I do un holy things

But don't you dare call me a sinner

I'm one who loves

But don't you ever call me a lover

I'm one who takes

But don't you ever say I steal

I'm one who lies

But don't you ever call me a liar

I'm not skinny

But don't you ever call me fat

I don't have a Barbie doll complexion

But don't you call me ugly

I'm don't ace all my tests

But don't you think for a second I'm stupid

I can be mean

But you dare not say I'm a bully

I am who I say I am

You cannot label me

And you cannot say I'm something I am not

I am who I say I am

I am not who you think I am

I am who I know I am

That's a fact

I am young

But I'm not always ready

I'm weak

But I can jump high enough to touch the glistening stars

I have no filter

But I think about all my actions

I love many people and things

But I contain enough hate in my pinky finger to wilt a thriving field of flowers

I am gentle

But I can bite

I am short

But my head is in the clouds

I am fast

But I stop and appreciate the beauty of this world

I am ugly

But I can set your heart ablaze

I am understanding

But I fight for what is right

I am introverted

But I open up to the people I trust and let them see my truth

I am Me

Who are you?

Old books lay forgotten

On the shelves that hold many truths

They tell tales of heroic princes

Or some may say something about you

They stay there waiting

For someone to pick them up

They are patient

And caring

Maybe you should pick it up

You can view it many different ways

Beautiful

Ugly

Is is a end of one life but a start of another beautiful one?

Is it a sad, horrible thing that destroys other lives?

Can it be both?

You wonder why they left

If they had a choice

You wonder where they went

If they went anywhere at all

You can only wonder...

I sit there

Staring at the little blinking blue line

Two minutes

Five minutes

Still nothing

Ten minutes

Twenty minutes

Will I ever think of something?

Thirty minutes

Ah ha!

Never mind

Forty minutes

Will someone give me a prompt?

fifty minutes

Sixty minutes

Done.

An hour

That's all it took

...

Should I publish it?

Always look for something new

A challenge

No matter if you win or lose

Learning

Growing

No matter the cost

Try new things

Don't be afraid to get lost

Make something

Something beautiful

Something creative

Something that's you

Don't be afraid of anything new

If you are learning

You never lose

Creativity, Courage, Perseverance and Grit

Those are all mindsets that fit

Mindsets are for everybody, you just have to find one for you

Even if it means trying something new

Be someone who feels good in their shoes

Don't be afraid of the people who boo

Because you know that you should always be you!

Screeches echo down the dark tiled hallways

The sound of metal slicing through skin

The sinister death of a life barely lived

They look at each other in fear

Sliding down the factory halls

They sense it will soon be over

Fear spreads like snow on a winter day

They try to escape

Though they know it’s too late

One by one they drop like flies

Until the factory is silent

So deadly but so beautiful

Helps us live, but can make us die

Warms our backs

Provides us light.

It may be taken away, someday

So enjoy it now

While you still have the chance

Before the light is gone for good

Before the darkness surrounds us