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My Life

I just want to get this off my chest. I know it’s not poetry but it’s all i’ve got.

 

I get bullied because i don’t have friends, because i’m pregnant and because i spend all my free time studying and talking to teachers. I find it funny how nobody has ever asked if i chose this for myself.

 

HA! Like i’d choose this for myself.

 

No, i’m pregnant because the one person i thought...

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The Big Three

Hello depression!

Long time no see, right?

It’s like I just saw you yesterday…

Oh wait. It was just yesterday.

And the day before that,

And the weeks before that….

 

I wake up every morning

With you on my chest.

Making my lungs feel heavy

So heavy, they are.

So heavy that i cannot breathe.

 

I push you away while,

I get ready for school.

Hoping today ...

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