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  Scar/r/ed

  

  By JerseyGirl716, Central, NJ

  Where is the line between “scared” and “scarred”? Surely there's more than one single “r”! Does “scared” become “scarred” when fear becomes real? Or does “scarred” become “scared”once our wounds heal? What happens when death comes into ...
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  Rock Bottom

  

  By JerseyGirl716, Central, NJ

  You tear me down. I hit the ground. Crumpled and broken, With words left unspoken. My feelings were bottled, But you've hit the throttle. They shoot up to you-- Sadness dyes my soul blue. Did you even catch them? Did you even care? Were they just another thing You let my shoulders be...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Wrecked

  

  By JerseyGirl716, Central, NJ

  Isn't it funny that what I do, (making paper pretty) infuriates you? You look at me call me ugly-- cut right to the chase: that's my jugular's misplaced location. Isn't it enough for you to know, my own self-worth will never grow? Because of words-- ingrained in m...