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Bittersweet – An Original Song

by Hadassah Grace

Wind in our hair, hearts in the sky
Salt on our tongues, sun in our eyes
As the ocean flies by 
And we’re young and free
And our love runs deep 
And our pain runs deep 
‘Cause we feel everything, everything

And we will 
Never have this moment again
We’ll never have this moment again

The sky is dark, then bursts with color 
All the sparks start off another circle in time 
And we look up at the lights
And we’re young and free
And our hope runs deep 
And our hurt runs deep 
‘Cause we feel everything, everything

And we will 
Never have this moment again 
We’ll never have this moment again

A piece of paper in your hand
A piece of paper in my hand
Different paths and different plans 
Can’t we just stop time
And hold on to this moment 
Like we’re holding on to each other?
Let’s forget just for a second life goes on 
‘Cause in this moment 
We’re young and free 
And the tears flow free

And it’s bittersweet

We feel everything 
And we will 
Never have this moment again

So close your eyes and take a picture with your mind 
Close your eyes and take a picture with your mind 
So you’ll remember what it’s like 
Right now 
We have everything, everything 
Everything, everything

By CulTuremiKs, ago

Gone – An Original Song About Leaving For College

by Hadassah Grace

I don’t usually ever act this way 
But they don’t know that 
Lately I just haven’t felt the same 
But they don’t know that 
They say this is freedom, spread your wings
You can be whoever you want to be
When nobody knows you 
Nobody knows me

I’ve gotten good at starting over 
But I’m tired of moving on 
And counting down the days til 
Everything is gonna change and 
Another part of me is gone

The other night I just fell apart 
And they all know that 
Lately I have had a heavy heart 
And they all know that 
They say it gets better, give it time 
But I’m running out and I feel like I 
Don’t even know me 
I don’t even know me

I’m tired of starting over 
I’m numb from moving on 
Packing up my things and 
seeing what the next place brings and 
Another part of me is gone

Soon I’ll be starting over 
And letting go and moving on 
So I am on my knees 
Praying that before I leave 
This place will feel like home

I’m packing up my things
You’ll always be a part of me 
Every time I leave 
I leave behind a part of me 
And 
Another part of me is gone

By CulTuremiKs, ago

They Say Africa

​They say Africa is
A permanent thing,
That you can leave it behind but
It won’t leave
You behind
I don’t know if that’s true

They say Africa is
Always accepting,
Open-armed to welcome
Even the ones who’ve been gone
The longest
I don’t know if that’s true

They say Africa is
Undeniable in your blood,
That it cannot be forgotten,
That children of Africa
Can only grow up to be Africans
No matter how life goes

I was a child of Africa.
The language is slow on my tongue now,
And culture comes hesitantly, in bursts
Of memory that are ashamed of their weakness
In the safety of my home I am still
African but outside I have forgotten it all…

Africa, you promised to be permanent!
Africa, I promised to be always yours,
With the red dust of the village running
Through my veins until I die but
Memory is hard.

They say Africa is
Permanent, that it
Will not forget you even if
You cannot remember but
I guess skin colour was always
The dividing line.

by Ghanaperu

By CulTuremiKs, ago