[herbestfriends]

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2004 ATA Senior Poetry Honorable Mention
her heart broke in two
[twopieces]
cried so many tears
blotted so much makeup
broken shattered world
her life gone to hell

she held that razor in her hand
[shewantedtodie]
her big brothers were nothing but fake
those dreams she told them
those tears she cried for them
[withthem]
were all pointless
stupid

nothing could fix the pain
[ithurtsobad]
it crippled her soul
naïve dense teenager
innocent hopeless dreams
fantasy and reality
[blurredshaddedmixed]

she was the one who made it stop
[madetheworldstop]
simple questions
she didn’t want answered
[butknewhadtobe]
those answers killed her

a year spent on them
[twelvemonthsfiftytwoweeks]
it still hurts
even to bring it up
to think about it
[sheblocksitout]
what she doesnt think about
doesnt have to hurt
[andhurtitdoes]

she remembers it now
[onthiscoldnight]
painful hauntings of her past
of her darkest day
[darkestmoment]
she doesnt want sympathy
doesnt need tears
this is her way of talking
[herwayofventing]

staring at the cracks in the wall
[tearsslipdownhercheeks]
pearly white tears
cold and salty
falling down her skin
[myskin]
as she remembers her past
her brothers
[herbestfriends]