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  Alive

  

  By emmaw15, Minnetonka, MN

  I breathe. In. Out. In. Out. Air filling my lungs, Tacit salvation to screaming cells. Heartbeat drumming in my chest, Beats to the continuance of life. Life. I am warm. I am breathing. I am alive. But-, Quiet now, sit down and eat. You are so lucky, others have none. But-, close ...
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  Dreams Corrupted

  

  By emmaw15, Minnetonka, MN

  Dreams dark as secrets buried in the mind Light as butter melted on sweets These thoughts filled her subconscious Crept into her Blood and her bone With pleasantries rolled too smoothly off the tongue It corroded her memories Altered her truths Lies blended so fine into fact that she coul...
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  Hiding In plain Sight

  

  By emmaw15, Minnetonka, MN

  Hidden in Plain Sight She sits, legs curled into herself, shoulders shrugged (She is hiding in plain sight) Her face disappears Behind a curtain Of rich russet hair (She is always hiding From what nobody knows) And I think she might have smiled, softly. (She is hidden in plain sight.) Very...
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  Doubt

  

  By emmaw15, Minnetonka, MN

  i experience once more only i am just watching quietly watching me watching me watching me the grinding work the happiness i’ve earned received the tears i’ve shed i feel as like i’ve already walked the tightrope reached the disappointment waiting surviving the dance is only ha...