Smoke fills my lungs,
without a cigarette in my hand.
People give me looks,
at the words I never said.
They block me online,
for things I did not do.
There's laughter in the air,
from a joke that wasn't fun...
Sami Shepherd
April 30, 2019
I have painted myself black out of my own insecurities.
Black made me look slimmer, sort of fit my " Band Kid" persona,
and my friends said I looked good in it.
But due to my one colored closet, I've been misconceived.
I...
I remember the first time
I breached the clouds:
The earth swallowed
from my eyes
Then suddenly
a sunset ascended above
of which it would inevitably
sink below the horizon
and to think
we are gifted w...
72 weeks. 72 weeks until I turn 18.
72 weeks to get my life together.
I'll move on, move out, and start
my life as an adult.
I don't know where I'll go to college,
where I'll live or work.
My parents tell me...
A feeling of tiredness overflows
from me, and in my daze it bestows,
upon a dreaded visage of false hope,
a future soon met with a well-tied rope.
The rope is long and slender.
A device so normal soon used to ren...
Right now, a bird is chirping,
a mom is feeding her baby,
a man is typing on a computer,
a teacher is teaching a class,
an energy drink is being opened,
a girl is falling asleep, a doctor
is performing an important...
you.
thank you,
so much
for helping me
finally, be happy again
i never thought
that it was
possible
after everything
you brought this
beautiful feeling
back into my life
...
