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Just a Pawn

Tortured and destroyed I fall to the floor,
a darkness waits anxiously for more.
It laughs and croaks as blood falls,
more and more as it splatters the walls.
It stands up to enjoy the kill,
I lay still for I have not the will.
Pleading for a hasty end the weapon raises,
one swift blow i see the hazes.
Darkness takes me over I am no more,
just a pawn laying on the floor.

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I Stay a Star

I am the light that brights the sky,
When all the earth is dark and dry.
If you near me you will burn,
While days go on I tend to turn.
When I fall you turn to wish,
But do not fear I shall not miss.
If the sky is covered I'm gone,
But please don't fret I'm still upon
Through the night and up to dawn.
When you look up to the sky,
You'll observe I never die.
Don't come for me I'm too far,
For in the sky I stay a star.

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American Flag

Fifty stars they lay so true,
Laying in the ocean blue.
Thirteen stripes of red and white,
For this symbol we will fight
Down and dirty throughout the night.
Our flag will be flying high,
Just until a brave will die.
There is no other like our own,
This is why we keep it flown.
It is ours, our single tag,
We fly is high, the American Flag.

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Awakening

When you wake from a deep slumber,
Through the halls you tend to lumber.
Through the rooms you seem to stumble,
As every word exits a mumble.
In the mirror you look so crappy,
Hit the shower and make it snappy.
You dash to school for fear you're late,
Check your phone to view the date.
Begin to walk home, feeling like an idiot,
But reality hits, and you laugh a bit.
For this once horrible starting Monday, 
Was indeed a humiliating Sunday.

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I Count the Sheep

Through tear filled eyes and glasses broken,
I fear the darkness I have awoken.
It glares at me, it's very mad,
for what I've done is truly bad.
I duck in fear, hoping for a miss,
to my surprise I get a kiss.
For I had only had a nightmare,
yet she is here full of care.
I lay back down and drift to sleep,
and in this dream I Count The Sheep.

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I Love Her

Just like a star, she shines so bright,
Shining with he heavenly light.
The way she walks, 
The way she talks.
Everything she is defined by pretty, 
Makes me feel all so gitty.
She always wants to be with me, 
This is why I will always love thee.
No word exists to show how much I Love Her, 
But i will always know I'm hers forever, and that's for sure.

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Father

Oh dear father, you are my inspiration,
In the city, and throughout the nation.
When life has brought me to the ground, 
You are there to bring me back around.
When in need and want you here, 
I am to know you're always near.
Through the hardships while feeling blue,
I know I can always count on you
To tend to me as you always do.
So when you want me to be snappy,
I'll be quick for my loving pappy.

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Football

This is no one man sport,
To play the game you need support.
With or without the ball,
Play alone you will fall.
Wherever you are you have a role,
Do it right or pay the toll.
In heated moments keep your cool, 
For if you don't you are a fool.
When in school you walk the hall, 
Walk with pride, you play football.

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Loss

On the bus, all so sweaty, 
Fillled with hate, and meaningless pity.
Head down, you know you lost,
A single game you feel you tossed.
The whole ride home, all so quiet,
All in thought of the early riot.
Get back home and hit the shower,
Take so long it felt an hour.
Hold your head high, you did your best, 
Now to bed for a joyful rest.

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New Light

From the dark corners of the earth, 
there enlies a brilliant birth.
A light in which to show the way, 
to break away from this terrible day.
As you venture to not show fear,
but if you do, remember, I'm always here.
Fear no more the dark has gone,
and with new light you may pass on.