Aren ' t We Just Broken Frames
Elena S ( 7th Grade )
We are shattered into pieces that can ' t be put back together Odd shapes of glass glued at edges that don ' t belong Wait for the day you are put in a frame , They say , wait for your moment Time passes , but it only teaches how to fix cracks not heal them Frames are meant for the pieces of art we make , Not the pieces left behind after we break each other Cover your eyes , for you mistake pain with privilege , Shade the world with sunglasses and drown them out with headphones , If we do not exist we can no longer be alone They say , wait for your moment , But we know we are stuck in an endless world of living and dying , So we chose to not exist .
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