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What I Could Never Tell My Mother

By Margaret W., Reston, VA

What I could never tell my mother Isn’t her fault; it’s mine It’s things wrapped inside of me, coiled like wire with the filament exposed She could accept them – those things – I’m...

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The past days

By Anonymous, Wyckoff, NJ | 0 comments

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I Grew Up

By thatfangirl, Paul, ID

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Let’s Play God!

By Diarist_Chicken, Blue Mounds, WI

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Daddy's Womb

By Carl H., Staten Island, NY

i asked my father if i could swim, and he said that i would drown. The Sea would imprison me – he said if my feet had left the ground. So i walked out to the water, and cried out – how...

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I Take Back My Tears

By Lilyan H., tallahasee, FL

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You & Me

By bluemagnet22, Dearborn Hts, MI

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By Mckay, Somewhere, VA

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