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You told me I was your favorite game You told me you loved me even without the fame You told me I was the one that lit your flame Eventually your flame spread like wild fire. Through the veins of my…

Do you remember those lonely nights in the hotel room? How the wind smelled faintly of dead roses and cigarettes? You and I propped up on the couch, watching the season finale of our favorite show?…

the lights were off when i came home today, the dishes were piled up in the sink and there was no food in the refrigerator. sometimes i wonder about other kids coming home with loving people waiting…

I dropped my cross… Oh, my son. What have you done? I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to… But you did it. I didn’t mean to. Why didn’t You stop me? No one listens to the One behind them I was at my lowest… I…

Go ahead, take a look around. All those bottles? Well, they're broken things I found. That one's full of whatever's left of my self-esteem, and that bottle's just broken, so what? I needed to let off…

In life there is no pleasure To love and youth unknown, For love is life’s one treasure, And love and life are one. In youth there is one sorrow To love and life well known, For beauty fades…

Love’s arms. We’re torn by Love’s claws. We’re carried by Love’s music. Who cares if we lose a harp or flute? And if every instrument in the world burns to ash? No matter. The heart’s hidden…

You made me feel like flying, Rising up into the sky. And we just kept on climbing, Watched the whole world pass us by. I blinked, and I was falling, I was spiraling, and fast. I screamed your name,…

LAHAT KABALIKTARAN By: Isaiah Hji Luis Osila Sa unang pagkikita Mata’y nabigla Tila’y diyosang nilikha Mundo’y huminto di’ko napagtanto Tibok ng aking puso Sa tuwing may klase Ako’y di mapakali…

Once again back again Tapping my feet Eyes search again For a hook A grasp Something to take my attention I ask Is this ok? The doing of nothing The waiting time The never fussing This goes here And…

Poem poem come to me Fill me mediocracy Open my eyes and fill me half For i have just an empty glass Held here right, In my hand left Griped on so tight it changes clef Down to base, Tiptoe on the…

I almost told you. Actually, that's a lie. I almost told you about a hundred times. When you looked at me a little too long. When our hands touched and neither of us moved them right away. When you…

What’s sexy? What's not? What's cool What's hot? Played a game Drew a lot What's sexy, what's new? What’s the shade now? Nerve-end blue! Keep up Fall behind Now you're in, now you're out Don't do…

Difficult situations that's hard to answer, Desperation that's steering in faster, The easiest answer to solve the pain, An idea that's been in my head and through my veins. I can say all the hurtful…

I want to be a mental health counselor for kids I want to help kids and understand them I know how it feels to be alone and have no one I want to be a good person for little kids or even teenagers my…

This year we planted sunflowers in our garden. Golden tears for a casket. A casket for Anthony Who they found dead in an alley With a fatal gunshot wound to the head. Even in Englewood, an original…

Life is unfair as the story goes Like the silent battle that no one knows Sleepless nights fighting for a dream That might never come true as they seem Life is unfair by some people lenses Like the…

Life is unfair as the story goes Like the silent battle that no one knows Sleepless nights fighting for a dream That might never come true as they seem Life is unfair by some people lenses Like the…

I loved you. I wanted you. It was only you. But I messed it up. I thought love was just happiness, but love is a person. I loved you, and you showed me what love was. But I failed to see it at the…

I saw a picture scrolling on Facebook You were holding a baby I tried to reach through my screen and claw that baby girl out of your arms I wanted to scream I wanted to save her like no one did me I…

love is weird yk… it’s the thing we chase but don’t understand, they say it’s a feeling, but feelings slip right through your hands. so how can something meant to last, something we call “forever,”…

She used to wonder if love was worth the fight, If someone would choose to fight. If someone would choose her heart, But they all walked away, Leaving her wondering what made them stay. She thought…

They call it “Black History Month.” Twenty-eight days. Twenty-eight days to tell the story of a people whose story could fill generations. Twenty-eight days to talk about slavery, segregation, the…

For so long, she wondered if she was too difficult to choose, too ordinary to fight for, too easy to lose. She watched people come close, then slowly walk away, leaving her with questions they never…