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    It meant something to me even if it doesn’t mean anything. We all just want to create or discover something that helps us feel that this life is not just some illusion but, in fact, real. This is the manifestation of my existence.
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    Release dateAug 19, 2019
    ISBN9781546222002
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    Kayla Battle

    Kayla has been writing poetry as a hobby and as a way to cope through life's challenges since age 12. She is mostly inspired by the bands and singers she loves. In her free time, she loves going to concerts and hanging out with her cats.

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      Something - Kayla Battle

      © 2019 Kayla Battle. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system,

      or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      AuthorHouse™

      1663 Liberty Drive

      Bloomington, IN 47403

      www.authorhouse.com

      Phone: 1 (800) 839-8640

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Getty Images.

      ISBN: 978-1-5462-2199-9 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-5462-2200-2 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2019910632

      Published by AuthorHouse 08/15/2019

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      CONTENTS

      If You Don’t Try, You Fail

      Tonight Won’t Be My Last

      Silently Screaming (Falling Headfirst From Heaven)

      Answers Or Anger

      Empty Hands

      Like Before

      It’s Not That Bad

      Disease

      Our Generation

      The Truth

      Your Secret Admirer

      Wake Up (If You’re Still Alive)

      Never Good Enough

      Missing

      My Biggest Fear

      Thoughts Of Failure

      A Chance For Us

      Freak

      A Bad Example To Kids

      Not Fair

      Messed Me Up

      Dear Best

      Three Words

      A Waste Of Time

      There’s A Fence Between Us

      I Want To Die

      An Hour To Live

      Panic Attack

      Afraid

      What You Want Me To Be

      How Could I Forget You?

      Never Again

      Air Is A Need To Breathe

      Wait (I’m Coming)

      Feelings Vs Instincts

      Dear Heart

      Understand

      My Heart Bleeds

      Separate Ways

      Cupid’s Arrow Stocked Full Of Poison

      Amazing

      Betrayed

      The Safe Side

      For The Dead

      Wow

      And Again, I Fall

      The Irony Of Love And Drugs

      The Pain Of Reality

      Why I’m Holding On

      Everything That I Hate

      I Have A Loving Heart That Says Your Religion Is Wrong

      Box Of Memories

      This Is Where I Don’t See Myself In Ten Years

      Never Understand

      Change

      Another Song To Base Our Life On

      An End To This Emotional Confusion

      When Embracing The Solitude Is All That’s Left For You To Do

      The Ending Of The Biggest Change In My Life

      Untitled

      I’m Crazy Enough But I’m A Goddamn Psycho When It Comes To Love

      This Was A Made-Up Story And It Proves, Fantasies Aren’t At All Real Or True

      Yeah Right, Only In My Dreams

      We’ll Never Be Just Friends

      We’ll Get What We Deserve

      My Secret Fear Of You

      We Have To Turn This Dream Into A Reality

      I Need Only Me

      Love On Drugs

      Nothing To Save But The Jaded Edge Of A Razorblade

      Ripped Up

      Inner Strength Conquers All

      Sorries Won’t Save Us Now

      A Bit Of Confidence

      Like A Dream

      Before Summer Ends

      Better Than Me

      I Am The Weakest Link

      Smiling

      Promise

      Unrealistic Dream

      Beautiful Burnout

      Undying Sense Of Pain

      Let The Blackness Take Me In

      Somebody

      I’ve Witnessed Horrible Things From Beautiful People

      Honesty

      Lost And Forgotten

      Let It Go

      Step One: Anger

      Beacon Sucks

      Don’t Mess With Messes, Enough Said

      Riding Till We Die

      Optimism

      Just Forget Me, It’s That Easy

      Aromantic/Asexuality

      A Try

      Misery Loves Company

      Angelove

      Euphoria

      Thanks Asshole

      Desperate Trysts And Ignorant Bliss

      Just A Poem You Won’t Care To Know

      Your True Love Is A Drunk In The Club

      The Writing’s On The Wall And Now I See It All

      Corruption

      Top Of The World

      Angel On Earth

      The Love I Have Been Missing

      What’s The Worth Of Words When The Action Holds The Passion

      So Crazy

      My Strength Is In Your Faith

      To My Senses, To My Knees

      Ego Overflow

      Ruined Human

      Energy, Time, Space

      Purpose For The Pain

      Path Of Redemption

      Passive Flare

      Charades & Antics

      Ink From The Pen Can’t Keep Up With Thoughts In My Head

      Buy Bull

      Bad Luck

      Counterculture

      Good Riddance To Bad Rubbish

      I’ll See To It – The Power Of Your Words Will Have An End To It.

