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Alys124
Alys124

I'm that Girl

I'm that girl that noone likes,. I'm that girl who doesn't wear Nike,. I'm that girl who is "unique". I'm that girl who is weird,. a freak,. I'm that girl that has been bullied before,.

46 0 56 words
blindsilence
blindsilence

I Hate My Rhyme, I Hate Yours Less (It Is Better)

#disabilityaware I have a disability But it's one that you can not see It's one where you'd think I was OK But it's not behind the scenes.

46 4 88 words
iLeeam
iLeeam

Forty-four Grand

I scrape my living, Through some endless means, For mother and child, Unlike other teens. Don't come to me, All big and smart, Complaining of life, That to mine, is art.

16 0 160 words
AfiAyat
AfiAyat

My Life Story Chp 1

Here's the deal. My life is shit. I mean, after going to University you would think I have a n amount of money. But instead I find myself in a pretty awkward situation.

8 0 288 words
smellyfingers
smellyfingers

Designs Of Life

Well it looks like it could be over. That weight lifted off my shoulder. Memories have passed and I'm a little older. Your complex design leaves me a little wiser.

22 10 215 words
twinks
twinks

Why The White Tigers Cry

Born in a village in the dark heart of India, The son of a wealthy family, Aroni is taken out school by his family and put to work in a tea shop.As he wipes tables and crushes black coal, Aroni...

2 1 248 words
lonelynutmeg98
lonelynutmeg98

The Benefits Aren't Enough

I have a family, Two kids and a husband. Still in debt from the marriage, A few hundred thousand I think...

8 9 201 words
Burrfoot
Burrfoot

A Better Day

Standing in line another factory day. Watching the clock for a pittance of pay. Four years of study for a second class degree. Is this my career, is this the best I can be.

38 5 120 words
Timmsyy
Timmsyy

Scavenger

#household I find my home out on the street. All sorts of people that I meet, I find my home amongst the trash... Teabags, apple cores, all in my stash, I keep it down, it's quite a feat.

10 1 117 words
cherry_blossom
cherry_blossom

Poverty

Softly, quietly, the baby slept. Softly, silently, the mother wept. Crystal diamonds in the sky, Airplanes flying way up high.

24 3 46 words
IndiaSparrow
IndiaSparrow

Hard Work

For the lowest of the low. Each day is tough going. Working your finger to the bone. Never ever slowing. Minimum wage. With bills to pay. Not only that but. A baby on the way.

64 0 165 words
leelee101
leelee101

Night

Night will fall. Replace the day. It's when the darkness. Comes to play. See the girls. Dim lit street. Trying hard. To make ends meet. See the boys. Not yet men. Waste their wages. Drunk again.

22 7 107 words
wolfie
wolfie

She Flies

#OpussWings A steel skyline presses in November cold roosts on the flats The drizzle stings her teenage skin, Lies peppered in her gentle plaits. The buggy holds her special joy.

68 12 224 words
sarahlaidlaw
sarahlaidlaw

Help

In a whirlwind of numbness, there is nothing but madness this pen is my release, the ink it is my blood everything I see and everything I do haunts my life, my everyday it tells me I am...

4 0 217 words