Hey! So we just got internet again after several months with out it, and I wanted to celebrate it by posting on here!

This was created, because of an English project. We had to rewrite a story that really affected us, and I chose this one. I actually worked really hard on this, so I hope you guys like it.

Also, when I first posted it, the format didn't turn out right, so I redid it.

Please Read and Review!

It's hard to remember what it's like

To love

To laugh

To live

Why is the good impossible to remember

Yet the bad is impossible to forget

All I remember is my l-i-f-e

Spiraling

d

o

w

n

w

a

r

d

Gaining

more

and more

m.o.m.e.n.t.u.m

As

it

f*e*l*l

Finally it s-t-o-p-p-e-d

It couldn't fall any further

I couldn't fall any further

So I did the only thing I could think of

~Thirteen stories~

~Seven tapes~

~One recorder~

~And a bottle of pills~

That's all it took

I didn't know

What would happen

...

I still don't know

There is nothing

But everything

I see

Everything

Know

Everything

And it is -indescribable-

But it's always

Just

Out

of

Reach

So I stopped reaching

Anddecided to watch

Watched as the tapes were received

And I was g_l_a_d

Perhaps it's vindictive

But it doesn't c*h*a*n*g*e anything

The truth would be out

Each receiving, hearing, and sending

Of the tapes ensured that

.

Justin Foley

He was the first

I blame h=i=m

For what he did, what he started

A chain of events

Events that were big and small

It started with a k*i*s*s

An innocent k*i*s*s

That was twisted and warped

Into something u-n-r-e-c-o-g-n-i-z-a-b-l-e

And it wasn't just my life he r.u.i.n.e.d

.

Alex Standall

He was the second

He wrote the _l_i_s_t_

That lost me a f.r.i.e.n.d

Opened me to public s^c^r^u^t^i^n^y

And violation

But it was only a _l_i_s_t_

Even though it truly started

The snowball of *h*o*r*r*o*r*

That became my life

.

Jessica Davis

She was the third

I w~i~s~h I could be a-n-g-r-y

She believed what she wanted

And cast away our friendship

(Olly-olly-oxen-free)

But I can't

I have no right

Not after what I did

Or rather didn't do

And I'm sorry

(so sorry)

That she had to find out that way

.

Tyler Down

He was the fourth

He did what he did

He was a peeping-tom

And I'm a=n=g=r=y

More than a=n=g=r=y

l*i*v*i*d

I no longer felt safe

Not in my house

Not in my room

My privacy was d)e)s)t)r)o)y)e)d)

But other's don't have the right to be

Like they didn't do anything

(talk about the pot calling the kettle black)

.

Courtney Crimson

She was the fifth

The one who loves to be loved

And everyone loved

E.x.c.e.p.t M.e

I saw t'h'r'o'u'g'h the act

Because that's all she was

An *a*c*t*

But the truth is coming out

I won't be the only one to know

And once you learn the truth

You can't unlearn it

(Trust me, I tried)

.

Marcus Cooley

He was the sixth

He was my Valentines date.

(Oh my dollar Valentine)

And I was a-m-o-s-t stood up

And I w:i:s:h I was

But he turned back

Pulled me into a booth

And told me

"Don't worry"

That day I started thinking

.

Zach Dempsey

He was the seventh

Yes, I'm a=n=g=r=y

But it's d

His actions were childish

He tried to help

(If you can call it that)

And he got his feelings hurt

So he retaliated

I still can't f.i.g.u.r.e out w^h^y he did that

W^h^y that

He stole what little p+o+s+i+t+i+v+e+s I had

I hope he enjoyed his little n-o-t-e

(especially now)

Ryan Shaver

He was the eighth

He was only supposed to f/i/n/d

Never t . a . k . e

Never s . t . e . a . l

But I guess I'm the e*x*c*e*p*t*i*o*n

Or maybe not

I should've known

He kept asking questions

Questions I didn't want to answer

But I didn't have to

He g"u"e"s"s"e"d correctly

(Was I really that easy to read)

He s_t_o_l_e my thoughts

And p*u*b*l*i*s*h*e*d them

For the world to see and scrutinize

.

Clay Jensen

He is the ninth

I watch him

And I feel _b_a_d_ that he has to hear it

All those dirty truths

But he |n|e|e|d|s| to know

(I need him to)

Even if he .h.a.t.e.s. me for it

That's fine

(I hate myself too)

Some might say he could've done more

But he did what I asked

He left

Nothing more

Nothing less

He doesn't belong on that list

But he is

I'm glad he has Tony

(he deserves someone to help him)

I watch as he finishes the tapes

And sends them on

(it's already gone so far, it has to be finished)

He always was a nice guy

.

Now I wait

Wait for the tapes to be d.e.l.i.v.e.r.e.d to the n^e^x^t

The truth will be out

The innocent will be pardoned

The guilty will be charged

*And it will be done*