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The Night I Died

Two shots in my back is what got me
I never knew he had a gun, aint see it coming
I hit the ground face first, and i heard running
My back felt like fire oh it was hurting
I struggled to get air, my lungs were burning
¨Please don´t leave me¨ my sister said
while she was crying
I tried to speak to her but I was dying
She held me in her arms as i kept fighting
No i dont want to die, this aint my timing
I hear yells I and I hear shouts
Oh what is happening?
I´ve caught my breath I´m not dead!
Maybe I´m winning!
But the pain and my blood
Oh no I´m loosing
Please don´t let me die 
This is not my choosing
 Then she´s gone I feel no arms, my sister left me
I look up at the sky, I cant be leaving
But as I fight for life the world starts fading
Why did I die? I thought I´d make it
¨Is that all that you remember?¨he just asked me
I nodded my head sadly, Cant lose those memories
He looked me in my eyes then said ¨no more suffering?
The gates opened slowly and I heard singing
I looked at God as he said ¨Now you are free¨

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This Generation

People keep saying that I’m aggressive
But never ask why I choose to be
Even though the answer isn’t simple
Let's just say the people of this world
Destroyed the innocent 
version of me that I used to be
Misplaced trust, betrayal, heart break
And the constant denial and dishonesty
The way people walk around
As if they have no ounce 
of humility In their body
And yet this generation asks
“Why don't you trust me?”

Well because their mouth is the gun
And their words are the bullets
Every time I let my guard down
They reload it and won't stop shooting me
I look around and ask
“Where's the hospitality?”

Hurt people walk around and hurt whoever
Together as if they know nothing 
About having their own morality 
There’s nothing wrong with the world
But something wrong with people within it
Everyday someone gets scarred
Because of someone's pain 
They use as an excuse to inflict brutality
We all got our own demons
But the biggest one is our mentality
Trapped in a realm of this generations
Corruptness mainly focused on sexuality
A girl will say no and yet the male
Continues to touch her sexually
A girl will want attention
So she’ll pick a guy and tell her ‘story’
She could sit in the courtroom and yell
“That man touched me!”

And the whole time she’d be lying
While the other girls in this world
Actually have that hidden story within them
That they’re fighting and constantly denying
And could possibly be denied the right of justice
Because too many girls who seek attention
Make up the same story lines, as if it's right
This generation influences
The wrong impression of love
Where the masculinity dominates 
the femininity very physically
The way we joke about sex
As if there’s no value over someone’s virginity
I hate how we all in someway 
Lack sensitivity and even even empathy
The way we hate on other 
Till the point where they too hate their identity
And yet the people of this world ask
“Why would someone ever consider killing-?”

No finish the question
But they won't because they know
That they're the answer
Words, rumors and bullying 
Have a way of infecting someone's mind
And life then starts spreading like a cancer
Yet people keep on saying that I’m aggressive
But now you know why I choose to be
Even though the answer isn’t simple
Let's just say the people of this world
Destroyed the innocent 
version of me that I used to be

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My Reflection

I try hard not to look at her, because im afraid the glass will shatter; But if I do look close, I see a girl who’s torn and battered; She’s lost in her emotions, pieces of her heart were thrown and scattered; I see her lonliness and her grief, she needs love not these diasters; I see the scars along her arms, because with each cut it gave her comfort; She’d rather feel her skin bleed then accept that her heart hurts; She’s called a monster for her anger, but her anger is just the surface; If people took to the time to look they’d see a girl, who thinks she has no purpose; The girl that I see doesn’t know how to overcome her pain, so she drowns and she sinks,her pain is like the waves; The girl that I see tries to fight but can’t escape, she’s trapped inside her memories, her past is like a cave; She’s scared to let someone in because she knows that they aren’t safe; The first chance that they get, they will leave and she will break;When I look into the glass, I see her guard struggle to stay maintained; I see her lips began to tremble, but she forces a smile on her face; I look into her eyes because deep down there’s the hurt she cant erase; But she has to leave for school so she ignores her heartache; She reaches for the bathroom light, and I walk out to start my day.

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The Choice

I'm like the ocean
 You're the shoreline
 Every time I get close 
 You push me away
 
 Our minds are like distopias
 We're different but the same
 Our stories may be different 
 But we both have an uncontrollable flame

 And our spirits are like dragons
 For we cannot be tamed
 We pull and push away from each other
 We're scared of our own pain

 But im not scared of you
 And you're not scared of me
 We're just afraid of what we feel
 I try to pretend I'm tough
 
 But deep down I know
 My heart isn't made of steel
 And no matter how hard I try
 These feelings for you cannot be killed
 
 I'm like a leaf
 And you're the wind
 I will go where you take me
 
 You hold the hammer of destruction
 And the key to my heart, 
 You can either
 Unlock me or Break me
 
 I'm fragile like clay
 And your holding my crumbled form
 You can either
 Destroy me or Reshape me
 
 You're like a warrior 
 Who's haunted by his past
 Like Beauty and The Beast
 Your time is a rose in a glass
 
 I hold the ice of betrayal 
 And the Fire of love
 I can either 
 Stab you or Warm you

 You're ripped apart like paper
 And I'm holding whats left of you
 I can either 
 Recycle you or Form you
  
