Shannon Atherton Poems

Growing up's like a shadow;
It follows you everywhere.
It won't go away,
It'll just have to stay,
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Racism is just so wrong
It makes people feel they don't belong.
It doesn't matter, the colour of your skin;
What's important is what lies within.
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When you were put upon this earth
My mum felt she was blessed
But when she lost you she found her heart
Was ripped out from her chest
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If I could be somebody else
Other than just me
I'd be the one that's popular
With friends from A - Z
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Feeling alone, friends stay away
You spent time on your own today
The sky is blue and shows how you feel
Not even sure if this is real
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Christmas is the time of year
for celebration and good cheer.
A time to laugh and shout and sing,
and be thankful for everything.
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Feeling pressured, I rack my brains
searching for a solution
If I say yes, I'll be in with the crew
but at school I'll be facing exclusion
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Your words, like whips, that swing through the air
Unbidden. But no one seems to care;
life goes on. No one knows how I feel
when my skin stings: the whips, for me, are real.
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What I fail to understand,
Is why, in a world like today,
People still feel that it's fine to deny
The rights of the girls and the gay.
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As you stare into her eyes
You know that she's the one
And right then you realise
you'd die if she was gone
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