selflessness

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I sit in class as students say, "I'm not selfish. I think of others." I say you are nothing but selfish. You've judged me my entire life for how you perceive me,
Epitome of Altruism   “Live and breathe kindness Selflessness is a guidance It is a lifestyle Helping you fight through every trial”
A Beautiful smell dancing around the air resting in our souls and providing peace to our unsettled hearts. A smell that gives and gives, but scarcely do we see who has given us this gift.
I used to read a lot more, That’s just a hardened fact. Now what I read is simply for school, Annotations, blue and black.   I remember loving books,
You, my dear, are a bomb You have reduced me to sheer atoms With the force of your eloquent words Stronger than any weapon that the hands of man have produced
My father, my father, how much you mean to me, You’ve taught me how to be mature, and good as I can be, You help me up when I fall down, and tell me I can do it,
I awake to my alarm another day of work lies ahead I begin to creep out of bed and hear your quiet morning voice Asking me for coffee half asleep, I don’t hesitate
We all know how it goes 'Once upon a time' to 'happily ever after' The same words, the same stories, the same messages spread: 'Some day your prince will come' 'Believe in magic' 'Follow your dreams'
What is this darkness? But with this grief, I have you, So I embrace darkness.
Forget the blood lines that make our trees bright red Forget the colors that highlight our lively skin Brothers, sister, mothers and fathers We are all something bigger, better and stronger Yet…
Do not let my heart grow cold.  For I will become a cynic, and bitter to the core.  Kind words will choke me, for I cannot say them. 
Happiness is a reward, A thing we shouldn't ignored. But happiness is not easy and life isn't all that breezy. Happiness is working hard  Even if your playing the right card.
You are the sun And I am the moon And I think it is beautiful That you set each and everyday To watch me dance among the stars And glimmer in the night sky Using your light
the words in my head have taken on a new voice.
Cast not these doubts aside as you revel unto glory
Behind the screen is not what it seems.
Behind the screen is not what it seems.
   Friendship is the art of forgetting oneself totally, all selfish needs and wants and getting to know the
Today I am tired Of being everything. Friend, sister, lover, student, teacher Stretches a little to thin But I'll never complain I'll even off you a smile Because its not about me
Tears fall, hidden perfectly by the smiles of the day No one sees the anguish No one hears the sobbing All they see is my mask of a smile   Does anyone wonder about the story behind my mask?
Drunk from the thoughts of last night,I can’t sober up.
Back at the trailer, another day gone She stopped to wonder why She asked herself, "is this worth it?' She was barely getting by
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