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Memories marred by the attempts to delete them,
She doesn’t know what really happened anymore.
The Incident becomes incidents become “it happens all the time.”
Now all she knows
Is that it happens all the time.

Denial becomes excuses becomes I’m sorrys and
“What do you want me to do?”
It’s too late. She’s already afraid.

Afraid to be pitied,
She clutches her teddy bear, swallows her tears
And allows them to read her a story.

This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. This piece has been published in Teen Ink’s monthly print magazine.




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IndiloveThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
May 8 at 7:33 am:

So relatable you did amazing with this piece I'm looking forward to reading more of your stuff. this is really touching and just all around I loved it. If you can, take a look at some of my work please:)

Great job never stop writing!!!

 
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Apr. 27 at 9:36 am:
Very touching. I feel for you. <3 :)
 
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Apr. 18 at 11:24 am:
amazing<3
 
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xximjustmexxThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Mar. 3 at 10:04 am:

wow. i can personally relate this... you put into words my exact thoughts.

 

 
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Lindsey R. said...
Mar. 3 at 7:52 am:
This poem touched me personally, and I love poems that do that. Your writing is honest and simply beautiful.
 
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Doves_and_RavensThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Feb. 20 at 10:45 am:
Wonderful. It feels like you captured a little part of me in this poem.
 
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Fia-fiaThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jan. 19 at 8:12 pm:
Wow.... so clear and brilliant. This is great! Not quite amnesia, but something in between. ironically, prob most people r such but no one recognizes or accepts. Fantastic! Thank you! :)
 
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idc-wat-they-thinkThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jan. 19 at 5:04 pm:
wow i hav gone through this this is excellent u have a gift never give it up
 
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Pizefighter said...
Dec. 31, 2011 at 11:14 pm:
First though: Has she been spying on me!? Second thought: I think I'm going to cry now. If you can think of word that means painfully beautiful I will use it to describe this work of art.
 
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vazenitran98This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Dec. 28, 2011 at 7:56 pm:
Touched me somewhere deep inside.
 
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pencilchick said...
Dec. 6, 2011 at 7:52 pm:
Very deep!!!
 
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shapeshifter56This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Dec. 6, 2011 at 7:03 pm:
This is great and very deep. I was wondering...is it the girl's parents that she's so afraid of? Anyways, great job!
 
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belieberThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Dec. 6, 2011 at 6:42 pm:
this was really impressive the way your creativity flowed!
 
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BrownEyeGirl said...
Nov. 17, 2011 at 7:34 pm:
this poem made me cry it was very excellent but all so sad and i feel for the little girl .
 
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mattisonteeterThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Nov. 14, 2011 at 5:56 pm:
Amazing. it was a interesting experience the whole time reading through it
 
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kayla said...
Nov. 14, 2011 at 9:15 am:
this is sad i feel sorry for the girl!
 
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Lexie96This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Oct. 23, 2011 at 8:47 pm:
This is so good, really pretty. Anyone have some time to read my work? Please?
 
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PoeticBliss228This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Oct. 23, 2011 at 4:20 pm:
excellent i love it
 
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GirlWhoWroteThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Oct. 23, 2011 at 8:20 am:
Very thoughtful! If you could look at my poems that would be great.
 
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JamesODalaighThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Oct. 23, 2011 at 8:13 am:

Extremely pretty. Loved your work.

 

 
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hockeygirl174This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Oct. 1, 2011 at 4:27 pm:
This is definitely fantastic. The sadness is felt in every line but it's intense and it properly portrays the feelings of many people. Myself being one of them. Thank you for your beautiful work. It's truly amazing
 
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jasont727This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Oct. 1, 2011 at 2:19 am:
Absolutely incredible. The transitions that you detail here are lifelike and profound. Thank you!
 
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WrenAlasterThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Sept. 9, 2011 at 8:30 pm:
This is amazing!! I love the profound deepness of it. I like the picture that goes with it as well.
 
