Kelsey Gallant

Breathe
Just breathe
I fight the fatigue that incarcerates me
Eyes open
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When Annie saw the rain
Coming down in sheets
She knew she couldn’t play outside
And tears flew down her cheeks
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He looks, he walks, he grabs his sack
He sneaks, he creeps, he’s on his way back
He puts his sack in his secret pond
And in the flash of a camera, he’s gone
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Best I remember, it was Fourth of July
She was laughing as she slid down the waterslide
Jumping in, doing flips, making friends on the fly
I never would’ve guessed she held a secret inside
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Remember back then, so long ago
When all we ever did was take it slow
When every day was fun and games
And innocence was innocence
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You get me confused
One day it's a hug and the next it's a bruise
And I have some really great memories with you
But I don't understand the things that you do
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Don't pick me please, I beg you
‘Cause what if you don't like me?
I'm happy here, hiding in silence
Under the branches of the Christmas tree
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Look at the clock.
Noon, eleven.
What does it mean?
What is time?
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Thousands of years ago, there were two people named
Adam and Eve
They lived in peace with God, until they got deceived
Thousands of years of sadness and sin, and yet God never
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My arms are drooping
I’m continuously yawning
I feel okay but so lethargic
It’s impossible to think
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Picture it on a dark night, with animals
Hiding out of your sight
Oh, suddenly it rings! You jump! You answer it
No one there, you’re the only one home
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No words.
While everyone else moves on, they cry.
While everyone else lives on, they died.
You can't replace
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If you don't like me, please just tell me
It would hurt less than sitting in silence wondering what went wrong
Maybe you just don't think I can handle anything
But I'd rather try and fail than never have the chance
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You're great at pretending
And so am I
I ask how you're doing
You tell me you're fine
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Here I am
Draped in clothes of softest green
Protection from the world around
Unfolding
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Pay no attention to the girl behind the curtain
She's only insecure, anxious and uncertain
She hides the way she really feels by giggling and flirtin'
Hoping no one pays attention to the girl behind the curtain
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You still feel those shadows in your mind
You still have to live with them all the time
And they threaten to break you, try to overtake you
Shame you, disgrace you, erase you
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(see picture for true representation of poem)

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The bright stars are twinkling; the church bells have rung.
Softly and sweetly, the bird songs are sung.
Like a baby at naptime, the fox is asleep;
He's waiting for later, he's dreaming of sheep.
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Thick, white flurries
Cast by Winter’s hand
Hastily chasing down
Like an hourglass’s sand
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