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Pretty Lies

August 9, 2022
By Ananya01 SILVER, Singapore, Other
Ananya01 SILVER, Singapore, Other
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I wonder why

these stupid guys

try and mess with my head,

and I wonder why

these stupid guys

make everything in my peripheral vision turn red.


I'm hating the way his eyes make me want to give in

it could be the best thing that's ever happened, or my greatest sin

I could write a million love songs

a million love letters, for him


His mood swings are giving me whiplash

and he knows it as well as the rest of them, that I'm not invited to any party bash;

While he's cool, and he's the king

I'm the new girl who beats him at most things

It's funny how our stars align

how even when I don't mean it, our gazes collide.


I hate him with all my heart,

he'll sit next to me and stare at me,

but the next second he's just

Gone.


He's your typical high school player

I'm not a very great judge of character but-

I know she finds him hot and trendy

the smoulder or yearning makes me want to scream 'End me'!


They talk a lot, I've seen it,

the way she flaunts her flawless skin without a single zit.

He may go from burning holes into my face to

avoiding my every gaze to

talking and laughing with her as though it's absolutely okay


But when he glances at me again

the insecurities, the hating in me

It just goes away.


And I hate him for it,

I hate him with all my life,

God forbid I ever fall for the stupid guy's lies.


The author's comments:

When I first wrote it, I didn't think much about it but then the rawness of the poem hit me. The person from who's POV it is from has laid herself bare for the whole world to see. Of how, this boy changes her. Of how Love changes her. 


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Afra ELITE said...
on Aug. 10 2022 at 7:03 am
Afra ELITE, Kandy, Other
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Favorite Quote:
"A writer must never be short of ideas."
-Gabriel Agreste- (Fictional character- Miraculous)

Love the style of writing!!!