Never Give Up

• Madi Vivian, Grade 7
• Poetry
• 2015

You're going to be sad.
You're going to want to scream and punch things.
Do it. Let out every ounce of anger you have.
Sit on the floor and cry until you're numb.
Listen to songs that make your heart sink to your feet. W
rite letters to all the people that have broken you, left you, ignored you or hurt you.
Throw your hairbrush at the wall.
Do it twelve times.
Do it until you feel like you can breathe again.
You're going to be sad.
You're going to want to hurt yourself.
Don't you dare do it. Sit on the floor and watch cartoons like you did when you were little.
Listen to songs that make you want to dance around in your bedroom at 3:00am.
Make airplanes out of those angry letters and watch them sore into the fireplace.
Brush all the knots out of your hair and say "I am worth it" into the mirror. Say it twelve times. Say it until you feel like you can breathe again.
You're going to be sad.
You're going to get through it. xx