Roses Are Read

By Desiree Brown

Roses are Read is an eclectic collection of poems that express the struggles and stages of teenage existence. From first kiss to first heartbreak, awkward moments to awkward stages, and broken lies to broken cries, Roses are Read illustrates what average (and not so average) teenagers experience every day and after. No one will understand the ups and downs of struggling to balance school, friendship, young love, disappointment, and learn to recognize yourself better than a teen. Get lost within the sad, twisted, and perplexed mind of a lovestruck adolescent trying to figure out what helps the heart beat and stops it from bleeding.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jan 13, 2016
• ISBN: 9781504949408

Desiree Brown

Desiree Brown, now eighteen, has been writing since she was able to. When young, she wrote poems, lyrics, and short stories in her spare time and began her first fictional novel at age thirteen. She had also written short scripts for the performing arts department at her local YMCA and had seen them come to life on stage. Homeschooled for grades kindergarten through twelfth grade, she began college classes studying English and American Literature at the local community college at age fifteen. Now enrolled in a four-year university, Desiree is currently working on her degree in English and minor in Creative Writing. She continues writing to speak out to other adolescents and young adults and looks forward to having a long standing career in writing poems as well as short stories and fictional novels.

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Published by AuthorHouse 01/12/2016

ISBN: 978-1-5049-4941-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5049-4940-8 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2015915086

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Contents

Roses Are Read

Thirteen

Charming

How To Love

Thunderstorming

Not Every Woman

We’re All Heroes

To My Guys

For All Years

As They Cry

The Body You Own

Sick Through Life

Would You Run Away From Mountains?

Girls And Guys

R

Don’t You? Am I? Is It? Does?

The Pain Of Life

The People In Our Lives

Expressions

W.O.R.

What The World is Made Of and What Life is About

What Words Can’t Describe

A Dreamer’s Nightmare

Questionable

Hoping

Beauty

A Never

Obsessed

How I Looked

A Chance

Let It Lie

Twenty Reasons

Roses May Be Red

Forever

Just Because

L.O.V.E. M.E.

Brown Eyed Boys

Missing You

I’m Not

The Unfinished Poem

Childish Love

Liking You

The Finishing Side

Spinning

Risking Friendship

Together Again

Stolen Breath

Luster

My Heart

Love Unwrapped

At The Front Door

The words of Chance

The Signs Of Love

Glow In The Dark

The Purpose Of Us

My Hero

Favor Me

Love Life

Because Of You

Addict

Little Love

Reasons

But

Winter’s Breath

So I Laugh

You And Him

Confusion

Fragile Sleep

Be Love

In His Arms

Sealed Within A Kiss

That Drive Home

Obnoxious

The Types Of Love

Just Smile

Playful

Gazing

His Eyes

Across The Street

Fewer Words

Before You Approach

Exchanged

Rainy Day

I Cried

Changes

A Secret I Have

Forgive Me

Disgusting Love

Once Loved

I’d Rather Hurt

Held Back Tears

Hurting Me

Lies In Eyes

We Were A Lie

Split Hearted

Amusing Pain

Painful Love

Needing Love

Right For Another

Untreated

I Told Myself That

No Purpose

Rightfully Wrong

The Perfect Liar

Meanings

Untouched

Sick And Tired

What Could Have Been

Tolerance

Shoot Me

Must Be Hell

Seasonless

Remaining Guilty

You Would, Wouldn’t You?

Insecurity

I Hate/Love You

Anger

On Your Way Out

I’m Done

Love, Lois Lane

Grasping

He Took My Heart

Never Caught

Bad Image

Heart Of Gold

Tick In My Time

Unfelt Guilt

Incompetently Me

Painted

My Demon

He’ll Never Know

Suicide

Lucky Penny

Fix

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Roses Are Read

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Roses are read.

Violets are blown.

Take me to a place,

To a world unknown,

Where the grass grows greener,

Where the hurtful are perished,

Where the hurting are healing,

And the different are cherished,

Where the hiding are unhidden

And free to be free,

Where the dying are protected

And free to die young,

Where the young aren’t forced

To die young at all,

Where the people are painted

And the pictures are hung.

Let the air blow through me

And the dirt lie beneath me.

Let the sky shine above me

And the people all love me.

Let me find my acceptance

In this world in my head,

Where the violets are blown

And the roses are read.

Thirteen

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Criticism kills.

Smiles disappear.

Tears fall down fast.

Secrets told to hear.

Spreading rumors drag

From one mouth to ear.

Heartbeats to hide.

Jealousy to fear.

Sharing too far.

Talking too near.

Desires to cry.

Chances to cheer.

Wishes to Chase.

Too Dark to clear.

All the signs of

The thirteenth year.

Charming

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Prince Charming stands before me

And I’ve grown numbingly stupid.

With such angelic features,

I think I’ve fallen for Cupid.

I believe I could look miles

Into his bright blue eyes.

With all my vulnerability,

Is loving him that unwise?

Though he