Will You Notice Me? What do I have to do to get you to notice me? Change my hair, the way I walk. My clothes, the way I talk. We've known each other for some time now yet I'm still invisible to you. My feelings run deep and how I wish you only knew. I see your face every time I close my eyes To me you just seem so different from the other guys. To you I'm just a friend Nothing more, nothing less I settle for friendship in the end Because I don't want to make a mess. Instead I'll keep my secret to myself And take my pride back off the shelf. Until one day you finally see That you and I were meant to be. I'll wait for now but not too long Because sooner or later I'll be gone. So when will you notice me? -Kayla

Tears Walking through the rain, I try to forget the pain. I try to ignore the sting in my eyes, because I know, a strong girl never cries. I begin to run, run from my fears. But I am followed by my ever present tears. I want to leave these familiar places, leave behind all of these frequent faces. But where will I go? What will I do? All I know is I have to get far away from you. But something keeps me here, crying one last tear. -Jordan

No One Knows Me. No One will ever truly know me. How can they when they never even try, because I smile they assume I am happy. No One Knows Me. I hide behind a mask, they just never did get it. No One Knows Me. It is a difficult task, always there for people but they are never truly there for me. No One Knows Me. Friendships, I have many, if I do why do I still feel alone in this world? No One Knows Me. I guess it is just a curse, they wouldn't understand. No One Knows Me. They wouldn't care, they would call it a teenage phase. The emotionless mask will be up forever more, waiting for someone to take it off of me. No one will ever truly know me. -Caitlin Glaspell

Scarlet Tears Fires ablaze within my eyes, A smile concealing all my lies, Screaming, begging, calling out, A final, frantic, desperate, shout. Scarlet tears drip from each vein, A vehement covet to end this pain, This silver blade, stays by my side, Because all hope inside has died. As each day ends, and darkness draws, The devil toys, with all my flaws, I'm helpless, alone, a worthless mess, A broken child, he must address. I'm tempted when he calls my name, A way out, an escape, an end to shame, To make it feel a lot less real, A deal with the Devil, in blood must I seal. They'll say I died of suicide, But no one knows how much they've lied, It wasn't a rope, a blade, or pills, That broke my soul, and gave me chills. I died inside so long before, To live each day, an endless chore, Pills could not kill what was already dead, A twisted soul, an empty head. In darkness I wait, in silence, alone, Rose-tinted nostalgia, all around me has grown, I beckon the devil, with the key of self-harm, And I open the door for him, with the blood of my arm. -Coran Darling

You This pain I feel inside I can no longer hide. Because of you I just wanna die, you told me you would always be here and never let me fall why did you lie, you denied me just because I was who I wanted to be, I couldn't be happy, I felt like nothing. Remember when you said you wished I was dead, I still keep that memory in my head, you put me out on the streets with nothing, you caused so much hate in me I'm not the person who I use to be, you changed me, you turned the family against me, I wish you could see how much I'm suffering, how much I feel lonely I wish I could be somebody important to you, but I know that wish would never come true. - Anonymous