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Chelsea School

Darkness

Darkness. Afraid that it's going to swallow me whole, throw me into a place where I'll never see daylight. It seems like darkness is always there, always going to take me away, almost like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. Whatever happened to Todo? Huh?

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As the sun goes down, a cool breeze blows. My feet dangle in the water, the smell of bug spray all around. With my fishing line cast far out, I hear nothing but birds chirping and an occasional fish leaping out of the water. My line pulls; I think to myself, I got a bite. My body goes from calm to excited, with a quick chill going from my head to toe. I reel in quickly, it's a big one.

I Still Love You

First it starts off small,
With having him hang up,
Then it builds up to screaming and crying
Over the phone when he calls back.
You wait few days to go see him.
You're both sitting there,
Thinking what's going to happen.
You decide to break the silence.
In an instant you find yourself,
Slammed into the wall.
Your breathing gets low.
His hands in a fist.
Your eyes meet as tears,

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