Shannon Nicole

Usually a father figure would be someone that cares,
Obviously..Mine does not.
He'll visit once a month,
Not even that.
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She could walk this earth with empty eyes,
But once someone makes her laugh,
She can't hide the fact that she loves to smile.
She could look away in an argument,
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So there's heart breaks
And pain out bursts
Tales of so many liars
Tears breaking through your clouded eyes
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I've always wondered what it'd be like to wake up next to you.
I've always wondered how it'd be if I opened my eyes to your smile.
I've always wanted to know if looking into your eyes,
Was the one thing I've always longed for.
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Imagining a perfect world,
No rules, no mistakes.
Just everything we want,
All laid out and pretty.
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We could be the oldest of our age group.
But could act the foolish of our class.
Not because we're idiots.
But because we're kids within.
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Dear God,

I just wanted to tell you that I'm sorry I have never believed in you.
I never did until the day your son helped my mother through it all.
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Days and days,
That's what keeps me thinking.
Him and her,
That's what keeps me going.
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I found this hero today.
They looked right through me,
As though I were invisible.
They never noticed me,
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She got a box of gummy bears from a friend,
On her seventeenth birthday this year.
Red, green, yellow, clear colored gummy bears.
Not really tasting the color or the sort,
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Sleeping in a pile of garbage on the streets.
Only eating the fresh food on the ground.
Searching for change in the corners of curbs.
Sitting under a balcony, so the ran don't hit her feet.
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Swimming in a place,
Can't see, can't breathe.
Pushed deep,
Lying at the bottom.
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Oh sweet brother of mine,
How I am going to miss thee.
You are about to make a choice,
That will change everything forever.
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I hate it when my throat starts to burn,
And my eyes start to cloud.
I hate it when my body starts to cramp up,
And my heart begins to race.
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Sometimes I hold my breath as you tell me who hurt you,
Because I don't want to hurt you anymore with my words.
Sometimes I close my eyes as you cry,
Because I don't want to see your painful memories.
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Close your eyes,
And dream.
Dream of a life you would like to live.
Deam of a place you would like to go.
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Why do you have to confuse me?
Why do you have to say you miss me?
Stop lying to me.
You don't miss my smile.
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She wishes she could lie awake,
And remember every breath she takes.
Sometimes I wonder if she thinks of me,
All the day I think of her, but she don't remember a thing.
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Don't get caught up in any little, pointless games..
You'll get screwed with and messed up in the end.
Don't trust those you just met,
Even though you feel like they've been there a lifetime.
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Dear Mommy and Daddy,

Sister said you weren't coming back.
So, I'm writing you this poem.
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