The Quote...

You hurt me...

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You hurt me at school,

You hurt me at home,

You hurt me outside,

You hurt me alone,

You hate me at school,

You hate me at home,

You hate me outside,

You hate me alone,

You kill my feelings at school,

You kill my feelings at home,

You kill my feelings outside,

You kill my feelings alone,

You kill my feeling... inside.

I don't care

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I don't care,

I don't skate,

But I do love,

But I do hate,

I do wear what I want,

I don't wear what I hate,

But least I'm original,

Unique,

But least I'm not Barbie,

Fake.

C.A.R.E

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Care,

Care,

It means the world to me,

Care,

Care,

This is what it means,

C is for calm,

A is for amazing,

R is for respect,

E is for excellence.

My life

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garden, pond, uphill

pasture, run-in shed.

Through pines, Pumpkin Ridge.

Two switchbacks down

church spire, spit of town.

Where I climb I inspect

the peas, cadets erect

in lime-capped rows,

hear hammer blows

as pileateds peck

the rot of shagbark hickories

enlarging last

year's pterodactyl nests.

Granite erratics

humped like bears

dot the outermost pasture

where in tall grass

clots of ovoid scat

butternut-size, milky brown

announce our halfgrown

moose padded past

into the forest

to nibble beech tree sprouts.

Wake-robin trillium

in dapple-shade. Violets,

landlocked seas I swim in.

I used to pick bouquets

for her, framed them

with leaves. Schmutzige

she said, holding me close

to scrub my streaky face.

Almost from here I touch

my mother's death.

Please don't say you love me

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Summer comes, winter fades

Here we are just the same

We don't need pressure, we don't need change

Let's not give the game away

There used to be an empty space

A photograph without a face

But with your presence, and your grace

Everything falls into place

Just please don't say you love me

'Cause I might not say it back

Doesn't mean my heart stops skipping when you look at me like that

There's no need to worry when you see just where we're at

Just please don't say you love me

'Cause I might not say it back

Heavy words are hard to take

Under pressure precious things can break

How we feel is hard to fake

So let's not give the game away

Just please don't say you love me

'Cause I might not say it back

Doesn't mean my heart stops skipping when you look at me like that

There's no need to worry when you see just where we're at

Just please don't say you love me

'Cause I might not say it back

And fools rush in

And I've been the fool before

This time I'm gonna slow down

'Cause I think this could be more

The thing I'm looking for

Just please don't say you love me

'Cause I might not say it back

Doesn't mean my heart stops skipping when you look at me like that

There's no need to worry when you see just where we're at

Just please don't say you love me

'Cause I might not say it back

Please don't say you love me

'Cause I might not say it back

Doesn't mean my heart stops skipping when you look at me like that

There's no need to worry when you see just where we're at

Just please don't say you love me

'Cause I might not say it back

Just please don't say you love me

'Cause I might not say it back