cassie slaughter Poems

Here I am
A lonely jail bird
Falling apart
At every word
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here I am
Looking back
At all the pain
Of my past
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Depression is darkness
Threatening your life
It tricks you
Into thinking of your strife
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I thought about you today
And I wondered to myself
How we got this far
Was it something I did?
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I did not ask for a life of pain
I did not ask for a life full of shame
I did not ask to be abused growing up
I did not ask for this dead girl to show up
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What is this feeling
That seems to be taking over me?
This feeling of pain and suffering
It feels as if
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my life has been,
so full of pain.
my heart broken,
in so many ways.
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as I sit here alone
the pain from my past
begins to creep up on me ever so slowly
and I begin to wonder
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why is it so hard to find love?
even if it's sitting
right before our eyes?
a lot of people in the world
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I've seen many storms
come and go in my life
some so strong
I almost gave up and lost my fight
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