Hey guys! Sorry for the late post but I really wanted to share a poem I wrote with all of you, but I forgot to schedule it for this morning which meant I had to wait until I finished all my classes…anyways, it is up now for you all to read. I hope you enjoy it 🙂

You hum

your soft melodies

while wandering down

the hall,

but glance over your shoulder

with wide eyes

and bitten lips

to see if anyone heard.

You write

little stories in your leather

bound journal,

but constantly peer over your shoulder

as if someone recently called in

for story theft

and you’re the next target.

You duck

past mirrors

on your way out

of the bathroom,

hair a black curtain

you snap shut

on the rest of the world,

as if you have seen the other side

and know

just how terrifying it truly is.

You cry after

locking yourself in the bathroom stall,

head against the door,

arms wrapped around your waist

as if you are the comforting friend

to yourself,

but you stifle the sobs with a hoodie

and then walk out

after checking the blue door’s

cracks.

You hope nobody sees

anything

yet you do it

in the middle of the street

behind the bushes

along the sidewalk

like a silent plea

for help.

You paint your face

with makeup;

brown glitter around your eyes

to brighten up

what light your tears took.

Concealer under your eyes

to hide those sleepless nights.

Pink blush on your cheeks

to flush life back in

your sallow skin,

even though you lost the tinge

a long time ago.

You paint your face and

sing in halls and

write in journals and

run from mirrors and

cry in stalls

like you are being hunted

and the hunters

prey on

humanity.

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