This scar.

It places me in a setting of anger.

It comes across my face and people call me

Scar.

The lion.

That is partly how I got it though.

I was eight years old.

My parents took me to the

Zoo.

My first time and they wanted a selfie.

I said we should do it by the lions

And we did.

My mom, dad, and I

Stood in front of the lions as my parents

Squished me

And I fell in.

My head hur...

I stood tall

The first ten years.

I kept growing

Hoping for peers.

No one else grew

I’m just through.

I’ve been alone

This is my home.

Same spot,

Same place,

Such a tiny space.

I have been here for

200 years.

No other trees,

No other breeze.

I am stuck

In my spot....

I was talking to my mother about my wedding arrangement with Carlos. She kept yelling at me to not marrry him but I didn’t listen because he is the love of my life, well, that’s what I thought.

“Carlos! I’m home!” I yelled, setting my purse and coat down.

“How much did you get done?”

“Not much. Mama didn’t want to help me with something she didn’t support. You would think that your own...

Library,

Full of books.

Shh!

Says the librarian.

This is not normal though.

She says it as if

It were saving her

Life by people being quiet.

I wonder what she thinks about.

The librarian,

Always thinking if the kids talked,

The demons would come for her soul

Because

She

Sinned.

Most would think this

Normal,

Just a way to be

Religious,

But it gets even worse.

If she says any...

In the small town

You will find a street.

Down the street

you will find I willow tree

Beneath the willow,

You will find a place for me.

To lie

and rest

and be on my best.

Underneath the willow tree.

The leaves drop in front of me,

This is where I want to be.

The stump in the center,

The lantern by my side.

Book in hand.

Here,

I’ll stand....

Dreams,

The passage to the mind,

The darkness in my life.

Nightmares,

The horror of the soul,

All I’ve ever known.

Dreams are normal.

Nightmares too.

But too much of one

Is a drought for you.

I’ve only had nightmares,

So nothing scares me.

But dreams,

Dreams are different.

They show fun and laughter.

Nightmares show you fears,

I have no fears.

I guess all of my nightmares

Have turned into dr...

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Why did she have to say that? Why did you have to do that? I just wanted to be better.

Olivia pondered about the event that had just occurred. She walked up to her heartbroken grandmother, at her grandfather’s memorial and told her to “Be better. I’m better because I’m not crying.” She was only a 20 year old girl who’s throat hurt deeply saying those words. She knew they were wrong coming out ...