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March 19, 2011
By The.King SILVER, Golden, Colorado
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The.King SILVER, Golden, Colorado
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"A story's beginning is a sudden event. The start, a happy accident; the end, the fate for which it's meant. A story that never ends is a sad fate."-Miss Edel

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Is this what a father is? a mother? where i'm headed?
intoxicated rages, drunken brawls
to come home and beat the first i see?
all i've ever known is you and your brutal fist
and what you've told me
i'm useless
i'm pathetic
i'm an accident
i'll never be anything

And I'm done with it
I've torn the shackles from my battered wrists
I'll rise above you
I can

I will

© Jennifer H., Bethesda, MD

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DreamsAreBroken said...
on Aug. 1 2011 at 1:06 pm
Very powerful. I sympathize with this poem so much and can relate to it so much. I think you hit it right on. Its a very, in a weird way, beautiful poem
InvisibleNerdGirl said...
on Jun. 12 2011 at 2:04 pm

That's poetic.

And scary.

Fredwardness SILVER said...
on May. 15 2011 at 11:00 pm
Fredwardness SILVER, Romeo, Michigan
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What if they beat you until you cannot move? Cannot breathe?
Destinee BRONZE said...
on May. 9 2011 at 9:03 pm
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DUDE this is amazing!! Good job!
silentlyspoken BRONZE said...
on Apr. 13 2011 at 10:32 pm
silentlyspoken BRONZE, Wentzville, Missouri
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Very powerful.  I love the end.  Great job :)