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Best Poems Written by Emily Whybrow

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oversexualise

over sexualise yourself 
to get that boy’s attention 
to make yourself feel loved 

to feel pretty 
to feel worthy 
to appear older 
to get looks 

over sexualise yourself 
until you get a reputation 
until you no longer feel pretty without cleavage 
until your image is destroyed 
until you hate yourself 

you over sexualise yourself 
but cry yourself to sleep when they call you names
when he comments on your body
when he touched you 

and yet it’s all your fault 
all because you over sexualised yourself

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It Was Stolen

someone took something from me that wasn’t theirs 
i did not let them take it 
and now i can never get it back 

they held me down and took it from me  
my hands behind my head 
tears running down my cheeks 

it’s not yours i say yet they don’t hear me 
give it back i say yet they ignore my whimpers 
why won’t they leave it alone? 

their hands clutched around it 
i started to question whether it was mine in first place 

they did it with ease
walking off without an ounce of guilt 
their footsteps keep me up at night 
wondering whether they will come back 

i live in fear scared that someone might get too close 
i didn’t tell them no 
but are tears and screaming not enough? 

i still feel their hands on my delicate skin 
i still feel their breath on my fragile neck 
will they ever go away?

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Failure

failure was my best friend when i was little 
she never left me alone and was always loyal 
she would whisper into my ears telling me i can’t do it

11 and it’s my first day in secondary she is still here 
the bigger doors, the bigger people all suffocating me, 
enclosing in on my little body with a stampede of rules 
and there she is right behind me whispering 

13 and i’m at my first party 
i'm surrounded, 
crowds around me pushing me to try a sip 
failure is still behind me she tells me just a sip 
the sip turns into a gulp then to a glug then incomes the blackout 

15 and i’m sitting my first set of mocks 
again im feeling small, that suffocation is back 
scribbling on the paper my head pours with irrelevant information 
she sits beside me pleading to give up 

16 and i’m opening my results 
she creeps over my shoulder swirling around laughing in my ear 
this time i ignore her 
i did it i succeeded and failure didn’t help 

that was the day we were no longer friends 
failure used to push me for the better 
but she became toxic 
she picked at me, tore up my happiness and set it alight 

sometimes failure still lurks around mumbling under her breath 
but now success holds my hand drawing a smile from cheek to cheek  
telling me i can do it

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Just One Picture

a picture 
that was all you asked for
it will only take a minute you said 
just a picture i say to  myself

a picture that’s all it took 
that’s all you wanted 
it only took a minute 
that was easy i say to myself 

a picture that’s all it took to ruin everything 
that’s all you need 
it only took a second 
why did you do it i cried

just a picture that you asked for 
that followed me everywhere

my friends had the picture 
your friends had the picture 
everyone had the picture

you ruined my life
 with just one picture

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Changing

he likes brunettes but i was blonde 
he likes the darkness but the sun is my favourite 
he wakes up early but i like to stay up late 

I dye my virgin hair. brunette now 
i hide from the sun and learn to love the dark
i became a morning person, will he like me 

however now he likes blondes 
and loves to soak up the sun 
he’s awake all night now 

i changed for him 
but now he prefers the way i was 
why doesn’t he want me? now or then

i changed for his attention 
for his love 
and yet now or then
i’m still not the one

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token

he gave worth to love 
no longer crying like a mourning dove 
he taught me happiness 
and touched me with tenderness 
the calmness of his breath 
had me high on meth 
his eyes a beautiful shade of blue 
the perfect view 
his voice always so deep 
all restless thoughts piled into a heap 
oh how i never want this broken 
he is my token 
a token of my love.

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His 5 Senses

as i look into his eyes, 
the eyes that used to love me 
i see nothing but a blank expression 

as i hear his voice,
the voice that used to calm me
i hear nothing but a monotone sound 

as i smell his aftershave,
the scent that used to cling to me 
i smell nothing but pain 

as i feel his touch,
the skin that used to hold me
i feel nothing but emptiness 

as i taste his lips,
the flavour he used to crave 
i taste nothing but disgust 

and now i know what it’s like, 
to be in love with someone who no longer loves me.

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I Hate You

I hate you 

i hate the way you look at me,
even more the way you look at her 

i hate the way you talk to me,
even more the way you talk to her 

i hate the way you treat me,
even more the way you treat her
 
i hate the way you touch me, 
even more the way you touch her 

if i’m all you want? 
why do you want her