Writing

Words

By: Ella Elliot

Ugly, beautiful, Rich, poorFat, skinnyHungry, fullSad, happyStupid, smartAlive, dead
All subjects describing one subject
A human being
Why must such small words, hurt so much?
Why must the littlest details impale others’ hearts to where they can barely stand in the mirror and look at themselves?
Why must we have to say negative words to feel better about ourselves, to make others seem more worthless than they already think they are?
Why must humans be cruel? Mean? Harsh?
Humans are only their names.
Human.
We destroy everything in our path to little bits like our broken hearts
We hurt the ones we love to push them away of the fact that we are hurting
We are hurting and we feel like we can’t be saved.
We hurt and hurt till we feel numb
Like a bottomless black abyss that goes nowhere and nothing comes
We are ticking time bombs where the clock stops at the time we’ve had enough
We are sad
It’s a fact
But we were made to be beautifulSo let yourself break then shine
Like a glowstick
As you lighten up your part of the world
Even for a little bit

Poem

By: Jessica Davis

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