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Hello, My Name Is

Before I start this is a very personal poem to me. So please be nice in the comments. Also if you have a question about it Soupmail me about it. Well here it goes.

Hello my name is...
Isn't this party great
Hello my name is...
Let's get to know each other
Hello my name is...
Can I but you a drink
Hello my name is...
I think I like you
Hello my name is...
Let's go somewhere we can be alone
Hello my name is...
That girl you won't remember in the morning
Hello my name is...
I can show you a good time
Hello my name is...
I can show you a good time
Hello my name is...
At least until you get tired of me
Hello my name is...
Just keep you voice down
Hello my name is...
No one will ever know
Hello my name is...
I promise, they always promise.
Hello my name is...
I can never recover
Hello my name is...
You stole that chance away
Hello my name is...
Low self esteem
I feel like I have nothing else to take
So instead I just give
I've struggled for years
But I got tired of saying no
In a voice you never heard
Like I could be happy
Like I could forget the life stolen from me
Like I could pick up the pieces of my porcelain heart
And put it back together
Make it whole somehow
Like I could just forget what happened
Like I wouldn't remember that night
It just doesn't work that way
Now all my encounters start out as
Hello my name is...
I can't even remember anymore
Hello my name is...
Whatever you want to call me Sir
Hello my name is...
No longer a way I can identify myself
Hello my name is Brittany Larson
Why don't you tell me your name
Why don't we get to know each other
Just remember my story is a long one
It all started with
Hello my name is...
And he never let me finish

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Labels

You tell me that my love is not real
You tell me that my love needs to be more concrete
More box that I should fit into
More small manageable pieces
That are easier to swallow
But I can't just do that
When explaining my sexual orientation
It is so easy to say not straight
Not straight is easy to understand
Not straight is just the opposite of straight
But not straight 
Does not feel right
Because sexuality is so much more
Than male and female
Gay and straight
It may be hard to understand 
But some people don't fit into those labels
Some people reject labels
Labels are meant to be on boxes and not people anyway
I am not a box
I am not some pretty little package
That you can just name and make it so
I am a kaleidoscope
A brightly colored mosaic
Changing with each twist and turn
I am a beautiful cascade of emotion
Rushing over the cliff of hate
To wash away all the bigotry
I am a fire
Raging with a passion to share with the world
I am pansexual
I love all people
No that does not make me a slut
No that does not mean I will date anyone
What it does mean is that I will give you a chance
I will see how we can coexist
I will show you the love that we all deserve
Not as male or female
Or gay and straight
But as human beings

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A Walk On the Beach

Rough winds blowing
Washing wild waves ashore
Scattering about seashells
It always makes me want more

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We All Have Words

We all have voices
They are strong and loud
We can use them to start 
Landslides and earthquakes
We can also calm the storm
Take that roar and turn it into 
A gentle hum
We all have words
And it's time that we use them
But before we can do that
We must change the way we speak
We must change the way we look at things
Because the words we use now are not correct
The words we use now are full of hate
The words we use weren't acceptable
Years ago so why are they now?
Why is acceptable to be using slurs against me?
Why is it acceptable to call me something
That your mother would consider vulgar?
When you speak
Can you still taste the soap
That she would wash your mouth out with?
Does it burn your tongue each time 
The words escape your lips?
Or do you feel nothing at all?
Have your dirty words
Consumed you enough 
That no matter how much soap is used
They will never be clean?
Have they stained your vocal chords
So much to a point 
That you can only speak 
In profanities and racial slurs?
Because that's all I can hear
They slap me in the face
Each time you speak
I remember what you said
To that disabled black man crossing the street
I remember what you said
To the lesbian couple
When they kissed each other in front of us
I remember what you said to the single Latino woman
Caring for her 5 children
I remember what you said when I told you I wasn't straight
I remember everything you said
And I always say
We all have words
And it's time that we use them
But only if we can calm the storm
And turn the endless hate
Into unconditional love

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Moon Sailing

If I could go to the moon
I would want to go sailing
Zooming past swirling constellations 
My stormy eyes going wide in awe
With supernovas exploding
Green, purple, red, and blue
The colors coming to life 
A loud ringing in my ears
The man in the moon my captain
Showing me his cosmic playground
As I gaze upon his kingdom 
I am left with wonder in my heart
A song in my soul
And a dream in my mind
If I could go to the moon
I would want to go sailing

Brittany Larson
08/12/2014
Francine Roberts Moon...Contest

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How To Write a Poem

How to write a poem.
"Oh,no"! you think
She is going to tell us about all this rhyming nonsense
No one cares about this
Who cares if it's your feelings put down forever?
Who cares what ex wronged you?
Or how your father was a raging alcoholic.
It doesn't matter, right?
WRONG! You couldn't be more wrong.
Because that is not how you write a poem.
It's not just about your feelings
But about your heart.
It not about your struggles or hardships
It's about your triumphs and how you conquer them.
Poetry is an expression
A way to tell people how you think
Poetry spreads inspiration
It instills confidence in though who might not have it
It gives comfort to those who have no support
It gives security to those who have no one to turn to
Poetry is therapeutic
Poetry is healing
Poetry is humorous
Good for a laugh when you need it
A pick-me-up when you're feeling down.
Poetry is a lifestyle.
A way to communicate to the world in a very intimate way
Poetry is 
Funny
Sexy
Sensual
Depressing
Awe-Inspiring
Inspirational
Amazing
And when you pour out your soul?
That is how you write a poem!

