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sophomore year i started painting bruises in my notebooks because it just felt right

 i liked the colors; the blues and deep purples, reds and small dark spots, the yellows and greens

junior year my fists clenched more often then not and i spent most of my lunch time accompanying the empty bleachers

senior year i said goodbye to the bleachers and found comfort in my bruises and filled notebooks with words

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a class room of kids and 1 teacher with enough bruises to paint a city

the blues and deep purples, reds and small dark spots, the yellows and greens and black if it was really bad

a handful of fists and a corner of misfits

i prefer to write in pen but you write in pencil and that is OK

bruises accompanied the podium more often than not

the blues and deep purples, reds and small dark spots, the yellows and greens and black if it was really bad

thank you for sharing your colors