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  A Fear Grew

  

  By MadelineGabriella, portland, OR

  wicked thoughts, brought about by wicked hands pulled from the depths of your heart and your plans. coddled and kept like a baby, still and slow. and planted in the ground, fed hatred to grow. a fear grows its’ roots, shallow at first, but feeds upon other fears, weeping with thirs...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  People Good Enough

  

  By MadelineGabriella, portland, OR

  Walk down halls, books clutched against your chest like an infant, breathing slowly, quietly, look straight ahead. look down, and they look down on you, look up, and they look odd at you, look straight ahead. Your mind is traveling beyond the limits of their imagination, you se...
• Poetry > Ballad
  The Dancer’s Love

  

  By MadelineGabriella, portland, OR

  That pretty girl, She danced for her heart, Until she broke Another part. A twisted knee And tired head Laid the dancer On her bed. She cried for days And weeped for nights And no longer saw Her name in lights. When one day soon, She met a boy, Who lay with her All q...