“If anyone could look into my head See or feel the dread that has captured Me or see within this sad, unhappy brain They would only turn away Turn away.” IfsFeelsLooksTurnsBrainUnhappyDreadCaptured Book:Street Love Source: Street Love
“On the streets of the city They have taken my Who-I-Am As well as my What-I-Was And now I am desperate for them both Again” WellsCitiesTakenStreetsWho I AmDesperate Author:Walter Dean Myers
“And what I was feeling was the wonder Of being more than me, of being more Than mere here and now allowed I had become a shining star, a burning nova Exploded with love Flying through an endlessly Expanding universe Away from the me that was Toward a me that is beyond Understanding.” FeelingsUniverseStarsUnderstandingWonderShiningMereFlyingBurningExpandingHere And NowShining StarNovasExpanding Universe Author:Walter Dean Myers
“Can you become The hope I need? Can you help me be More than it is written in my future Or past? Is there another me to find?” NeedsHelpingPastWrittenHelp MeMy Future Author:Walter Dean Myers
“My life is not packaged, Not tidy. There are leftover strands and jagged Edges that cut even my friends.” Life IsCuttingMy FriendsEdgesStrandsTidyJagged Edge Author:Walter Dean Myers
“Yes, she is the fruit that will Sustain me and yes, she brings A rain that I know can chill But it is a rain so sweet and sings A song my soul insists That I follow, if I would exist As more than I have ever, ever been If my mother calls it evil, then I embrace the sin” IfsKnowsSoulMotherSongEvilSinSweetRainEmbraceFruitMy SoulChill Author:Walter Dean Myers
“Forever in your arms Is where I want to be Holding you close Within the space That once held only me... Forever in your warmth The place for me and you I feel the sun Our life's just begun I know you feel it too” KnowsWantFeelsSpaceSunForeverOur LivesArmsWarmth Author:Walter Dean Myers
“Wherever your heart rests There I will live and be blessed I've tried to line up the things I Needed to say but now my feelings just Tumble from me. I am half foolish, Half drunk with wanting you With wanting to take your hand And leap into the darkness of whatever Life will bring. Love makes me Brave and without love I'm made Nothing.” HeartMadeFeelingsHandsLinesHalfDarknessNeededBlessedBraveFoolishDrunkLeapWithout LoveBeing BlessedWanting You Author:Walter Dean Myers
“You're quite right there," he said. "I have practiced abstinence myself for years, and had my time of fasting, too, but now I find myself once more beneath the sign of Aquarius, a dark and humid constellation.” YearsSaidDarkMy TimeFastingConstellationsAbstinenceAquarius Book:Steppenwolf Source: Steppenwolf