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My Future

January 19, 2015
By abeautifullife9 GOLD, Brentwood, Tennessee
abeautifullife9 GOLD, Brentwood, Tennessee
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Favorite Quote:
"Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past."


Dark days,
Late nights.
Staying up 'til three,
If only I could remain asleep
To avoid the lonely hours
That consciousness brings.
You gave me an idea for the future,
If you could even call it that.
I'd be a lady of the night,
As they have coined the term
Because they are too conservative to say w****,
As if the word would burn their self-righteous lips.
So I give my body to men
Night after restless night
Because you taught me that that was all I was good for.
A broken toy you used
Simply because it was available
Leaving me feeling worthless and destroyed.


The author's comments:

I wrote this piece when I was in a treatment program in Utah. I shared it at a poetry slam for the first time. It is a true account of how one boy influenced how I felt about myself and my future.


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