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Fragile

January 5, 2014
By I.am.me.46 BRONZE, Westport, Massachusetts
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I.am.me.46 BRONZE, Westport, Massachusetts
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"Why sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." - The Queen of Hearts

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When other people’s walls are broken down
They are set free
But if you break my sister’s walls,
You break her.

The bone and skin have become fused
With glass.
The glass that marks the beginning of her world
The end of ours.
How I wish that only light got in.

© Michelle F., Port Charlotte, FL

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The process of writing this (and other articles) has helped me cope with the difficulties in my life.
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