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she was alone until he brought the sunshine
She was alone in her fear,
so so very alone.
She walked the bright hallways as if they were dark,
head bowed to the ground,
shoulders curving in a self-protecting habit,
she grew her hair long and kept it hanging, -
Poison berries
Red berries are poison berries,
that is what her mother taught her.
Men who grab you,
and don't let go,
even when you say no,
are just like those berries,
that's what her mother taught her.
"Why?" the girl asked. -
all around
She was alone,
In crowd,
But alone.
Her face held a smile,
Pasted there for everyone to see.
Her hands were held primly at her sides,
Legs crossed.
She was surrounded, -
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She is me and I am her
Quiet,
speak only when spoken to.
Hunched shoulders,
trying to hide in my own skin.
Normal bland clothes,
fitting in but not being me.
Doing the right thing,
even when it means being quiet.
Worrying about grades, -
