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These Feelings So New

August 27, 2015
By ScarlettJ. DIAMOND, West Newton, Pennsylvania
ScarlettJ. DIAMOND, West Newton, Pennsylvania
92 articles 0 photos 88 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You are only confined by the walls you build around yourself." "Follow your heart, but take your brain with you." "You were born to be real, not to be perfect."


Could this pressure inside my chest be more than just the heavy beating of my heart?

Could I be feeling something so new and so unknown to my existance?

Could I be... feeling?

Could these tears mean something and can these words stuck in my throat be meaningful?

Have I done nothing but sit here, in awed silence, terrified of my ownself?

Can one be.. Can one be so frightened by things such as these that it makes them mute?

These lips are sealed and my throat wipped raw of any sound. My soul tightens up into a ball within my chest and nearly suffocates me.

These tears so real, so salty and wet wash down my face, wash away the guilt and the shame.

Who am I but a tiny human feeling her first real feelings in so very long.

What am I but a tiny shell of packed gun powder ready to explode.

These Feelings so New, so unreal, so filling and draining. I cannot escape being human no matter how much I try. I cannot remove this heart that pumps my blood and provides me life.

Being Human and being so fragile.



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on Nov. 19 2015 at 1:57 pm
Anastasia.Z BRONZE, West Newton, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
Life is like quicksand. The more we struggle, the more we drown in it. -Keanu Reeves

Great work, yet again Scarlett! You really caught my feelings in this one. I've struggled with being able to feel emotion before. This is super good!

on Nov. 16 2015 at 12:20 pm
ScarlettJ. DIAMOND, West Newton, Pennsylvania
92 articles 0 photos 88 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You are only confined by the walls you build around yourself." "Follow your heart, but take your brain with you." "You were born to be real, not to be perfect."

Thank you danni56, I really appreciate it!!

on Nov. 16 2015 at 12:20 pm
ScarlettJ. DIAMOND, West Newton, Pennsylvania
92 articles 0 photos 88 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You are only confined by the walls you build around yourself." "Follow your heart, but take your brain with you." "You were born to be real, not to be perfect."

Thank you, I really appreciate it!

on Nov. 16 2015 at 12:19 pm
ScarlettJ. DIAMOND, West Newton, Pennsylvania
92 articles 0 photos 88 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You are only confined by the walls you build around yourself." "Follow your heart, but take your brain with you." "You were born to be real, not to be perfect."

Thank you very much!

haely said...
on Sep. 16 2015 at 12:26 pm
great article!

CharlesWhite said...
on Sep. 2 2015 at 12:24 pm
you really should become a writer. Your work is incredible!

danni56 said...
on Sep. 2 2015 at 12:14 pm
Wow, this was... filling. Really full of raw emotion. I loved it! I love your work.