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  Lemon Tree

  

  By XxFelicityxX, Collegeville, PA

  On every hot day of the summer, I Tazia did the exact same thing; she sat beneath the lemon tree in her backyard. From the outside, this lemon tree was average. It was a good size and it always had emerald leaves, but all together normal. But to Tazia, it was a sanctuary. And beneath it's e...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I Don't Need

  

  By XxFelicityxX, Collegeville, PA

  I don’t need you standing at my door, Telling me how pretty you think I am. I don’t need your fake flattery. I don’t need you by my side, To make me feel sure of myself. I don’t need you near me, To have a good day. I don’t need you with me, Beside me, Near me, Talking to me, Ly...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Train

  

  By XxFelicityxX, Collegeville, PA

  I stood on the train tracks, listening to the whistling that warned of an on coming train. This was it; I couldn’t take it anymore. There was nothing left for me here. Home had become a prison, school a form of torture and even the outside world felt closed in. I couldn’t breathe. I needed ...