26 Letters

Words are amazing things

Thoughts created using 26 simple letters,

Yet they can move us in ways we never thought possible.

They can make us smile and laugh,

Or maybe even bring a tear to our eyes.

Death can be painful, or even peaceful.

Life can be beautiful, or maybe dreadful.

Nothing is impossible with those 26 characters.

Let yourself be moved.

Listen to the words begging to escape your head.

Write how you feel,

Tell the world what you think.

Writing is what keeps you alive,

Even after you’re six feet under.

Your words can live on through the pages you write now.

Don’t let your thoughts die with you,

Pass them along.

Didn’t words get you along when everything seemed pointless?

The lyrics to a song,

The lines of a poem,

These words were created by people who feel just like you.

And you can be just like them.

Help future generations through life.

Let them know that people have felt as useless as you once did.

Let them know that it gets better.

You can change the world,

Just by using 26 simple letters.

In Case You Missed the Name...

Good morning all. This post is purely informational, so do not be disappointed. Today, Mr. Honeycutt spoke to the students of BHS, and he told a story of young student who begun publishing using a website with which he was familiar and had used. I wanted to post the website that Mr. Honeycutt mentioned that allows individuals to self-publish. The site is named LULU, and I have provided a link.

As Crusader Chronicles picks up steam, I would hope to at some point discuss the idea of compiling a collection of work that has appeared here. Call me old school, but I still find something special about the feel of book in my hands.

If any of you budding authors have great ideas, or if you choose to explore publishing your own work, share that here. Let your voices be heard, here and beyond.

Teenagers

The bass stops.

As the darkness pause.

Slow vision beginning blurry.

The music so loud, I'm sure you can hear it through the city.

Red, green, blue, pink like a vibrant sea.

Losing feeling in my body, like a manikin piece.

I can't seem to control this feeling.

That this music is giving me.

If I just let go though, my mind will be free.

Fog cover the marble floor, 

Soaring between our feet.

Clouds in the air soon just disappear.

It's a fantasy I've been waiting to live.

Since it's only one that I have.

I can't feel my face, typical teenagers they say.

But this smile is just not fading.

And I'm getting this feeling that it's so right.

Everything seems to be in slow motion.

Forget trying to be sober.

My hands slowly moving to the music,

As you're trying to release the pain.

Grab my hand and join this feeling.

I know you can forget everything like me.

Smiling for hours, no reason for being sour.

I know you can feel my breathing, cause you're breathing like me.

Relaxed like no other and everyone is just sluggish.

We are the brain-washed generation, so get yourself in the "noncompetition".

Let yourself shine, and free your mind.

Cause this is your time.

Perfection

So is there a difference between me and her?
What's so different that makes you love her more?
Long hair with the perfect height.
Does it seem right?
Hugging you all night,
Where that used to be me.
Her perfection seems too perfect.
But you don't seem to notice.
Have I not given you what you wanted?
Everything crashes in my brain.
Like waves against the dark rocks so violently.
On such a big moon, when I do everything to prove.
I have everything to prove, even though you talk about her in your sleep.
Her perfection seems 100 percent better.

Have you not noticed that I'm just as twisted as you?
Your blood is as crazy as mine.
There shouldn't be a reason for you to be like this.
Or maybe the perfection of her kiss seems stronger than mine.
I used to make you fall for me with such a small smile.
Now it takes everything for me to see you even smile.

All this perfection,
Burns in my skin every time I see the love in her.
Did I not do something right to not make you mine?
Cause I'm sure her perfection is just as good as mine.

Sober

You never call me when you're sober
But you seem to know my number
When your sluggish

Wheres that missing touch
That we used to have so much

Soft caress on my cheek
Long nights with crazy lights

But I never hear a word
During the day
No matter what I try to say

Every weekend
I would give you everything
But you take it for granted
When you're the one saying I love you
The most craziest things

I hope you make up your mind
Cause I'm drawing the line
No longer taking you
Until you're sober
I won't be there

Asleep

1, 2, 3 ,4
I wonder what you're here for
Knocking knocking on this 3 am door
Im sleeping in bed
After spending my day terribly sad.

Let me breathe baby
I'm glad you can't see me
I'm falling asleep now

I'm letting you sit on my couch
And then you pull out a pouch
Saying "I love you my beautiful soul"
Please waste away your love with me

Everything is moving so fast
But I manage to fall asleep
Confusion and a delusion
And beautiful combination
Until I wake up
From such a horrible nightmare

1,2,3,4
I notice that you're not knocking at my door
Its 7 am and I'm laying in bed
Wishing to fall back into that dream.

Bridges

There are many bridges

That are all rigid

I no longer drink 

I spend most my time singing

Skin on skin

Burning heat 

But nothing left to see

There's a hole in my heart

That I left just for you 

The one you promised not to break

Even though you did 

You thought it was the greatest bridge

The one I let you cross

Before I burned it down

And there was a flood of sorrow 

That only rained tears

From nothing but ashes and pain

But now I'm regaining my strength

Trying not to regret a single thing