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I don’t say… MAG

April 23, 2014
By mereCat PLATINUM, Horsham, Other
mereCat PLATINUM, Horsham, Other
46 articles 0 photos 183 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I am finally colouring inside the lines I live between"


“I’m not going to begin with introductions because I don’t like my age.”
“It reminds me of how old I am.”
“When do you become old? – I was thirteen.”
“Who made this bus yours?”
“Don’t ‘f*** school’; it’s unsafe.”
“I’m broken.”
“I do mind, actually.”
“Sorry.”
“You broke me.”
“I don’t want to grow up.”
“I’m clever.”
“What’s the point in learning to find the area under a curved line graph?”
“Do I know you?”
“I’m scared.”
“I’m scarred.”
“Why don’t facts make sense?”
“How are 21 percent of teens obese when I know more people with anorexia than obesity?”
“Why is the color blue attractive?”
“Are you actually qualified to teach history?”
“Or anything?”
“I didn’t think so.”
“I prefer books that hurt me.”
“I tell lies.”
“Very well.”
“Am I a bad person?”
“I have never revised in my life.”
“I’m screwed.”
“I’m glad you have such misplaced faith in me.”
“Stop dying your hair.”
“We were best friends at age seven, remember?”
“You do remember – you just don’t like remembering.”
“I’m scared of dying.”
“And of living.”
“My sides are splitting.”
“I hate my own sarcasm.”
“I love you, Mum.”
“And you.”
“And you.”
In fact,
Now that I think about it,
All my poems are just the words I don’t say.



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on Jun. 14 2014 at 2:33 am
mereCat PLATINUM, Horsham, Other
46 articles 0 photos 183 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I am finally colouring inside the lines I live between"

Thanks very much :)

on Jun. 13 2014 at 4:58 pm
Z.V.Oksana PLATINUM, Harrison, Arkansas
22 articles 1 photo 60 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Maybe you can afford to wait. Maybe for you there&#039;s a tomorrow. Maybe for you there&#039;s one thousand tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten, so much time you can bathe in it, roll around it, let it slide like coins through you fingers. So much time you can waste it.<br /> But for some of us there&#039;s only today. And the truth is, you never really know.&rdquo; <br /> ― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

This is wonderful! Very, very unique. Great job!

on May. 5 2014 at 1:06 pm
mereCat PLATINUM, Horsham, Other
46 articles 0 photos 183 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I am finally colouring inside the lines I live between&quot;

Thanks, I'm always happy to read your comments :) I just find that when I have things I want/need to say it is far easier to write them than to say them aloud... I'm glad you could relate :D

on May. 4 2014 at 6:11 pm
Wow, it's really awesome how many emotions are in this one poem! I was laughing at one line because it was so relatable, then smiling sadly at the next because of how true it was. I love the whole idea of this piece, too -- I use poetry to express what I can't say out loud or put into a story anywhere. Somehow it's easier to speak that way.