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The Question is... Why?

May 13, 2010
By WriterJK SILVER, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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WriterJK SILVER, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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[The Young Poet] should stay the hell out of writing classes and find out what's happening around the corner. And bad luck fo the young poet would be a rich father, an early marriage, an early success or the ability to do anything very well.

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Why am I like this?
What have I done?
All these things build in my head
I can't take it, I want them gone!

My past lives in my present
It always has
It's stuck here, almost branded
Stabbing my heart with shards of glass

Why did it ever happen?
Why is it staying? haunting me
It drives me to the edge, trying to sadden
Trying to destroy! a torturing glee

© Shannon R., Playa Del Rey, CA

The author's comments:
Im in sort of a depressed time of my life. I already think to much and that night I just seemed to think WAY too much.
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