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'X' Marks The Spot

October 22, 2011
By Ashlyn_Starr PLATINUM, Oak Grove, Missouri
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"Life often feels like it's spinning. Just stop and look at the design being made."~ Advice given to me by my aunt Kaitlyn

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"X" marks the spot
Where the blood runs cold
Every mark
Is just another hold
She isn't free
She isn't there
All she knows
Is to take it and stare
One step forward
Makes two back
There she goes
Just another crack
The hit takes hold
She falls to the floor
Just another week
She's just another girl

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