Saturday, November 29, 2008

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Can anybody hear her as she cries for help?
She's screaming inside in her room as she hurts herself.
Wondering and pleading for something real
Something that causes her to think and feel
To remember why life is worth living
Because right now she suffers from all of the pain
It's tormenting her slowly and quietly
She sees everything changing.
Talking to her friends has turned to complete and silent solitude.
Practicing the piano has turned to reading emo novels in her room.
She has nothing to do with herself and it's driving her insane.
She found someone that taught her why life is worth living
To help her remember how music sounded
and why falling in love feels great
Unfortunately she is restricted of being allowed to date
While she does this in secret, her best guy friend tells her something
Something that just changed their relationship completely
He fell head over heels for her
He writes poems of her as he falls deeply in love.
He reminds her of why falling in love feels awful.
She sees everything changing and she can't do anything to stop it.
A new chapter, a new life. Things forgotten...left behind.
All she can do is sit and smile and pretend everything is all right

1 comment:

Ms. Walsh said...

Now flip it and reverse it. Write the same story from a different character's perspective. Maybe the lover's perspective, or the parents' perspective...

...just a thought...