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Unforgiving Streets

November 24, 2013
By Claire_Eliza26 GOLD, Traverse City, Michigan
Claire_Eliza26 GOLD, Traverse City, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
They tell us, "destroy what destroys you" and then they get mad when we hurt ourselves


The city was unforgiving
even the people's hearts were cold
her body was young and beautiful
but her soul was broken and old

the streets had become her castle for she was a princess despite the men
with every touch she forgot herself
becoming lost again and again

escaping often to a streetlamp
always thankful for the light
for it scares away the monsters
that creep and crawl at night

but the streets began to take their tole
as she slowly withered away
waiting for her prince
as the night consumed the day

those monsters lived in the shadows
and she would shrivel from within
every time hungry fingers
dragged across her skin

and her absent hero
did nothing to save her slashed wrists
she then came to realize
that there was no fairy tale twist



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on Dec. 21 2013 at 9:43 am
Claire_Eliza26 GOLD, Traverse City, Michigan
19 articles 0 photos 29 comments

Favorite Quote:
They tell us, "destroy what destroys you" and then they get mad when we hurt ourselves

Thank You! I will keep that in mind:)

on Dec. 12 2013 at 8:59 pm
EmmaClaire0823 GOLD, Bay Minette, Alabama
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Favorite Quote:
"Be the change you wish to see in the world."

I really love this poem. It rhymes so easily and it flows. My only critic would be to get rid of some of the excess words like even in the first stanza second line and for in the second stanze second line. So, so good overall. Keep it up!