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Time Goes On

May 15, 2023
By audreecopeland_ BRONZE, Somerset, Kentucky
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Anonymous rumors flooded into her brain.

Executed with venom and envy. 

That was plenty she thought often.

They speak of her name in vain.

Society shapes us into who we are. 

She can see from afar the moon aside from a falling star. 

Distant but close.

The broke shards that fell from the mirror filled that hole. 

Betrayal is poison. 

Destroying us. 

Her mother needed time to stop ticking.

Just for a moment. 

A moment of relief. 

A moment to let go of grief.

Time continued on.

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The author's comments:

 We sometimes view people as the best version of themselves until they drive some too far. This poem is to show how badly some people in society need to change. 

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