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why cant I be just me?

July 5, 2012
By BreannaMM PLATINUM, Dexter, Michigan
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BreannaMM PLATINUM, Dexter, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;I may be a slow walker but I never walk backwards&quot; ~ Abraham Lincoln<br /> &quot;Why stop dreaming when you wake up?&quot;

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~Myself
Lying here
Crying softly to myself
Wishing I could be more like myself

in this prison of mine behind bar’s I’m dying alive

© Cassandra Z., Sunnyvale, CA

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