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• Poetry > Free Verse
  Outside

  

  By Sara-Lynn, gouldsboro, ME

  It's cold,... Most likely below freezing. But there won't be any snow tonight, the sky is clear. The sidewalk feels like it's frozen. The stars are wicked pretty tonight. Not that they aren't every night, but they're just more noticeable. The moon isn't full, b...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I'm Not That Girl

  

  By Sara-Lynn, gouldsboro, ME

  You tore me apart, shattered my self-esteem, you built me up, only to knock me back down. I'm on my knees, begging your forgiveness. The blue of your eyes, cuts like a knife, you want me to love you, you want me to care, you want me to help, but I don't know how. There's n...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Confessions of a Broken Heart

  

  By Sara-Lynn, gouldsboro, ME

  "I love you." That's what you told me. Foolish me, I let my heart believe it was true, "I love you too." I opened my heart to you...wanted you to be in my life...wanted you to make my reality better than the dreams that swirl around my head as I sleep every night. "I wi...
• Opinion > Discrimination
  Watch What You Say

  

  By Sara-Lynn, gouldsboro, ME

  Okay, who knows anyone who is gay, lesbian, or bisexual? Have you always known that they were? What happened when they told you? Did you stop being friends with them? Call them a faggot or a dyke? I doubt it. So why is it different if they aren't your friend? I'm not going to try and chang...
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  Love Is...

  

  By Sara-Lynn, gouldsboro, ME

  What is love? I don't know...and I bet you don't either. So how is it that one person can judge another because of who they love? She loves another girl, so she is wrong, he loves another boy, so he's no longer my friend...what's the difference between loving someone of the oppos...