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singingdetectiveThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Sept. 9, 2011 at 1:02 pm:
WOW. VERY deep and impactful. Many people can connect to the feeling of wishing, wishing to forget something dreadful/awful. Or that evolution from "denial, excuses, acceptance, to 'where do I go now'?" Excellent job :)
 
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xximjustmexxThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Aug. 21, 2011 at 2:09 pm:
5/5 It sounds like you were writing about me. And even though I'm 13, every single night I grab my 7 year old teddy bear, and cry wishing that some things never happened or that I can forget.
 
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AidenThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Aug. 21, 2011 at 11:56 am:
This is soo amazing and heartfelt. Keep writing!!
 
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LazyDaisyTheWriterThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Aug. 18, 2011 at 5:23 pm:
Great job!
 
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Blooddrinker9755This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Aug. 18, 2011 at 10:51 am:
I could relate...... :>
 
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RhythmAndRhyme said...
Aug. 18, 2011 at 10:14 am:
So Pretty!
 
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aveawaveThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Aug. 18, 2011 at 9:59 am:
Please, keep writing. You are amazing! :)
 
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Lola_BlackThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jul. 29, 2011 at 6:41 pm:
Incredible! I'm speechless! Please, keep writing!
 
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smartiechic96This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jul. 28, 2011 at 2:20 am:
This piece is beautiful. It has so much raw emotion behind it. Don't stop writing.
 
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Angie.HudakThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Jul. 27, 2011 at 2:31 pm:
Just amazing. No better way to describe it(:
 
andromeda13This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Jul. 27, 2011 at 8:46 pm :
same. im speechless. truly amazing work
 
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Schubster said...
Jul. 27, 2011 at 8:22 am:

The Incident becomes incidents become “it happens all the time.”
Now all she knows
Is that it happens all the time.

^^ my favorite lines :D keep up the awesome work.

 
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shapeshifter56This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jul. 27, 2011 at 12:17 am:
WOW! This is such a wonderful, beautiful, fantastic poem! Keep up the great work!
 
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RanaHewezi1998 said...
Jul. 5, 2011 at 7:14 pm:
 that was creative!
 
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peartree18 said...
Jul. 5, 2011 at 1:19 pm:
i loved the last stanza. it was my favorite
 
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crazy-ashbobashThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Jul. 5, 2011 at 10:55 am:

beautiful! i really like the second and third stanzas! keep writing!

 

 
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freeflow23This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jun. 13, 2011 at 5:16 pm:
The first stanza was my favorite. I think you both started and ended the poem well.
 
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SuperSami97 said...
May 25, 2011 at 2:28 pm:
This is very good.  I love how you used parallelism with the way you started your stanzas.  Maybe there is a better title that incorporates more of your actual poem.  A phrase from the last stanza could be a great title.
 
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AngelAaliyah said...
May 22, 2011 at 6:19 pm:
Woww, this is amazingg.!
 
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kat95 said...
May 22, 2011 at 2:48 pm:

fantastic

 

 
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Speedyloris said...
Apr. 30, 2011 at 9:33 pm:
This is fantastic! Keep writing.
 
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Chloe H. This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Apr. 8, 2011 at 7:35 pm:
I love how you wrote this poem it shows your true colors
 
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daina1234 said...
Apr. 8, 2011 at 11:41 am:
i really like this i think you wrote this from the heart very good
 
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laaaurenThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Apr. 8, 2011 at 7:38 am:
this was so beautiful. amazing work.
 
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kag1787 said...
Mar. 20, 2011 at 8:04 pm:
absolutely fantastic
 
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PaRaNoRmAl627This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Mar. 17, 2011 at 6:34 pm:
this made my heart ache<3 gorgeous
 
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SweetbeanieThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Mar. 17, 2011 at 2:49 pm:
One word. BEAUTIFUL!
 
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