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July 7, 2017
By Popcornbirdie GOLD, Elm Grove, Wisconsin
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Popcornbirdie GOLD, Elm Grove, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, high above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" ~Dorothy Gale

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I 

try 

so hard 

to guard 

my emotions 

but they pool 

forever, filling into infinite oceans

 

slowly drowning me

the killing see 

 

I

die 

each day

trying to pay 

for lost times and weakness

 

I know

the days like 

I know 

my pain 

because for me

they are the tormenters refusing 

to let me be

free

© Megan B., Youngstown, OH

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