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  Corruption

  

  By Lexi_Lou_17, Laurel, MD

  My world is falling apart. One piece at a time. Everything I come to love, slips through my fingers, and is carried away in the breeze, along with a piece of my heart. I can't come to anyone. Except myself. Hopefully, if I love myself enough, I will also slip away from this world. ...
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  Empty Birdcage

  

  By Lexi_Lou_17, Laurel, MD

  My hear is a broken birdcage. It cannot bear being filled and emptied countless times. It's becoming rusty, tattered and worn from the constant showers of tears I'm letting free. The hinges are falling apart, the bars are cracking, the door squeaks, the paint is chipping off. It�...
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  If You Really Knew Me

  

  By Lexi_Lou_17, Laurel, MD

  If you really knew me, you'd realize I'm in pain. If you really knew me, you'd know I'm hardly sane. If you really knew me, you'd know that I'm not perfect. If you really knew me, you'd know that I feel worthless. If you really knew me, you'd kno...
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  Old Photographs

  

  By Lexi_Lou_17, Laurel, MD

  I receive an envelope. Not just any envelope, but a package from an unknown source. There is no return address. There is no name. It’s a plain yellow envelope. It had beautiful, loopy, curly, lettering, and it makes my eyes do a dance as I read the words. My eyes dance across the front. I...