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emilymcgivern

A girl taking life one step at a time. It has it's ups and downs and I guess these quotes reflect that really... Be prepared, I post an awful lot, but I love to write, and I hope you enjoy what I post as much as I do

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emilymcgivern
emilymcgivern
2012-12-03T23:01:33

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wow, it's been a while this app used to give me great release, but then the things I was posting began to remind me of things I didn't want to think about in my life.

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emilymcgivern
2012-06-07T11:19:45

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Hurt Despair Unloved Useless All these feelings rushing around in my head, filling my body, infecting my bones.

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emilymcgivern
2012-06-05T11:05:49

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all the amazing things that have happened to me dont even compare to the day i met you.

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emilymcgivern
2012-06-03T09:08:07

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To truly love someone is to not know what you would do with out them. To not care as long as they are with you. To cry if they hurt you. But most of all to know that if they died you would die too.

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emilymcgivern
2012-06-02T21:23:50

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Took a while out from posting, needed time to think, I'm back now though and hoping I'll be doing as good as I was a while ago.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-20T22:39:14

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looking up, there's always sky rest your head, I'll take you high, we won't fade into darkness.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-19T10:45:18

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Just wondering if anyone has a pinterest account. If so could they send me an invite. My email is emily.mc.g@hotmail.com :) thanks ❤.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-13T22:33:03

My Day....

Today was just one of those days, where something happens and it changes your mood for better, or for worse. For me, it was a bit of both.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-13T16:30:06

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I've found out the hard way that even the sun sets in paradise .

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-13T16:29:40

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Where have the times gone. Baby it's all wrong, where are the plans we made for two. .

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-11T23:18:03

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Happy to see you setting me off like sparks You ignite all the colours inside my heart On the doorstep like we'd never been apart Hope you know that I'm happy to see you.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-11T23:14:54

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If happy ever after did exist I would still be holding you like this All those fairytales are full of it One more stupid love song I'll be sick..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-10T15:59:41

300th Post On Opuss!

This is my 300th post on Opuss and I wanted it to be meaningful. Opuss has been such a release for me the past few weeks.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-10T15:52:22

What Is Heaven?

Heaven's not a place that you go when you die it's that moment in life when you actually feel alive..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-10T15:50:39

What Will Happen Will Happen

Life comes without guarantees except... Laughing will brighten your day, smiling will enhance your eyes, and falling in love will change your life..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-10T15:50:16

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Things happen in your life that will not go your way, they will not have the ending you hoped for and you will probably be dissapointed... but don't try and change these things.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-10T15:48:58

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Some things in life are either taken way to seriously or not serious enough. So why worry so much about our everyday problems.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-10T12:29:47

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Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been but also where you're going..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-10T12:28:03

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Sometimes there are things in our life that aren't meant to stay. Sometimes change may not be what we want. Sometimes change is what we really need.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-10T12:26:20

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Life doesn't hurt until you have time to yourself to think about how things have changed, who you've lost along the way, and how much of it is your fault..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-10T12:25:43

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People change its a part of life, but sometimes its easier to hold on to the memories of who they were... rather then to realize who they have become....

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-10T12:24:49

Let It Be

It's hard to accept, but you can't change the past. You can't go back and manipulate things to the way you wanted them to happen. Because life'd be meaningless and boring and just not worth living.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-10T12:23:18

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Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-10T12:21:36

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Sometimes, no matter how much faith we have, we lose people. But you never forget them. And sometimes, it's those memories that give us the strength to go on..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-06T13:25:16

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It's just hard to lose someone, no matter how much or little it meant at the time..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-06T13:24:12

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Not a second passes... When you're not on our minds... Your love we will never forget... The hurt will ease in time....

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-06T13:23:02

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Life isn't about keeping score. It's not about how many people call you and it's not about who you've dated, are dating, or haven't dated at all.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-06T13:18:43

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Eventually all the pieces will fall into place, until then... laugh at the confusion, live for the moment and know that everything happens for a reason..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-06T13:17:13

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Cherish your yesterdays and dream your tomorrows, but most importantly, don't forget to live your today's..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-06T13:15:32

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There's a point in life when you start to realize who matters; who never did; and who always will..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-06T13:15:05

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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned the hard way that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, or end.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-06T13:14:14

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Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Continue to learn. Appreciate you friends. Do what you love.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-06T13:13:15

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In your life, you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to them. There are some that you wonder if they ever think about you.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-06T12:59:20