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The Lost Wonder

I saw the light
Behind her veiled face
The brightness behind
A cloudy sheath
Of confusion and loss
We know not 
When she left
We only know
What happened next

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I'M Not Sorry

I'm not sorry
For what I do
I'm not sorry 
For saying #!&% in public
I'm not sorry
For speaking the truth
I'm not sorry
That you can't handle it
I'm not sorry 
For just saying that
I'm not sorry
That I can't always please you
I'm not sorry
For speaking my mind
And standing up for what I believe in
I'm not sorry
For being too loud
I'm not sorry
That I will never quiet myself for you
I'm not sorry 
That I will never fit into your box
The perfect little package 
You wrapped yourself
So I would look prettier
I'm not sorry
For unwrapping myself 
And showing everyone who I really am
You see I'm not sorry
For standing here vulnerable
Completely open and unapologetically myself
Sharing my story
I'm not sorry
If if makes you cry, laugh, get angry
Or if you don't even react at all
I'm not sorry
For anything I do
Because the moment
I start feeling sorry
Is the moment
I stop making a difference

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Handling Anxiety In 10 Easy Steps

1. Remember to take all of your prescribed medication. Don't ever skip a day because you never know when you might snap.
2. Cancel all your plans. Anxiety is a jealous lover. She is best friends with depression and will introduce him to you. Your old friends will no longer be important to you.
3. Cry. Like all the time. Anxiety will fill your thoughts with things to worry about while depression will remind you why you need to worry about them. Depression will tell you it's okay to cry because everyone is sad.
4. Stay inside. Anxiety will remind you what things could happen if you go outside. The sky could be falling. Maybe you'll get sunburnt. Or worse you might run into someone you. They might ask how you're doing and your lungs will close up. Depression will wrap his arms around you and lead you back inside.
5. Cry. Some more. Cry because you haven't had any human interaction in the past 3 weeks.
6. If you have to leave your house make it quick. Go alone. Seeing someone could silence Anxiety and she will no longer have power over you. This is not always a good thing though. Sometimes she will turn to Revenge to help her if Depression can't.
7. Panic. Anxiety can help with this step. She will whisper in your ears filling them with all your fears until you can't breath. You will be lying on the floor gasping for air. But don't worry this will soon pass. Don't yell at Anxiety too much. Depression may get mad and just make things worse.
8. Spend all day in bed. Convince yourself you can't move. Let your bones ache so bad that you can't even move. Depression will lay down beside you and cover you like a blanket. Anxiety will lie telling you why this is a good thing.
9. Soon nothing will matter anymore. Anxiety will be proud as she celebrates with Depression but you will not be able to share in their joy.
10. Remember to take all of your prescribed medication. You never know when the nightmare of steps 1-9 may happen.

Brittany Larson 10/22/2015

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Misogyny and It's Opposite

The other day
The same man 
Who told me that
Men are the superior sex
Also asked me if I could 
Be "less of a woman"
So that for once he could have
A "logical" conversation with me
Being the reasonable woman that I am
I responded with "Of course I can....t" 
Because I am a woman 
And I will not lessen that part of me
I am not ashamed of my femaleness anymore
If he was as much of a man he said he was
This superior sex that he claimed to be
I shouldn't have threatened him
With my as he called them "ignorant arguments"  
He wouldn't have twisted his smirk
Into a pained frown 
Instead of asking me to lessen myself
He would have lifted himself above me
Without any help from me...a woman
Right? 
If men are the superior sex
Why would he ask me to help him? 
Just to minutes ago I was nothing to him
His smug demeanor
And puffed up ego
Would have deflated once he found out
That he would need me for something
That he couldn't do 
Because trust me
He tried to tear me down
He tried to break me but couldn't
So instead he attacked my being female
By trying to make me lessen myself 
So he could have the most ultimate power he could
Forcing me an EQUAL to him
To destroy myself
And kill my own ego 
So he could collect another casualty 
To add to his broken self 
The truth is that he never thought
He was the superior sex
He was just too afraid to accept the fact
That I was just like him
He realized that I could do to him
Exactly what he did to me
But what he didn't know 
Is that I wouldn't dare
Because I would never expect
Man, woman or anyone in between
To shrink themselves
So I could be the bigger person
I would instead
Take a few steps back 
And try to understand their point of view
And why it differed from mine
I would not ridicule them for being 
Different from me
I would welcome them and all that they were
Into my arms 
And build them up
If they ever felt 
Like they would break down
Because I am not the superior sex
Or superior anything
I am just another human
I am just like you