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  Harlem Streets

  

  By Tigger13, Gallatin, TN

  Harlem Streets, slavery Times. Hurt looks in Colored faces, Brown and Hazel eyes. Whites give demands, while Blacks take beatings. Colored children's heart just keep on beating. Colored women were raped, while mixed children were mistakes. Now here we stand. Together, hand in hand. Blac...
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  When I Was A Child

  

  By Tigger13, Gallatin, TN

  What happened to the girl I used to be? I'm grown up, not yet ready to be set free. I want to go back to when I was a cild, before life removed all the innocence. My father would lift me high, calling me his little princess, and spinning me in circles for hours. We'd dance aroud the house...
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  Wrapped & Twisted

  

  By Tigger13, Gallatin, TN

  Isn't it great to have the one you always turn to betray you? Or all your friends turn their backs? My life is spiraling out of control. Down into depths unknown by many. That, my dear, is the place I call home. Is it bad I call these things normal? Is it wrong to want to leave this retched pla...
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  I Still Love You

  

  By Tigger13, Gallatin, TN

  I'm wondering where you are, while staring at the stars with tears streaming from my eyes. I curse your name and the tears you caused. My broken heart is slowing to a pause. I hate you, I hate you. You've broken me by choice, now I don't even want to hear your voice. I couldn't b...