 We both have a choice...
 To Cherish each other 
 Or Banish each other

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My Cries

My cries are like the wind 
 banging against windows
 My heart is like a chained up room
 thats always closed, and no one knows
 that I'm a tired soul 
 I smile with my fake smile even though
 My eyes hold hidden tears
 because I cant let my past go
 Its grown bold, entering my dreams
 And chasing me in the shadows 
 Throwing me deep into the gallows
 I've fallen out of my ship of hope
 And I'm being swept out of the shallows
 How do I hold, onto an anchor thats been thrown
 How do I see past the waves of my doubt
 As I'm being swept to a place that is unknown
 I'm struggling to stay above the ocean of my hurt
 My pain holds me down as I sink like a stone 
 I gasp for air but only the waters
 of my sorrow enter my mouth
 And as I sink to the bottom 
 I know that no one is around
 To grab my trembling hand
 Right before I drown

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Think of Me

Think of me...
Think of me the way I think of you
When the wind blows your hair, that causes me to stare
The way you move with an elegence,
I fell for when I wasn't prepared...

Think of me...
Think of me. The times we laughed
in moments of darkness, how we uplifted each other
when life was the hardest
You sparked a flame in me, but I dont know where your heart is

Think of me the way the river thinks of the land
how a child thinks of a parents hand...
Let me drift into your thoughts the way
you so beautifully enter mine, and let our feelings be intertwined

Think of me....

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The Sea

I've been hit
 By a tidal wave
 And I don't mind if 
 I drown tonight
 I've been fighting 
 The ocean long enough
 I keep sinking just when 
 I reached the Light
 My past is the ocean
 And reality is the salt 
 That stings my Eyes
 How can i swim
 WIth a weakened heart
 And avoid the obstacles of pain
 When I'm bruised and blind?
 I've been pushed off 
 The boat of equality 
 And I've lost hope so many times
 I just need someone to help me
 Build a bridge of love
 So I can Climb
 Out of the depths of my sorrow
 That slowly takes my life
 I'm trying to keep my faith
 But I've lost sight of the Shoreline
 And I'm losing count of all my prayers
 I don't know how long
 I'll last, Im running out of Time
 I keep being pulled under
 Because my past will always Strike
 It never stops haunting me
 And in the sea I cannot Hide
 I'd rather lose to all these waves
 Because there's no more
 Strength inside me
 Every time I almost make it 
 The waves of course, remind me
 That I'm one breathe away
 From dying

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What Am I

At first I'm like a spark
When I'm mishandled I'm a flame
I infect like a disease
I'm a killer with no name
I'm the referee
And your the player in my game
Yes I'm the one watching 
But you're the one getting played
I'm your worst enemy 
Your peace is what I take
No I'm not physical, but 
because of me you can break
I'm also your best friend
I am with you always
Sometimes you try to fight me
I'm something you fail to escape
You try to block me out
But I am something unabled to be replaced
Every time you are alone
I'm even harder to face
I'm scattered and disorganized 
But I am permanent 
Something that cant be erased
 I start off as thing, but
then I multiply
I'm something that you hate sometimes
I keep you up at night
I cant be silenced no
Matter how hard you try
I shapeshift like a beast
Inside your fragile mind
I'm something that destroys you 
Slowly from the inside
I will always find you 
From you cannot hide
What am I?

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Burning Passion

You're my fiery light
 You're my burning passion
 You lit up my darkness and
 Let me out of the cave I was trapped in

 I was like a rose 
 With my petals closed
 With no sunlight and 
 My stem flattened
 
 Until you came and 
 Opened me up
 Your hands is what 
 I was wrapped in
 
 We're not like Fire and Ice
 But Fire on Fire 
 And together 
 We're an Explosion

 You inspire me 
     the way 
 You desire me
 And you lower my
 Guard to my emotions
 
 This is not just about 
 Our happy times
 But when we held 
 Each other in the storm

 When the wind of doubt blowed
 And the rain of pain poured
 When I was drowning in the river
 Of my depression

 You grabbed my hand
 And my hope was restored
 I was a scared and angered girl
 Until you led me through the door

 Onto a journey of Trust, Loyalty, and Love
 I never felt before

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What We Were

I was your light
 And you were my darkness
 I transformed you from a demon
 Into someone with purpose
 I was able to hold your fiery heart
 Even when it burned hotter than a furnace

 You were my enemy
 But I was your hope
 You transformed me from a shadow
 Into a star that now shines of gold
 You were able to cure my need for revenge
 Even even when my heart was stone cold
 
 We were each other's conciousness
 We challenged one another's decisions
 But we were from different worlds
 Sepereate divisons
 We were from different sides
 Opposite positions

 We were both an unknown word
 But each other's definitions
 I observed you and You obserevd me
 And we defied our expectations
 I was fading away like a memory
 Until you breathed me back into existence

 Our eyes
 Were like flint and steel
 Once they made contact 
 Our hearts sparked and led 
 Into a flame of desire that ignited

 Our mouth's
 Were like tectonic plates
 Once they opened and spoke
 our words found each other 
 And they collided

 We both 
 Are like the sun and moon
 Unable to be together
 Our prblems like night and day
 Keeps us forever divided