sometime around midnight

Or at least that's when you lose yourself For a minute or two

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storyonthesideplease:

“If I Say (Truths from the Quiet Kid in the Back)”

If I say, “Please be quiet,” It doesn’t mean that I don’t want to hear what you have to say.

It just means that I need it to be quiet right now.

If I say, “Please don’t touch me,” it doesn’t mean that I’m rejecting your affection.

It just means that I need you not to touch me right now.

If I say, “Please go away,” it doesn’t mean that I hate you.

It just means that I need to be alone right now.

Sometimes I can’t say the words I really want to say. And I’m sorry for that.

But no matter what I say, I’m not trying to make you feel bad.

I’m just trying to make myself feel better.

I found this poem when I was looking through my old writings; it was written when I was nine or ten (not to shabby for a kid, eh?). I realise that it’s very childish and straight-forward, but I think it works better in this state. So I cleaned up any grammatical mistakes, added some doodles and decided to post it here. The dinosaur hat chibi is me; the other three are my sisters.