why do, even though we know
it's wrong, continue to do
things that are bad
for us?
why do we continue to do things
that are dangerous to
ourselves and
other people?
is it that we don't care?
people would risk their lives,
and the lives of others,
instead of doing the right thing.
when will they realize that,
yes, it is serious,
and you can hurt someone?
my dream for the future
is not that I will have millions
or mansion-size houses or even
a family,
but a road that leads me to
happiness, and whatever that road
entails will be something
I'll look forward to,
I won't follow the the instructions written
on my map, rather,
I will make my own as I follow my
own map.
life is a game
played by the One,
who rolls the die and
decides our fate.
at the beginning,
He rolls the die,
even is boy,
odd is girl.
He moves the pieces
while continuing to roll
the die that decides
our next step.
rolling a one is good luck,
two is bad luck,
three is unfortunate and miserable,
four is worse than three and
five is worse than that,
six means death.
but who's to say that the One
isn't just a pawn in another's game?
how can you stand on the
soap-box and preach about
bullying,
when you're a bully yourself?
i can't stand by your side
when you do the same
thing the bullies do.
you are no better then them.
you say you're the stronger person,
yet you stoop to their level.
you may be a victim,
but you're also a bully.
if you can't say something nice about
someone, then say nothing.
it's a simple rule.
yet you continue to do the opposite.
you still don't understand how words
can hurt and cause pain,
although you of all people should.
why do people care about
looks?
in the end, we'll be old
and wrinkled.
the true beauty lies in
the person.
do you open the book and
read it?
or do you read the cover and dismiss
it?
appearances don't matter,
you say,
but on the inside, we know that isn't
the truth.
next time,
try opening the book.
read it once, twice
even three times.
i remember the day when we first met
when the rumors began,
and you were mad,
but i was happy because
you talked to me.
but i was too shy to speak up
and say anything to you.
i ran from you,
even though i loved you.
i was shy.
when i look back on it now,
i still consider you my first love.
i'd do anything to see you again,
and tell you the truth.
i wish i could see you smile one more time.
she's well praised and well-liked by everyone,
her family adores her,
everyone is her friend,
teachers love her,
she always knows the latest trends,
she performs well in school,
she is perfect,
but in reality,
she's ignored and hated by many,
her family ignores her,
no one is her friend,
teachers don't bother with her,
she doesn't understand fashion,
she gets decent grades,
she is anything but perfect,
she lives somewhere else where no one can get to her,
she lives in the imaginary drive.
Dreams for the Future (Part 1) by MomoDoe, literature
Literature
Dreams for the Future (Part 1)
Inside a large and cluttered room in a high school, an English class was in session. Students, namely the boys, sat in the back rows, talking about their summer. There were girls on the side of the room talking of the same thing. The summer had ended and it was time for students to return to the place they dreaded the most. In the front row sat a girl, Lily, who was probably the only one listening to the teacher. She was half-listening, but that was more than anyone else. She glanced at the clock in the left-hand corner of the room.
"2:20, only ten more minutes," she told herself. "Then you can go home and eat ice cream and lay on the floor.
Alan,
I wonder if you felt the same way I did. Back then, I was completely oblivious to that and I didn't know it was me you were talking about. But when I look back on it now, I realize that it was me you were talking about when we sat outside the school. I don't know how I couldn't have realized that.
Do you remember the day we first met? I remember it fondly because it was the first time I talked to you. And it was the day you ruined my favorite shirt. I still haven't forgotten about it.
When I was walking towards you that day, I remember that my heart started pounding so hard, I thought that I was going to die. I became so disoriented
why do, even though we know
it's wrong, continue to do
things that are bad
for us?
why do we continue to do things
that are dangerous to
ourselves and
other people?
is it that we don't care?
people would risk their lives,
and the lives of others,
instead of doing the right thing.
when will they realize that,
yes, it is serious,
and you can hurt someone?
my dream for the future
is not that I will have millions
or mansion-size houses or even
a family,
but a road that leads me to
happiness, and whatever that road
entails will be something
I'll look forward to,
I won't follow the the instructions written
on my map, rather,
I will make my own as I follow my
own map.
life is a game
played by the One,
who rolls the die and
decides our fate.
at the beginning,
He rolls the die,
even is boy,
odd is girl.
He moves the pieces
while continuing to roll
the die that decides
our next step.
rolling a one is good luck,
two is bad luck,
three is unfortunate and miserable,
four is worse than three and
five is worse than that,
six means death.
but who's to say that the One
isn't just a pawn in another's game?
how can you stand on the
soap-box and preach about
bullying,
when you're a bully yourself?
i can't stand by your side
when you do the same
thing the bullies do.
you are no better then them.
you say you're the stronger person,
yet you stoop to their level.
you may be a victim,
but you're also a bully.
if you can't say something nice about
someone, then say nothing.
it's a simple rule.
yet you continue to do the opposite.
you still don't understand how words
can hurt and cause pain,
although you of all people should.
why do people care about
looks?
in the end, we'll be old
and wrinkled.
the true beauty lies in
the person.
do you open the book and
read it?
or do you read the cover and dismiss
it?
appearances don't matter,
you say,
but on the inside, we know that isn't
the truth.
next time,
try opening the book.
read it once, twice
even three times.
i remember the day when we first met
when the rumors began,
and you were mad,
but i was happy because
you talked to me.
but i was too shy to speak up
and say anything to you.
i ran from you,
even though i loved you.
i was shy.
when i look back on it now,
i still consider you my first love.
i'd do anything to see you again,
and tell you the truth.
i wish i could see you smile one more time.
the shit i learned in high school by TheAdequateGatsby, literature
Literature
the shit i learned in high school
1. help clean up the morning after the party.
(even if it wasn't you
who smashed tater tots into the carpet
or left crushed beer cans in the flowerbox.
it might as well have been, and
if you're lucky
next time, it will be.)
2. when your phone rings after midnight,
it's never the person you want it to be.
answer it anyway.
and when it's a boy who wants to read poetry and watch meteor showers,
understand that that's probably not all he wants,
and then hang up.
or don't hang up.
trade poems and stars and kisses,
and let it mean nothing or everything.
3. skipping class is never a good idea
unless you're with a friend you love
and you sneak al
How to Sleep and Never Wake Up by beastbookbody, literature
Literature
How to Sleep and Never Wake Up
The year they discovered my best friend, twenty years old and silent under the heap of her wrecked car, I learned one can sleep forever and never wake up.
That year, her sister, only seventeen, ate magic mushrooms and lost her mind and her brother, fourteen, started running and stopped eating and I didn't eat magic mushrooms but lost my mind anyway as everyone watched my skin, too white to be real, disintegrate before their eyes.
That year I flew to Colorado to see an urn surrounded by pointe shoes. It reminded me more of a wastebasket than the last I would see of the girl who shared my soul. Her sister ran naked through the street a few da
I just like to pretend that I'm some genius writer sometimes, when in reality I'm anything but. I've never actually been able to complete a work, so maybe I'll be able to on here.
I never really understood the point of this. I mean, it's not like I really have anything going on in my life ever. The only thing I ever do is go to school and sit there, pretending to listen to my friends, but not really listening because I don't really care what Sarah and John did and how Mary broke up with Kyle and now Samantha is mad at Kate. I never understood the whole point of gossip, so to speak. Which is why I do not listen to what they're talking about because it isn't my problem.
Honestly, the only person I actually care to talk to are my teachers. And most of them bomb. There are three, hopefully four since a new one is coming i