Rose Stern

I know it means nothing,
To you,
But it still means everything,
To me.
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The whole lesson,
I didn't know what to do,
The girls texted me from across the room,
They calmed my stress down.
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To everyone else,
It's just a chair,
To me,
It's my mental stabilizer.
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Jet black feathers,
Beedy white eyes,
Razor sharp beak,
The beautiful raven bird.
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The mystical blue,
The shadowy gray,
The brilliant night,
The bright white moon.
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This week,
I rode to the bridge,
And sat under it, singing,
A little bit away, was an old fisherman,
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I don't know what to do,
I don't know what to say,
It seems I've spent my life,
Living in this way.
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Dark and light,
Who's to say?
Does dark even exist at all?
Or is it just the name we give,
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There comes a time when,
You finally see,
How still,
The world is,
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I'm tired,
I'm just tired,
That's what I say when people ask
What's wrong,
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Some people say I'm too loud,
A troublemaker,
Others say I'm too quiet,
To speak up more.
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Stargazing,
Watching the Aussie night sky,
All the constellations,
All the patterns,
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A small town,
With quite boring people,
A little girl,
Sits just under,
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Normally, I'd write this down,
In that little book of mine,
That held all my thoughts and memories,
Every feeling, and everything that happened in my mind.
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What happened to us?
We used to be good friends,
You admitted it yourself,
I never wanted that to end,
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Just survive the day, Just survive the day,
Keep yourself safe, keep yourself safe.
I'm tired of just surviving,
When will I finally be safe?
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When I write my poems,
I think of my memories,
Or however I'm feeling,
In the moment.
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It's exhausting,
My Mum's away for work,
And so it's up to me to parent,
To be the Mum of the family.
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I never wanted to tell you,
Not the way I did,
Not rushed and without explanation.
I wanted a calm talk,
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I used to think you could tell,
When you were being manipulated,
And yet, I didn't notice,
When I was.
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