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  I'm a man, Almost

  

  By Dakdak., Baytown, TX

  I'm a man, almost, The world so unclear, Vague like swimming through water, Eyes wide awake, vision so blurry, I'm a man almost, mother don't worry. I'm a man, almost, I'll find my way, I'm the message in a bottle, Opened another day, Scouring through water, ...
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  Tears of Stone

  

  By Dakdak., Baytown, TX

  Everyone speaks of the girl with tears of blood, But what about the girl with tears of stone? Tears of stone skidding down her face from a place of cool, blue stone. Stone, harder and harsher than a place of red liquid. Her tears show that the she resists to be broken like stone resisting the ch...
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  The Little Boy who Can't Cry.

  

  By Dakdak., Baytown, TX

  Who will cry for the kid who can't cry for himself? Probably no one. No one was there to care. No one here, no one there, just me and the air. The air was wrapped around me like a blanket of ice. After a while the ice wasn't so bad. All I had to worry about was the frostbite....
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  The Code

  

  By Dakdak., Baytown, TX

  The code was to be quiet, stay shut, and not let anyone know. Who was I to tell? No one knew, and if I told I would be in big trouble. After a while it became a way of life for me, no stranger than going to the grocery store. I was hiding. I was hiding everything about me from those that knew m...