Just because...

Just because I'm ginger
Doesn't mean I have no soul
Or I'm always bad tempered
It doesn't mean I'm a dying race.
Just because I'm Mormon
Doesn't mean I'm not Christian
It doesn't mean I have 9 moms
Or doesn't mean I have a million siblings.
Just because I'm optimistic
Doesn't mean I don't have trials
Or that I don't break down and cry
It doesn't mean that I'm not sad
Just because I'm an optimistic, ginger, Mormon.
Does race or religion really matter on how we view others?
Is the glass half full or half empty?
Do blondes really have more fun?
FALSE!

A Day at the Beach- imagery

A small child ecstatic and impatient
Races on the white coarse sand
The crash of waves on rock rings in her ears
With the steady beat of a metronome

She examines excitedly the patterns of shells- smooth and rigid
In the many hues of browns and creams
She throws them back to their home
And scampers off the find more

The hot sand burns her little, painted toes
So she dances in the cool, retreating tide
She leaps and bounds in the shallow shore
Splashing and having a good time

The salty fresh air washes over her
As she sits down with shovel and pail
Pebbles stick to her sore legs
As she prances and rolls about happily

The shoddy outlines of sand castles
Fade as the sky turns pink and orange
Her eyes become droopy
And everything becomes drowned out
By the sighs and groans of the sea

A New Anniversary

It's hard to believe it's been a year
Since that horrid day,
When only 23 days ago
You would have celebrated 29 years
But instead today we mark a a whole year
Since you broke my heart
And started our adventure through hell.

I hope you know I've had rejections too
And you're not the only one
Because you may not realize it,
I've been rejected by you
And many others at that.
So why do you expect me to include you
When you have brought me so much grief?

You were promised for eternity,
But instead you made it a temporal thing
You're parents and supposed to care about us
But instead you are dragging us into your own selfish desires
I'm not happy
And you're not either
So what did it accomplish?

I'm done with you

I hope you know I don't like being dissed
It doesn't help me at all
You may think that you are being funny
But what's so funny about hurting others?

I hope you know, at this rate you'll never be kissed
By a girl and eventually your mother
Because who would want to be with someone
That like to take down the innocent

I hope you know, there are few places that you will be missed
If you go in with joking criticism
There's joking, sarcasm, but you aren't using those
You may think you are, but your not

I hope you know that if you persist
You won't be very popular
I'd like to let you know that I have enough crap in my life
And I don't need yours as well

Go in with Pride and Come out with Dignity

When you approach something with pride
Fate usually does a funny little thing.
You go into something valuing worldly things
And sometimes come out with none.
Instead, come out with dignity
Valuing yourself and what you've done
Because that is something that will stick with you forever;
Not those worldly things, but the experience.

Clearly I was Stupid

Clearly I was stupid
To be so naive
And go and do something so stupid.
I hope you know you confuse me,
And well he was pretty straight forward
Just said what he thought and asked me
And I just went in and forgot
I feel really stupid
I know now that it may not work out
Because I was so clueless and not thinking
I feel like I ruined something that could have been great
I like to start a new year with a clean slate
But instead put a big mess on my plate
Some way to start a new year
To start with a broken heart