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April 27, 2014
By ScarletteVelveteen PLATINUM, Rio Rancho, New Mexico
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ScarletteVelveteen PLATINUM, Rio Rancho, New Mexico
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"Creativity is how you tell everything you don't want to say to everyone"
-Me

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Swing on a pendulum between
The past and reality
Question everyday
Who, what, when, where am I?

Because no matter where I go
It haunts me all the time
Back to the time I saw you cry
Where I failed to succeed
When I missed my mark
And left a scar on a soul
And burned a hole in my heart.

© Elizabeth G., Marblehead, MA

The author's comments:
One thing, one choice, can follow you for the rest of your life. Whether everyone else knows it or not, it will always be there.
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