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The Penumbra's Riddle

October 14, 2013
By Shade3043 DIAMOND, Shade3043 Did This, In Case Of Anonymous, Other
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Shade3043 DIAMOND, Shade3043 Did This, In Case Of Anonymous, Other
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When I was a boy, I would always hear scary things in the news and my mother would say to me, "Always look for the helpers. Everywhere you look you will always find people helping." - Fred Rogers

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No chance of redemption.
Pushing me away.
In our own little dimension.
With your heartstrings I will play.
Nobody knows you more.
Nobody's more distant.
There's nobody you'd rather die for.
Nobody else you'd kill this very instant.

Not unlike a parasite I take and take and take.
But, oh you need me, for your own sake.
You can't thrive without me.
You can't cry without me.
While I'll never leave your side
I was never really there.

© Natalie D., Ames, IA

The author's comments:
This is kinda how I wrote back when I first joined Teen Ink a couple months ago. I've noticed that my poetry seems to be getting longer and longer, so I've decided to make a few more poems that aren't too long-winded.
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