same old fights As the days drag on. She drinks He yells. It’s the same old shit

Look at the bright side Find the patterns in the world aro… Watch how the people behave Pay close attention Look at the bright side

We’ve done it once The tears, the praying The doing every single thing we ca… We know you well, And we beat you, we won

Let me tell you the story of the p… The imaginary place in my mind. Above me I'm surrounded by hues o… The sky, like the sky from a fairy… Wispy clouds, the words of those…

In a place of in-genuine interacti… Where I’m expected to smile and s… You don’t ask me how I am, You ask for gratification: To feel like a better person

Everything about you is truly perf… When the odds and ends come to mee… Everything you say, everything you… Adds up to make the most perfect b… Of nothing more could I ask

New sensations. New people Opening my eyes to the world As I escape from my enclosed mind… I never thought I’d be the one To do the things that we did

As I lay here still awake My mind begins to wander. It travels through my thought, Picking out those thoughts Some, I do not care to remember.

Tell me if I talk to much, As I don’t know when to stop. How many times I’ve been told, I haven’t gotten it down yet. Be patient with me when I speak

Everything now is going wrong. You can’t seem to find yourself. Where do you sit now but the corne… Weeping to the eerie silence Thinking to yourself dreadful thou…

New sensations. New people Opening my eyes to the world As I escape from my enclosed mind… I never thought I’d be the one To do the things that we did