      The American Dream Versus Personal Progress

      Hatred Is A Waste Of Time, Keep An Open Mind

      The Weak Will Die, The Strong Survive

      Sleeping On The Left

      If I Write Something, It’s Better Than Nothing

      Falling Down At Your Front Door

      There Is Beauty In Your Broken Fortitude

      Transcendent Ponderer

      Erase Everything

      Unhealthy

      She Drinks For The Taste, I Drink To Forget My Face

      The Music

      To anyone who’s ever confiscated my hopes and dreams

      and gave it back.

      This is the result of that.

      Not a lot of pages in this book are

      extraordinary or noteworthy,

      but they were instances that helped me to keep going.

      Not a lot of moments in life are going to be

      phenomenal or spectacular,

      but you must always keep going.

      IF YOU DON’T TRY, YOU FAIL

      The sunsets at the intersection.

      Cars drive by, driving to and from.

      I’m sitting with my cats,

      wondering what am I trying to latch onto?

      Preferably someone but possibly no one.

      I’ll wait until she says hey again.

      Wasting away until that day again.

      Our first conversation, she mentioned her favorite book

      I can’t remember the title of.

      I’ll have to keep writing, maybe I’ll catch her attention,

      maybe then, I can write about love.

      There’ll be so much to edit. So much to work with,

      but how can I forget it’s everything I’ve ever wanted?

      How can I be such a tarnishing disappointment?

      Although if I’m being realistic,

      just from what I know, from my own experience,

      new beginnings means a new disaster.

      May as well just set myself on fire.

      I’m just lonely and I don’t know what to do

      except be an idiot and wish I was enough for you.

      When will I come across someone that I make sense to?

      When will I win over someone’s point of view?

      I just want to escape to evade the overbearing emptiness,

      the overwhelming weight, I’m too much to take in.

      Is anybody listening to what I have to say

      or is everybody just expecting me to lead the way?

      It’s stressful when no one takes me seriously

      yet I’m the only leader apparently.

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      TONIGHT WON’T BE MY LAST

      Here I am, scratching my head

      wondering what will lie ahead

      and I know I won’t know,

      if tonight I let go.

      I hate the way things are going

      but if I dare make that choice – I’m knowing

      if I let go tonight,

      I might not see that heavenly light.

      I get told to just move on,

      but it’s not easy with you now gone.

      I think you made a mistake.

      Now everything feels to be at stake.

      I don’t want to miss out

      on what my future could be about.

      I may regret the past

      but tonight won’t be my last.

      SILENTLY SCREAMING

      (FALLING HEADFIRST FROM HEAVEN)

      I can’t survive here all alone.

      I’m supposed to call it a home

      but my home is with you,

      and I’m so far away from that.

      I need you to hold me now

      but who knows where the hell you are.

      What is love exactly?

      Is it supposed to make you happy?

      Rejected hand after hand but you’re the one.

      Can you hear me scream your name?

      My soul is screaming in pain.

      This emptiness drives me insane.

      Every second I shed a tear

      because you’re not here,

      and you can’t hear me

      but somehow, I feel you hold me up.

      Is it really you? It cannot be

      because you’re nowhere near I can see

      but I feel the wholeness inside

      so I know it’s you.

      No doubt in my mind you knew

      I was silently screaming.

      So I will hold on for you

      and just keep dreaming.

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      ANSWERS OR ANGER

      I’ll never give up every time I get in a fight with you.

      Why can’t my questions have answers to follow through?

      You think you’re right but please speak for yourself.

      You can’t dictate the lives of anyone else.

      You can say what’s wrong and what’s right

      but you can’t tell me how to live my life.

      Scream and yell to release your anger on me

      and pretend I’m obligated to be happy.

      I don’t care how your day was.

      You just don’t get when I’ve had enough.

      Back off, I don’t care.

      Let me breathe my own air.

      Despite how many times I get put on trial

      for not lying and following along,

      I won’t stay here and pretend to smile.

      I have to go back to where I belong.

      EMPTY HANDS

      Tell me not to leave you,

      even though I can’t ever feel you care.

      Tell me to run

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