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    Wallflower
    Wallflower
    Wallflower
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    Wallflower

    By Fatima AlGhawas AlZaabi

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    WALLFLOWER takes a closer look at the perspective of those deemed 'different'.
    This book is for those that have their own independent voices and are ready to speak their minds.
    Take a stroll in the mind of an outcast who has something to say and reasons to stay away.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSail Publishing LLC
    Release dateMay 1, 2020
    ISBN9781913227975
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      Book preview

      Wallflower - Fatima AlGhawas AlZaabi

      @fatima.g.alz

      Baby Girl

      I used to get mad at being called different

      I used to close my eyes and cry to my mother

      I felt like I had a voice, but I couldn't talk

      Clipped wings,

      Teary eyed,

      Baby girl too young to see

      The older I got, I swore to never be like them

      I was done biting my own tongue

      I finally found myself in a galaxy of words

      A Generation of Misfits

      Don’t tell me that some people aren't worth saving

      The outside world has made us believe that we don't belong, that we are all wrong answers

      Errors in history

      They don’t realize that we are all uprooted leaves fallen from the same tree, trying to figure this place out

      People say things like, these kids have no future

      They don’t see how hard it is to be ourselves amid a sea of judgment

      We aren't faded echoes

      Just silenced screams trying to come out

      Trying to choose what makes us happy

      All Hail

      Time runs faster once you're aware of it

      It feels like I just woke up

      Awake from a slumber caused by all those sleepless nights

      Wasted time and wasted youth

      Annoyed by the world

      Don't mess with me

      The mistress of the night is here

      6:27 PM

      In the first birth of autumn, the mist showers from the heavens above sobered the fresh cut grass beneath our toes

      It was as though in moments like these we truly found our purpose

      Driving around town, reaching the city’s border, just to look at the sunset. We never meant any harm, although our music told a different story

      Somehow imagining a new dawn brought comfort to our drawn day

      Looking over the horizon, surpassing our boundaries was what brought us together

      No Queens Street mafia was like us

      High school dropouts, living in Cadillacs, driving around in search of hope

      You see, nobody ever leaves this place behind

      Drive Down Memory Lane

      Would you come see me if I told you I’m not who you once knew?

      I can see that there is something on your mind

      I smell the cheap cigarettes on your breath

      I guess, you couldn’t tell me

      You just broke everything on your way out

      You ran away from your problems as per usual

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