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Sometimes the littlest thing in life changes something forever and there will be times when you wish you can go back to how things used to be but you just can't because things have changed so much..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-06T12:58:35

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Life is all about risks and it requires you to jump. Don't be a person who has to look back and wonder what they would have or could have had. No one waits forever.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-05T10:12:01

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Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-05T10:11:12

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Every new day is another chance to change your life..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-05T10:09:46

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You're born, you die, and in between you make a lot of mistakes..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-05T10:09:20

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Life is made up of years that mean nothing and moments that mean it all..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-04T22:53:33

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Are you losing it when a simple song can make you wanna break down and cry?.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-04T22:52:50

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She closes her eyes, as her makeup runs... He got the best of her.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-04T22:28:03

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it comes to a point where you just have to stop trying because it's hurting too much to hold on anymore.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-04T22:05:41

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So I'm just thinking about how much I don't want my life to be boring. There is so much I want to do and so many places I want to go - but I don't really think it's ever gonna happen.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-04T19:24:56

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But its ironic because that's how I live my life. I smile on the outside, and everyone thinks I'm doing fine but I'm always dieing inside, always one step away from the edge you know.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-04T19:22:16

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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned the hard way that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, or end.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-04T18:53:40

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As the years pass and we grow apart, I want you to know that you guys are in my heart. You helped me through problems, through things good and bad. You helped me keep smiling when I was sad.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-04T18:49:57

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Do you ever get that feeling where you don't want to talk to anybody. You don't want to smile and you don't want to fake being happy. But at the same time you don't know exactly what's wrong either.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-04T18:47:28

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In your life, you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to them. There are some that you wonder if they ever think about you.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-04T18:46:02

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I just wish I could roll back the clocks to when things were the same... then we were all just a bunch of crazy teenagers looking for a wild time. But now, thing aren't the same.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-04T18:42:43

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If you can't solve it, it isn't a problem - it's reality. And sometimes reality is the hardest thing to understand and the thing that takes the longest to realize.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-04T18:39:47

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Friends. A simple word isn't it. It's uttered everyday to almost every person imaginable. Who are your friends. I used to think that friends were the people that you could laugh and talk to.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-04T18:39:01

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People are always telling me to smile, like smiling is going to just take away all the hurt and pain. Well I've tried that... I've tried hiding my sorrows and covering the sadness in smiles...

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-04T18:37:52

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There's one thing a quote does that nothing and no one else can do... it can become a part of you. You may never meet the person who said it but that person is now a companion.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-04T18:36:41

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It's like I realized that way down inside, I've always been lonely for something. But I don't know what for. It's like... everybody in the world wants something.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-04T18:35:01

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You start life with a clean slate. Then you begin to make your mark. You face decisions, make choices. You keep moving forward.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-04T18:34:21

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It's the loneliest feeling in the world - to find yourself standing up when everyone else is sitting down. To have everybody look at you and say "what's the matter with her?" I know what it feels...

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-04T17:59:04

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Everything that ever caused a tear to trickle down my cheek, I run away and hide from it. But now, everything is unwinding and finding its way back towards me. And I don't know what to do.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-04T17:42:09

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All our lives we search for someone to love, someone to make us complete. We choose partners and change partners.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-04T17:41:03

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I'm only me. That is all I can be. No more, no less, dont second guess. I love, I live, I laugh, I cry. I've wished sometimes that I could die.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-04T16:28:41

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I feel like I am sitting in a room full of people that I love, and you know what, they just don't care that I love them. They care whether or not I live or die.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-03T22:54:13

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Have you ever heard a song from so long ago with so many memories tied to it that it made you cry.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-03T22:53:30

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I want someone to share my secrets with, someone to talk to late at night when I can't sleep, someone who feels comfortable around my family, someone to comfort me when I'm scared, to hold me when...

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-02T17:41:08

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Just because I can force a smile doesn’t mean I'm happy, and just because I can fake a laugh doesn’t mean I'm okay.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-02T17:40:45

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This isn't a perfect world, people get hurt.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-02T17:40:03

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Sometimes I feel like nobody has held me down and forced me to cry, or made me hug them, or seen the inside of me. I just say "Oh I'm fine" and walk away.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-02T17:26:53

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The sky isn't always blue. The sun doesn't always shine. So it's okay to fall apart sometimes. Snapshots of priceless moments cover her walls.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-02T16:39:08

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The cracks in the concrete remind that no matter how strong you are, you will always fall apart at some point in your life..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-02T16:37:41

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I'm tired of being sad. I'm tired of crying. I'm tired of feeling empty inside. I'm tired of feeling worthless. I'm tired of feeling stuck. I'm tired of feeling crazy. I'm tired of being alone.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-02T15:55:51

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I know how it feels to sit on the edge of your bed head in your hands wishing it would all just end....

