'growupglowup' scholarship
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I'm saddened my phone doesn’t ring
I'm saddened the mailbox is empty
I'm saddened we’re not together
I'm saddened you threw out my things
Side by side we stood
Cake, cuddles, cliques
Naïve playful jokes
Through the phone we texted
Shakes, sharing, snakes
Rude words on the screen
Parties I don’t belong at
An ugly egg
A newborn angel
A sigh
All enter a room
Unidentified, unsocialized
Yet the air closes in, closeting hearts
Fury, Confusion, Ignorance run in
Crowding the virgin
in darkness, we found solace. you recognized my confusion, and i understood your pain. we shared misgivings about our purpose in life, and the way the world should be. your tiny blue bedroom was our haven.
He was there in the beginning, they say
He's always been there, will always be there
Those who have met him
Often seem to cling on
Afraid to let go
Scared of what they’ll see
Not only did I glow, I grew
Not only did it change me, it invited me to see a new view
The transformation from unpleasing to appeasing made me love this new person I was seizing
“Are you ok?”
“You are so sensitive.”
When I was younger, that’s all I heard.
I was the most sensitive being
And I thought it was a bad thing.
its difficult to pinpoint the catalyst
of change, tucked neatly between the graying pages
of my childhood and adolescence
an autumn of sorts- outside colors fade dull,
bare bones exposed to harsh elements like
Surrounded.
Everyone around me, love, hate,
never a break, smile, laugh, pretend
everything is perfect everything is fine
alone.
In my own place, happy, love,
never a stress, smile, laugh, learn
In my mother’s womb, like a spec I was,
unaware of the world around me.
Protected and safe, inside my cocoon,
I was a caterpillar experiencing my metamorphosis.
Once a friend, always a friend right?
Sike, you thought, now she's complaining about kissing when you're so sick of her missing
Support? Who is she supporting?
It started senior year
So many realizations and quite a few confrontations
And I cant forget the tears
Growing up, I never knew I'd lose so many relation-ships
Friends grew apart
Gave me a broken heart
