Phoenix from the ashes

hey everyone

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hey

how are you guys doing how’s the how is

it that extra

is it fun you’re having fun

where’s the philharmes

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so my story starts off pretty basic

we’ve all heard

this type of story so it’s all started

in fifth grade when i was in quake

i always had this group of friends of

mine

we would go out together have fun

together even have sleepovers every now

and then

to be honest we were we became friends

like three years ago

so when i when we were in second grade

um we would have fun together again and

we called ourselves the fairies because

we practically flew together

one day um in the beginning of the

semester of first grade

there’s this girl let’s call hermia for

example

she used to spread rumors about me

and just lie to my friends about

horrible things that i’ve never done

before

slowly and gradually my friends started

to believe her and they started to

hurt me i just

couldn’t believe my eyes like how can my

friends

of three years just like suddenly turn

on me

when this girl that we’ve just

known for like a month or so come and

just

ruin our relationship in like three

seconds

was just simple words

i was devastated but

i just didn’t find it all at that time

i might have lost my happiness which was

my friends

but i didn’t really mind it like i’m i

was sure that they’d come back

we were best friends after all

one day i was walking to school

in the corridor and i found my friends

and mia having this

huge gang and just like ganging up on me

they started hurting me both physically

and emotionally with

horrible words as loser nasty

nerd the one that hurt the most

was talentless i was sure i was not

talentless

but they said it every time they saw me

and i started believing them

i started hurting myself

i started getting depressed every day

gradually every night

would be a complete challenge to me

either me crying in my bedroom

or just not talking to anyone at all

i couldn’t tell my mom about anything i

thought she would be disappointed

that to think that her own daughter

couldn’t stand up for herself

but little did i know my mom was a

guardian angel

my mom was that key to the cage that i

was trapped in

i eventually told her and

she gave me the best advice i could ever

have

she told me midna everything’s gonna be

all right

you will win this battle with

your talent you’re gonna show them who’s

boss

she was correct but

i didn’t believe her at her time at that

time like

when was i going to show my talent i was

talentless after all

that’s what i thought

um one day i was scrolling through my

youtube feed

and i saw this ad for an application

it had the words this sentence

no matter what you’re going through what

happens in your life

or what is holding you back you’ve got

that talent

that makes you special that makes you

stand out in the crowd of millions of

people

because no one can stop you no one can

hurt you no one can take

that special talent from you i started

thinking

what do i love the most drawing

no dancing not really

it was singing i used to sing a lot

but i just couldn’t i simply couldn’t

relate anymore

all the songs that i knew were all just

happy songs

songs that i couldn’t express myself

through

and what is singing what is music

without emotion

i eventually started writing my own

songs since i come from a musical family

and i didn’t care they were depressing i

didn’t care

sad still didn’t care i was doing

something that i loved

something that i could express myself

through

that i could battle these

cages that i can break free with

i actually have a song to sing today and

it’s

a song of mine

it’s called chambers and i wrote it

after that day of me being ganked up on

save me from these chambers i’m locked

in

i need to find the key what is the

solution

do you know it’s a brand new mystery

if i can’t find anything at

all will i rise up

and stand up not fall

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hmm

thank you

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so through this speech i wasn’t just

talking about my bullying story or how

i started writing music i wanted to

share this message

that you’re even if you’re going through

the hardest of times in your life

even if you can’t handle it anymore

there is this some

this there is this special thing in you

that you can stand out with that can

help you

stand out you can inspire yourself with

it

either dancing comedy having fun with

your friends

or even just casually talking or writing

just books it doesn’t matter

you’re expressing yourself through you

it doesn’t matter what others think

even if it’s depressing it’s happy it’s

cheerful

or it’s just plain boring if you’re

doing what you love

then it doesn’t matter what others think

so will you guys rise like a phoenix

from its ashes like how i did

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