In December 2016 I attended the High School Ozarks Writing Project at MSU. They gave us a journal to write things in. I have recorded what I have written in the journal below even though some of it doesn’t make sense. A lot of the writing below is just nonsense and it doesn’t mean anything. Yes, I mostly write about sad things, but because it’s easier. None of the writing below is about me or anyone in particular.
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12/09/16
He was left outside. It was dark and cold. The feeling of being unwanted was not a new feeling to him. He just needed a family and no one loved him.
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The market was never busy. It had been years since more than thirty people walked down the cobblestone road. Everything is bought online now. No one spends time outside. Nature is decaying and no one is going to save us.
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The summer never lasted long enough. Even in the winter I can remember the touch of the sun on my skin. I still smell things that bring me back to when it was easier. I miss late nights and fireflies. The winter is awful, I hate it.
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“Even in the winter I can remember the touch of the sun on my skin”
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12/09/16
It’s really hard to maintain a relationship that’s happy.
8 its become extremely difficult to maintain a healthy relationship
18 i’ve never had a perfect partner, not a good relationship
27 im trying to make this work, but sometimes it
37 feels like i’m the only one. In the beginning it
47 felt as if I would never know someone as perfect
56 as him. After being in an abusive relationship all
66 the attention felt nice. I didn’t know that by letting
75 him and all his happiness rely on me I
84 was hurting him. I’ve had my faults and it’s
94 taken us over a year to figure how to work
104 things out. After all this time, I don’t worry
113 if we’re meant to be. I know that if
122 we are supposed to be together, we will.
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It’s become difficult to maintain a healthy relationship I’m trying to make this work. Something it feels like I’m the only one. In the beginning it felt as if I would never know someone as perfect as him. AFter being in an abusive relationship all the attention felt nice. I didn’t know that letting him rely on me was hurting him. It’s taken us over a year to figure this out. After all this time I don’t worry if we’re meant to be. I love him. I know that if we are supposed to be together we will.
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1 i am my own worst enemy
2 i can’t feel when i’m dead
3 all my friends hate me anyway
4 i use my experience to heal
5 he was my night time sky
6 i missed you when he didn’t
7 I can still hear your voice
8 you weren’t here when she was
9 I can’t ignore you
10 beauty said i can’t be myself
11 i need time i’m running out
12 i hate you like i loved you
13 you forget you’re not special anymore
14 * i don’t think about you anymore
She was my sun once again
I need more happy days
i’m too clingy i’m better
How you’re not around
I’m running out of sun
They’ll say i’m the lucky one
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Myself
1 outgoing
2 creative
3 witty
4 charming
5 shy
6 king
7 generous
8 gentle
9 spontaneous
10 on-edge
11 methodical