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So I know I technically skipped a day, but I’ve had a lot of social commitments this week so I apologize. Oh and this post is also on the wrong day, but my WiFi cuts out at 12 so I missed my window to post yesterday because I hadn’t finished yet.

Anyway here are the 3 lovely people whom this is devoted to:

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Phoenix is the lovely lil bean that brought me here to amino.

She’s quite a brilliant writer with a very poetic mind.

Although she won’t it that I’m sure.

I’m so glad I met this beautiful woman, & I think she’s a real inspiration as to how you can use your experiences to relate to others & help them.

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This brilliant French vine is absolutely adorable & stunning in many areas.

She’s one of the first people I’ve met on here. Zoey taught me to not judge someone before you know the full story, to always keep an open mind & heart, and to never stop doing what you love just because someone makes you feel bad about it.

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This lil babe is your sunshine on cloudy days. She is literally the biggest miracle that ever happened & a complete cinnamon roll. Claw will brighten your day any day. She taught me to never assume other’s circumstances till you know the complete truth, & to keep fighting for those you love.

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I am not a stranger to the dark

Hide away, they say

'Cause we don't want your broken parts

There’s a star in every galaxy that’s light is dim & wavering. It’s light isn’t less bright than any other, but it’s brightness is drowned out by the thousands around it.

Perhaps no one shall ever pick out this star amongst the others, perhaps it shall go small & unnoticed.

I've learned to be ashamed of all my scars

Run away, they say

No one'll love you as you are

Or perhaps this star will break free, burning and tearing through space, inspiring others in it’s trail, perhaps it is something much more than it is lead to believe.

But I won't let them break me down to dust

I know that there's a place for us

For we are glorious

Juleka exhaled, her whole body trembled violently. A shaft of spotlight caught her brown eyes through the crack in the heavy curtain before her.

“Ready when you are” Ms. Bustier whispered in her ear, she gave the nervous performer a soft encouraging smile then dashed off to encourage the many others waiting for their turn to perform. Her strawberry bun bobbed and disappeared around the corner. Leaving her alone once more.

Juleka had been rehearsing & rehearsing, week after week.

Shutting her eyes tight, she tried to the couple hundred times her and Luka had run over the song.

His soft strumming

His encouraging nod every now and then that seemed to urge her to sing more ionately.

The unspoken bond of music between them.

Peeking through the curtains, she caught a glimpse of his bright turquoise hair on the stage. She knew he held his guitar, ready & waiting.

She stood there petrified by fear.

Her limbs were like concrete.

What if her voice cracked?

What if she forgot the words?

What if her voice was nothing special, and people thought she was unworthy of performing?

What if Rose was disappointed?

When the sharpest words wanna cut me down

I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out

I am brave, I am bruised

I am who I'm meant to be, this is me

Forcing her heavy limbs to move, she stepped out through the curtain and on to the stage.

The bright spotlight immediately trained itself on her, causing her to squint.

As if in a dream she took a step forward, but it didn’t feel like she was controlling her actions. Then she took another, and another, until altogether she had reached the microphone at the center of the stage.

She turned to meet Luka’s eye.

He smiled, then nodded expectantly, his fingers positioned on the frets.

Look out 'cause here I come

And I'm marching on to the beat I drum

I'm not scared to be seen

I make no apologies, this is me

Suddenly a blonde in the audience caught Juleka’s eye.

Rose’s pink lips curled into a proud smile and her blue eyes sparkled with expectations, and all at once the room went quite still.

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh

The singer opened her mouth, and on cue Luka struck the first cord, vibrating, tearing through the air of the school courtyard where the talent show was being held.

It filled the room and filled her soul, and all at once the singer couldn’t help but let the so familiar words escape her lips.

Another round of bullets hits my skin

Well, fire away 'cause today, I won't let the shame sink in

We are bursting through the barricades and

Reaching for the sun (we are warriors)

Yeah, that's what we've become (yeah, that's what we've become)

Her voice was soft at first, like a whisper.

The microphone was so close to her lips she need only have moved a millimeter and she could have kissed it.

The music was growing stronger though, and so was a new confidence inside her.

I won't let them break me down to dust

I know that there's a place for us

For we are glorious

The audience was invisible, there was no one there but the singer, her brother, and the stars that stretched above them.

Juleka filled her lungs and let her voice vibrate through the air.

Luka’s chords reverberated in the background blending with her very being.

When the sharpest words wanna cut me down

I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out

I am brave, I am bruised

I am who I'm meant to be, this is me

She grabbed the microphone from the stand and tilted her head back, belting out the words. The oh so powerful words.

It was funny how someone else’s words could express a universal feeling. How they could touch each person in such a unique way.

Look out 'cause here I come

And I'm marching on to the beat I drum

I'm not scared to be see

I make no apologies, this is me

Shutting her eyes, letting her whole chest rumble with the sound of the noise escaping her. She couldn’t believe that she was the one filling the room and yet

she did

She, Juleka Couffaine, one of the shyest girls at her school. The girl who seemed invisible to everyone.

Who always listened, but rarely spoke her mind, was performing & the entire audience was mesmerized.

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh

This is me

It was so totally unlike her, yet like her at the same time.

and I know that I deserve your love

(Oh-oh-oh-oh) 'cause there's nothing I'm not worthy of

(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh)

Then a pause, a halt in the steady strum of the guitar.

The world fell silent, utterly silent.

There was nothing but the gasping breath of the shy girl & her rapidly beating heart.

Her song began again, a soft whispery kiss. The white fluorescent lights beat down on the sweat glistening on her brow.

Every eye in the room trained on her.

When the sharpest words wanna cut me down

I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out

This is brave, this is proof

This is who I'm meant to be, this is me

Luka struck his guitar with such ion Juleka’s heart leaped, but her voice crescendoed to match the tune.

Her foot stamped hard upon the stage, her voice exploding in the room.

Look out 'cause here I come (look out 'cause here I come)

And I'm marching on to the beat I drum (marching on, marching, marching on)

I'm not scared to be seen

I make no apologies, this is me

For the first time, she dared meet Rose’s eyes.

Rose’s eyes caught hers and she shot her an enthusiastic thumbs up.

Juleka’s heart leaped yet again and she felt a rush of new energy.

Luka let his guitar fade out gently, till there was nothing in the air except Juleka’s voice and the roaring of blood in her ears.

When the sharpest words wanna cut me down

I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out

I'm gonna send a flood

Gonna drown them out

She took a shaky breath, and lowered her head with a soft smile on her lips.

She definitely didn’t care if she won.

The audience erupted in wild cheers and clapping.

It all faded to white noise though, because Juleka’s ears only heard the clapping of one pair of hands in the audience.

Her eyes only saw the smile her brother gave her and the mouthed “awesome”

Shyly, she lowered her head in a deep bow.

Oh

This is me

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