Parents aren't perfect
Most smiles are pretend
Books are just ink and paper
There are few happy ends
Honest people lie
And the bravest are afraid
The stars and planets hide
Because nightmares lurk in the day
The richest always want more
I bet the wisest people cry
The world is filled with lonely people
Because it's safer to stay inside
But with all this truth there is a hope
That maybe the world is not so crude
For reading the words of a sad girls book
Is a world changer like you.
YOU ARE READING
Breathing Water
Poetry"Hello? Are you there?" I call up to the wall. Standing at the bottom it makes me feel small. The wall blocks my view but I know that you're there. With this new wall in your life it's hard to show you I care. "Will you please let me in?" I lean...
