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April 22, 2011
By SeeAndBelieve SILVER, Stratford, Other
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SeeAndBelieve SILVER, Stratford, Other
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Favorite Quote:
Save me from myself<br /> I can&#039;t relate<br /> We&#039;re mouth to mouth<br /> And still I suffocate<br /> There&#039;s nothing left<br /> Inside of me to break<br /> Save me from myself<br /> Save me from myself<br /> There&#039;s nothing left inside me<br /> There&#039;s nothing left

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Hiding,
In the rafters,
Watching,
From the rafters,
Avoiding you,
In these rafters,
Escaping your penetrating gaze,
In these rafters,
Missing you,
While I'm in these rafters,
Terrified of what you'll think,
If I come down from these rafters,
Petrified you'll stop loving me,
If I leave the safety of,
My rafters...

© Krystal B., Bloomingdale, IL

The author's comments:
Well, I originally wrote this because we're having poetry appreciation month at my school, but after I was done writing it, when I read it over, I realized I wrote it to get my feelings of fear out. To me, the rafters I speak of in my poem, is my bedroom. I'm saying, "I'm in my room, and I'm afraid if I come down, you'll look at me, and realize, 'I don't love her. I just pretend to.' My fear of you thinking that, is one of my biggest, most likely to happen, fears of all.
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