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-02T15:49:56

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You should know by now that when I smile and say "yeah, I'm fine" it's really code for "no I'm not okay and I feel like my world is crashing down around me".

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-02T15:49:32

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the girl who always looks sad but claims she’s fine. the girl who puts sad messages up everyday. the girl who when she sees you, smiles a half a smile.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T22:06:46

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Behind this innocent smile of mine, lay words that go unsaid. Words of longing, love, anger, and hate, all repeating inside my head..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T22:05:50

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Why do I try not to cry, sometimes I think I could die. But when it comes out, I just want to shout, and scream and cry it all out..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T22:05:08

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I just want a day to go by...when I'm not pretending to be happy..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T22:04:16

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I'm tired of trying. I'm tired of crying. I know I've been smiling, but inside I'm dying..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T22:03:28

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Things are going crazy and I'm not sure who to blame. Everything is changing and I don't feel the same. I'm slipping through the cracks of floors I thought were strong.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T22:03:01

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Do you know what it's like to be me. Go through something not everyone can see. Do you know what it's like to walk in my shoes. Please stop judging me simply cause I'm not you....

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T22:02:33

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My life is full of empty promises and broken dreams. I'm hoping things will look up, and right when they do, there's always something to fuck it up, and we're back at square one..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T20:14:13

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I just don't feel like I know myself very well right now, so how can I be sure about anything.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T20:13:52

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You know sometimes, like when someone dies, and you're sad, and it's ok to be sad.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T20:13:26

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I'm not saying I have nothing. I'm not saying I'm gone completely. It's just sometimes it's all a bit too much to handle. Sometimes I feel like it's too much.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T20:12:49

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Every morning you get up and put on a fake smile...but what if one morning you didn't. Would anyone notice?.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T20:12:24

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Have you ever lived my life, have you ever spent one minute in my shoes. If you haven't, then tell me why you judge me like you do..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T20:12

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I wanna get lost from my life sometimes, sit on the side and watch the world go by, I wanna get lost and I don't know why.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T20:11:31

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It sucks to be alone, even when there are people all around you - Scrubs.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T20:10:55

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Words hurt more than anything else can, because they last, sometimes forever..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T20:10:20

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Teardrops slowly fall from my eyes as I look to the sky, and I question how come life keeps passing me right on by. I just wonder why I can't escape, is this my fate.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T20:09:54

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I don't know what I want in life. I don't know what I want right now. All I know is that I'm hurting so much inside that it's eating me, and one day, there won't be any more of me left.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T20:09:11

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When I cry at night, the only thing I can think to myself is...how can I seem so perfectly fine in the morning. Why do I smile like nothing is wrong.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T20:07:31

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Have you ever felt so alone and nothing makes sense. Well that's how I feel right now...I feel like I'm facing everything myself, with nothing but tears and a fake smile....

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T20:07:01

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Life doesn't hurt until you think about how much things have changed, who you've lost along the way, and how much of it was your fault..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T20:06:30

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I've learned it takes years to build up trust, but only seconds to destroy it..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T20:06:09

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I didn't want to admit it. It was easier to lie. Hide the hurt and emptiness to smile instead of cry..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T20:05:21

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No matter what, no matter who, no matter what I do, somebody hates me. -Reel Big Fish.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T20:04:06

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Behind my smile is everything you'll never understand..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T20:03:21

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Walking down the hall with her head held high, every hair is in its place, sees a friend and she waves hi, wearing a smile on her perfect face.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T20:02:21

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I don't know if you've ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years, or just not exist, or just not be aware that you do exist, or something like that.

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T20:01:24

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I wake up and think dreams are real. I sleep so I don't have to feel..

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emilymcgivern
2012-05-01T20:01:01

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There is only one rain cloud in the sky...and it's raining on me. Somehow I'm not surprised. - Eeyore.

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2012-05-01T19:59:55

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When I do something great, no one ever seems to remember, but when I do something wrong, no one can ever seem to forget..

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