“It is easy to hurt someone who looks just like you,
especially when you hate yourself.”
Congratulations to forthcoming Button author Olivia Gatwood on topping 100,000 views on this powerful poem. Check out more of Olivia’s work here and here.
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“How bad does the news have to be before you get to shoot the messenger? How can we bury the hatchet when it always ends up in my back?”
Congratulations to Button author Sam Sax on topping 250,000 views on this incredible poem. Check out more of Sam’s work in his book, A Guide to Undressing Your Monsters.
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“I’m a walking history lesson, proof that we all come from
the same tree but eventually outgrow our roots.”
Congratulations to Mercedez on topping 100,000 views on this excellent poem. Check out more of Mercedez’s work here and here.
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“Nobody sees me and thinks feed her.
Nobody knows not to trust me alone in a bathroom.”
Congratulations to Beck on topping 250,000 views on this stunning poem. Check out more of Beck’s work here and here.
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“If I had a nickel for every time I hated myself sober,
I could buy my parents’ house back.”
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“Listen to one another like you know you are scholars. Artists. Scientists. Athletes. Musicians. Like you know you will be the ones to shape this world.”
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“Tragedy and silence have the exact same address.”
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“I don’t know when I became a space to be filled,
my thigh an open lease.”
Congratulations to Reagan on topping 250,000 views on this necessary poem.
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“My grandfather died as the moon. I am not him.
I am black, and full of stars. I am not the absence of light.
I am who allows light to exist.”
Congratulations to Gabriel on topping 100,000 views on their excellent poem.
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“Too many people have claimed they can read me like a book
and then they went and put me on a shelf.”
Congratulations to Jamie on topping 250,000 views on their excellent poem. Check out more of Jamie’s work here.
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