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October 8, 2010
By anna-lynne1291 DIAMOND, Dracut, Massachusetts
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How will we ever get out of this labyrinth?<br /> -John Green<br /> <br /> SEVAS TRA (Art Saves)<br /> -Otep

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Numb and dumb
from these emotions that will not succumb
are you a friend or an enemy?
These layers are brittle and breaking
and I am the last to know
I can barely breathe,
these lungs are blackened with my reality
The scars run too deep
for me to sleep alone

© Sean C., Princeton, IL

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