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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