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Patches

April 17, 2011
By Anonymous

I walked alone, down a damaged street
People against the walls, who you don’t want to meet.
Then in middle of the alley I realized,
I was just like them, beaten and terrorized.

They told me the stories,
Of their lives.
Of their quarries,
And all the spread lies.

Then came along a man with scratches,
I examined him closely,
He lit up some matches.
But he said that he was using smoke and fire to cover the wounds and use as patches.


The author's comments:
This poem is about realizing who you are and accepting the fact that there are other people like you in this world, and you all have problems that you must face but you can't heal them with material things but only yourself.

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