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February 2, 2011
By kpott4 SILVER, Flemingsburg, Kentucky
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kpott4 SILVER, Flemingsburg, Kentucky
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Sometimes, it takes more strength to just let go

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What is it to own addiction?
A world of pain.
A deep affliction.

The mirror is a dangerous place.
What am I now?
Who is this face?

My mother cries out for me,
A quiet scream of desperation,
I'm in too deep, out at see,
Far away from realization.

My child's eyes, pouring with tears.
I wish like hell I could erase those years.

No pill can cure you, no prescription.
Another number.

Victim of addiction.

© Becky G., Westerville, OH

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It's about an addiction, of any sort really.
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kpott4 SILVER said...
on Aug. 30 2012 at 7:08 am
kpott4 SILVER, Flemingsburg, Kentucky
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Sometimes, it takes more strength to just let go

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thank you so much!
writer3499 GOLD said...
on Jul. 2 2012 at 10:47 am
writer3499 GOLD, New Bedford, Massachusetts
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&quot;it&#039;s impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not have lived at all-in which case you fail by default.&quot;<br /> -J.K.Rowling

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amazing...i don't know what else to say!