Hannah Shier

Keep your head up
Don't let the others put it down
Keep your head up, heart strong, soul brave
I know it's hard to remember this,
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I don't believe in 'heros'.
They are fake.
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I'm told that when you fall,
you're supposed to get back up.
You're only in high school -
you'll face bigger things in life.
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We all talk.
We all walk.
But can we
follow through
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We're sinking, sinking
and falling, falling
deeper, deeper
into this pit of Hell.
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I'm locked in this room of silence.
No one can hear me.

You?
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You see that open door right there?
You do?
I don't.
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Slap.
Echo.
Scream. Again.
Kick. Crumple. Sob.
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It
leaks.
It curves
and it swerves,
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Deep
breath.
Relax.
Please, no more-!
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Cry
out.
Hello?
God, You there?
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Blue
Light
Gloomy
Dark and Dreary
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Live
Like
There is
No 'Morrow.
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Dream.
Silence.
Unaware.
Black surrounding you.
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Color.
Creed.
Slander.
Where you from?
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Trip.
Fall.
Laughter.
Whisper, point.
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Who
Who
Who knocks?
Who knocks at
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Ink
Pen
Paper
Writing
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Books.
Far
Away worlds -
Imagine:
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Melting wax of heat;
With on breath smoke coils and leaves:
Cold seeps in.
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