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Myself

Cortney, When you think about yourself what do you see?

Me when I think about myself I see all the bad things that could happen to me.

Like me having to lose someone important to me...like my mom.

Because I know that I could have treated her a lot better than I have been.

Just thinking about it makes me want to scream and shout.

Because I'm looking back into the past and seeing the things that I've done to her when I know that whatever I do she is always looking right back down on me.

Even though I should be looking down on her.

I love you mom and I always will.

No matter what will happen to you.

 

LOVE YOUR DAUGHTER

CORTNEY

 

Love and Hate

by Cortney

Love and Hate

Why does everyone have to hate

 but not love?

Why does love have to be dissed and discriminated?

Why can't love be treated the same way as hate?

Why do people have to roast on other people?
Why can't people just be left alone?

And the bullies can be quiet, not mean, not rude, not bullies, not disrespectful, not trouble makers

But themselves.

Love not Hate 

 

In My Neighborhood

By Cortney

In my neighborhood

I hear, see, & smell...

Chinese Food

Pinesole

Fried chicken

Air Fresheners

Cat box

Dog food

Stinky bathrooms

Perfume

A stove

Cigarette smoke

Plants

Birds chirping

Dogs barking

Cats meowing

Babies crying

Guns shooting

People laughing

Cars passing

Wind blowing

Leaves moving

Next-door Neighbors

Stray cats & dogs

Firetrucks

Screaming

Televisions

People doing Dishes

and

Nature

THAT'S WHAT I SEE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD!

 

LOVE

By Cortney

Love...Love in my life means that you care about that person.

If you don't love someone don't lie and say you do.

If it's not true.

Because that just goes to show that you don't and that you are just saying that just so you can be with that person.

So to me that's what love really means.