by Lila C., 14
I’ve wasted to much time
Falling in
Love with you
Spent even
Longer
Forgetting
How much you
Meant to me
Lost too many tears
Fixing the damage
You left behind
Lost my boyfriend
Because he knew
Before I did
That you were the only one
I wanted
Failed tests
Failed classes
Trying to get you
Off my mind
You take me to
Another world
You take me to
A whole void
I get lost inside
In your eyes
I gave up everything
For the love
You never gave me
Just why
Did you have to make me
Fall in love with you
—
You won’t exist if you keep it to yourself. You won’t exist if you forget one memory because then you forget another until you forget your purpose. After a while you are nothing but air. After a while you just don’t exist anymore. Speak, speak clearly into the microphone that nobody can tune out. Scream and jump and demand to be noticed. You have that right. Don’t let anybody take that away from you.
Madison, Wisconsin
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