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Jadite — only a girl
Published: 2012-02-01 04:26:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 521; Favourites: 11; Downloads: 4
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if i had a voice that could make peoplestop,
and listen,
then i would not need to care about my grades.
if i could capture an audience,
with my words,
then my test scores would no longer matter.
if i could speak,
and t o u c h someone's heart,
change someone's life,
then i would not need my grades.
unfortunately,
i am only a girl.
a girl who wants to hold the world in her arms,
so that she may take all the pain of others,
and keep it for them, tucked away in a pocket of her heart,
letting it race its way through her arteries;
and if it causes atherosclerosis, a clog in her veins,
then she would know it was because a
hero dies so everyone else may be happy.
but a still a girl, nonetheless.
i am only a girl,
a girl who is not afraid to dream,
but is afraid to leap out to catch that dream train,
(chugga chugga chugga choo choo)
because that never goes well for me.
i stand at the edge,
ready to jump,
but i do not.
someone is always there,
holding me back,
pleading with me to listen to them.
and so i am only a girl,
a girl who set her own dreams aside,
for the sake of others.
is that not what heros do?
take on a burden that is not theirs,
even if it is only for the sake of one person?
if one person will be happy,
if one person will continue to live on,
then maybe i will be happy.
i am only a girl,
but being a hero sounds pretty damn good to me.
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Comments: 35
This is wonderful. So many beautiful lines and images. The use of enjambment and rhythm at the beginning of the poem was a great hook. 
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thank you very much (:
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"if i could speak,
and t o u c h someone's heart,
change someone's life,"
Seems to me, reading your work, that you are managing to touch many hearts with your supurb writing.
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I really relate to this.. you wrote this wonderfully <3 I love the train sounds xD Awesome job, really <3
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I absolutely love this one, jade.
i really do.
the last line is my favorite, but each stanza sounds so good to me.
its relatable, and i love it.
captures the feelings.
i wish i could hug the pain away.
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really? thank you. <3
eh. i'm friends with the pain.
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pain is a bad influence, you are forbidden to speak to him/her ever again D<
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but he's annoying P:
(lol at least i think it's a he)
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I. Love. This.
And you know I'll always listen, right?
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thank you. <3
yes, i know. i was thinking more universally when i wrote this though, you know?
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you have no idea(or maybe you do) how much this relates to me.
everytime i get ready to jump, to take that leap into taking care of myself first, someone reaches out and snags me out of midair and drags me back.
i understand all too well. 👍: 0 ⏩: 1
take care of yourself, because only then can you take care of others. <3
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;_; this hurt my heart a little bit.
(but in a good way cause it's so good. xD)
it hit close to home, methinks.
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do they have a speech & debate team at your school? you should definitely be on it c:
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i was going to join, but then changed my mind when my friend was overly obnoxious in her explanation of it. i was like "lol thank you for making me feel stupid i'm not joining your team anymore C:" -brick'd-
but for why? xD
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aww, you should have!
i just think you would be awesome at the poetry section xD
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there's a poetry section? DDD:
this was basically what my friend said when i mentioned spoken word: "no, don't be stupid, it's not like you go up there and start rhyming."
me: "...-explodes- DID YOU JUST INSINUATE THAT ALL POETRY RHYMES? 8|"
-headdesk- the tournaments are over now anyway, i think.
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yeah, there's a poetry section! pretty much like spoken word, i'm pretty sure. do it next year? :'D
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8| my friend sucks.
i probably will ^^ i meant to do it this year, but by the time i got around to asking, it was really late.
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yay! <3 i already signed up for the team next year, yesterday xD
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omg yay :'D we can compare notes on our teams then!
i don't think i can sign up for next year until next year.
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yess! <3 we will be invincible, lol.
well, we just did our schedules for next year, so i signed up for the class itself c:
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yes we will! >D
ohh, i don't think we ever had the class, and if we did, it got cut because of the budget :/ we don't even have a proper coach, just a teacher who knows some stuff about it.
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i can relate to this so well.
you always set aside your goals, ambitions, dreams to be able to help those around you attain their own. and even though you keep telling yourself you need to start reaching your own, you're know at heart that helping others will always be more satisfying than helping yourself, despite how desperately you need to do the latter.
god.
i know how you feel.
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i always feel guilty when i ask for help, or if i don't listen. what if i can make a difference, then it would be worth it, right?
maybe we should just take care of ourselves first :/
i hope you can take care of yourself, dear. really. <3
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i never have that issue when it comes to listening. i can't stand the guilt that comes along with not listening. i used to be able to ask for help so easily, but now my mouth clamps shut or my fingers stop typing altogether when i even consider talking to someone.
maybe we should.
and you as well, love <3
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i'm always afraid to give bad advice, but the listening is something i have to do. i feel bad asking for help, but i've been getting better. the thing is, just talking to someone isn't always going to make things better. sure, it might make you feel better, but it doesn't always solve anything. it's all about unwinding the problems.
of course we should. whether we do or not is a completely different story.
[if you need someone to listen, i'm here.]
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i guess i'm really egotistical that way. my advice has always been sound- i have yet come across a friend or peer who has told me my advice has had the opposite affect of what they so desired. i think it is because i don't give my opinion on the matter- i work with what they want.
and that is so true. it's the reason i don't talk to anyone anymore about my problems. i mean, yes it does feel good and it does lift some weight off my chest receiving some empathy. but that's the extent of it.
and you're right. we always should, but that doesn't necessarily mean we will... seems to be the downside of all of this.
[thanks love. and i'm here for you as well, so keep that close]
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ah, i'm just always afraid my advice sucks, because i tell them exactly what i think. i do try to work with what they want, but it doesn't always work out that well.
exactly.
<3
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