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  Look.

  

  By Benanna, Nowheresville, MO

  Your head stays down as you walk by Your voice stays hidden through the night I know you’re burdened, I hear your sighs. You think your hurt is seen by none, Keeping your cool behind that front— That pretty façade lets you run. Sprinting away from what you see Trying to maintain shre...
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  Letting Lead

  

  By Benanna, Foley, MO

  He's driving me crazy/ and I just can't take this anymore/ God please help me through this storm/ I can't do this on my own anymore/ No, not anymore It's taking a risk/ Like driving off a cliff/ But trusting in you/ it's all I can do/ My strength is gone/ I can&#...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Gossip

  

  By Benanna, Foley, MO

  Point Point Whisper, Stare Noses pointed in the air Eyes scheming, Gossip reaming snaking through the masses It doesn't take glasses To see the broken pieces They left without a care...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I Will

  

  By Benanna, Foley, MO

  I will trust... even when I'm just wandering down a lonely road I will smile... just when I start to crumble beneath the expectations I will strive... for the perfection you want for me, even when it leaves me falling short I will laugh... when I feel most like breakin...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I Am (Me)

  

  By Benanna, Foley, MO

  I am not The label taunted at me I am not The lies you push through me I am not An image of perfection I am not A perfect confection Pasted and pretty for all to see Try as I may, I am simply me. I do not Have every hair in place I do not Const...
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  Sweet Success

  

  By Benanna, Foley, MO

  Success Not the prettiest nor brightest Not the craziest or flightiest Not the biggest lamp nor holiest walk Or the sweetest tongue or ways of talk With heavy heart and empty hands I approach the throne of all the land Nothing to have or give to you Not a tale...