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I Broke Down Thursday

November 12, 2014
By PandaBear3 BRONZE, Eads, Tennessee
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PandaBear3 BRONZE, Eads, Tennessee
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Sanctuary... is a word which here means a small, safe place in a troubling world.

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I broke down Thursday
And the wind was cracking loud and
beating my spine into an
uncomfortable submission

I broke down
and all the graves were upside-down
letting the maggots see the sunlight
and the wood was damp and splintered

I broke down
and all the rocks became toadstools
and I sat and I knitted a scarf with
all my worries weaved in with the wool

I broke down Thursday
and the car wouldn’t start and my eyelids were
cinder blocks and the colors started leaking
as I realized my battery was dead

© Ashley W., Port Charlotte, FL

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A reflection of my past self. Yep.

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