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some amazing and powerful poems i found about sm -
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The Invisible Dragon
I have a dragon inside of me
He jumps in my mouth when I want to be free He grabs at my throat when I want to speak He makes me so scared that I feel very weak
You can't see my dragon coz he's deep down inside
But he makes me so nervous; all I want to do is hide
I wish that I could speak to you - I wish I had the choice But the dragon inside of me has snatched away my voice
When teachers ask a question and we raise a hand When she calls my name and makes me stand
I simply can't answer - my throats too tight
Coz my dragon says "BOO" and I jump with fright
It really makes me sad; all I want to do is cry
Coz I'd love to be your friend if I wasn't so shy
So if my face doesn't smile when you ask me to play It's because this pesky dragon just won't go away
- Author Unknown
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I am thirteen
I am thirteen and it's hard to explain
How hard it is to have this pain
When sound is inside you
Deep, all the way through
And it just won't come out
I just, I just want to shout
I've tried and it's hard
That's why, I guess, my arms are scarred
At night, I cry
I am thirteen and I want to die
- Anon
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There is a person with a knife stood next to you. No matter what you do, you cannot get away from this person. And then when you talk to someone at school, the person stabs you with the knife.
You get absolutely furious at them, but they're entirely blasé about it, and you cannot tell anyone about this person firstly because it's obvious that there's this person with a knife, and second due to fear of being stabbed again if you tell someone.
Then you try answering a question in class, and they stab you again. Eventually you realise that arbitrary though the rules may be, the only possible thing to do is obey this guys rules, despite them being stupid. Let's take this further.
This person is telepathic. Not only will he stab you when you do something against his rules, but he'll stab you even when you're thinking about it. And to make matters worse, he's also invisible. You really can't tell anyone about him though. How'd it sound?
"Mum! There's this invisible guy that'll stab me if I break his rules!"
But, you guessed it, he stabs you just for attempting. There is a catch! You discover that in some places, and with some people, he'll relax his rules!
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Anyway, the first two nearly got me to tears ... Did you feel similar about them?
Hope you guys liked :)
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