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Where Is She?

March 4, 2011
By GoodbyeSunshine BRONZE, Chevy Chase, Maryland
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GoodbyeSunshine BRONZE, Chevy Chase, Maryland
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&quot;A better day is coming&quot;<br /> -Frederick Douglass

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She was a good girl.

She could laugh,

She could sing,

She could dance.

She could do all of that without a college guy in her pants.

She held her breath when she passed the smokers.

Saying she'd never do as they did.
She'd tell me how she hated liars.

And posers.

And the druggies in her school.

But that was before someone broke her.
Now she's sixteen.

Now she's a sinner.

Now she's a smoker.

Now I'm the one who holds my breath around her.

© Maria B., Boston, MA

The author's comments:
This is about someone I know and how she's changed so much. I miss the old her. I don't know the new her.
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Duane BRONZE said...
on Apr. 11 2011 at 2:19 pm
Duane BRONZE, Wathena, Kansas
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What comes around goes around

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just hang in there and it will get better god is on your side.
Duane BRONZE said...
on Apr. 11 2011 at 2:17 pm
Duane BRONZE, Wathena, Kansas
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What comes around goes around

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I know how you feel just hang in there and don't do drugs.
twisted2013 GOLD said...
on Apr. 8 2011 at 8:47 pm
twisted2013 GOLD, Ignacio, Colorado
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DO GIVE UP STAND UP AND FIGHT BACK

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omg i love it sounds like what happened to me and a very close friend ov myn
thezebrasgray PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 8 2011 at 3:43 pm
thezebrasgray PLATINUM, Taylorsville, Utah
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i know too many people that this poem relates to too well...
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on Apr. 6 2011 at 5:18 pm
xXFadedFlowerXx GOLD, Roy, Utah
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I love this poem, i can definitely relate to it in many aspects.