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A Daughter

July 31, 2012
By ZydecoVivo PLATINUM, Concord, North Carolina
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ZydecoVivo PLATINUM, Concord, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;I reject your reallity and substitute my own&quot;- Adam Savage<br /> &quot;Words have no power to impress without the exquisite horror of their reality.&quot;-Edgar Allen Poe<br /> &quot;It&#039;s not that the questions were too hard, it&#039;s that they were too easy.&quot;-Ayn Rand

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Smoke words robbed me of the innocence I had.
Blind was I, to her fake smile, her obnoxious laughter.
So consumed with the thought of what I wanted, needed.
I made that smile my whole universe.
Now I rot within this shell called skin. And I weep for what I never had.
For what daughter can truly have a place in a woman’s heart when she has a son?

© Melinda M., Phoenix, AZ

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