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Fade

October 11, 2023
By cxym BRONZE, Elkhart, Indiana
cxym BRONZE, Elkhart, Indiana
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Favorite Quote:
"Maybe forever was a word meant for memories, not people."


   I watch as my smile fades.

I watch as my friends seem to come less,

I watch as all the world forgets my existence.

 

Do I care?

No, no I don't, or atleast that's what I tell myself.

Maybe if I just say I dont care, I'll feel it someday.

 

I try not to care.

I try my best to seem happy, 

and for a while it fulfills me.

But soon enough,

I feel empty.

Like there's no one inside me.

Like my soul has been swallowed, 

by the problems I cannot escape.

 

I watch it,

My smile was fading,

but now its gone.


The author's comments:

  I was introduced to this website today, by my language arts teacher, who I am very close with. When I got home I immediately created an account to see what this site had to offer and I'm so glad I did. It's only 8pm and I've already been inspired several times by all of the writing and art I have seen so far. 

   I wanted to submit something of my own so I looked into my old poetry book that was sitting in my nightstand drawer, then I found this piece that I wrote on November 28th, 2022. At first I thought it was cringy and then I read more and I think it is actually pretty decent. Not my best work, but still decent.


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