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Silent Promises


April 8-2014
Silent Promises 
 
Going around, 
Meeting new friends
She outta forget drugs
And start making amends
 
Can’t let them end up 
Being like me
gotta protect them
“The truth will set me free”
 
I can’t tell them
They won’t survive
I need to continue to try
To make it right, gotta strive
 
They can’t be introduced to this
This side of town
Drugs do nothing
But bring everybody down
 
I write down words
The way that I feel
But no words can describe
This big of a deal
 
Constant crying
And suffering more
Wish I could just
Slam and lock the door
 
Lock it up in there
Don’t let it out
I would enjoy hearing
Its cries of “mercy”---hearing it shout
 
I’d walk away smiling
It’s no longer a problem 
If it was that easy
That’s how id solve all of em
 
Grades are suffering
I’m loosing my mind
I just spelled that wrong
My sanity I need to find
 
I can no longer concentrate
Smoke clouding my process
Sometimes I wish my mind
Could finally become fogless
 
I feel as if I’m blind
Leading the way, eyes covered tight
Gotta continue trying my best
Gotta try and make it right
 
I am my relief
Without the girls I’m gone
Not wishing I could be a kid again
Don’t want to---it’s been too long..
 
 
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Skylar Marie

Hi, im a girl who has been dealt a hand of cards that have been through quite a few games of poker, and even though they are a little torn and worn, they still refuse to collapse, I am a very realistic and hardworking person who knows how to find several ways to release all of my pent up emotions, writing being one of them. I have many hobbies, being a very artsy person, singing, dancing, painting, drawing, writing, and cooking are a few of my specialties as well as having a habit of caring a little too much about those that surround me, but "a smile a day keeps the demons away", right? ..."A smile a day shows them it'll be okay"?..."A smile a day shows them the way"? something like that... one of those should be it... I tend to be optimistic but everybody has their down days, "it rains to those that deserve the sun the most, but one must keep in mind that there is always a rainbow, even if your umbrella is blocking the way..."

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