Peoples Minds challenge:

Sister
My eyes are wide,
Soaking in the screen,
Enjoying the pleasures of life,
For adventure and love lies there.
They tell me I'll fall in love,
They tell me it's not long off,
Sometimes I'm concerned,
Because I don't want to end up pathetic,
Like the rest of those poor girls,
Who fall head over heals in love,
It's just sad,
And gross.

I say
Chop it off
Liberating
When I reach up
And find in not in the
Fingerspan it's been prior
I find that invigorating
And I'm ready to go
To muss it all up and
Toy with my bangs
Slip into a dress and
Promenade myself about because
I'm beautiful
I feel that now
And I can't wait to
Go out
And be around
Everyone and everything
Liberated in all the ways
A young woman should be
I want to scream it from the rooftops
With the wind stirring it up
That here I am

I want to be the girl who
Gets chased by all the boys
And tastefully turns them down
But
That’s not how it works, is it?
I want to wear red lipstick
I want to be edgy and tattoo my collarbone
With a bird, or a rose, or a thorn
Maybe
But that’s not who I am, is it?
Organically me
I like fuzzy socks
And yoga pants
I like hugging my horse around
His big neck
I like drinking too much coffee
I like thinking about dreams
And stories
And futures
And singing out loud

As with anything
It falls back on itself
On its own cushioned bed
Of propriety
As with anything
It lies by itself
Drinking up the disarray
Of society
And as with anything
It turns in on itself
Musing too deeply
On the consequence of lying
As with anything
It lets go of itself
Of it worries that are apt
To piety

Stupid Grin (Guy Problems #1)
She constantly makes inquiries,
Eyes sparkling with her wisdom,
Eyes watching my face,
As I obviously lie to myself,
Trying to cover up any:
"OMG! He's so perfect and cute!"
With logical and reasonable,
Logic-y and reason-y stuff.
Fluffy arguments get sucked up,
In her vacuum of overwhelming come-backs,
Sweeping away the layers of my heart's defenses.
You say he likes me,
And I hope the stupid grin I hold inside,
Isn't in fact breaking out across my face.

I sat in bed that night feeling as if there was something I needed to do before I slept. There were so many thoughts going around in my head that I couldn’t sort them, but figured my mood was related.
I guess I’ll read some before bed, I decided. I padded across the room to my desk, turned on my lamp, and sat down to read. I couldn’t focus on Genesis, so I flipped around, reading snippets here and there until something caught my attention. It was a list.

I. 90 Days
here we are
you are one of the select few
that i actually want to spend time with
one-on-one
embracing the limited days we have left.
“it’ll be chaos when you’re gone,” i say an honest truth
you chuckle. i like the sound, it’s familiar.
then your eyes get a little distant. “that means a lot.”
i fiddle with my fries so i have something to do when you say,
“it’s people like you that make me feel like i’m leaving something.”
and it’s sharp as my heart starts to crack down the middle.

Disgust
Stop, 
Freeze, 
Drop the phone, 
Slowly clench and unclench fists, 
Thoroughly appalled, 
Trying not to scream, 
Scream in absolute anger, 
At him!
Stop, 
Freeze, 
Angry now at myself, 
Again, 
Want to scream. 

The importance of finishing your chores before going to an afternoon activity, such as sport practise or music lessons, is a value that most parents would agree with and try to incorporate into their daily lives. The benefits of finishing chores before activities are avoiding tiredness, the frustration of others and learning the life skill of time management.

In this one minute speech, I intend to present to you my many virtues...that I do not yet possess. At least not their full potential, but strive to in the near future. I invite you to listen, and I hope to amuse you with my future aspirations.