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Broken Pieces

April 16, 2019
By Meagerz SILVER, Louisville, Kentucky
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Meagerz SILVER, Louisville, Kentucky
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Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.- William Shakespeare

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Your first mistake was enabling

your broken pieces to define you.

When you hand your reigns to the past,

you allow your mistakes to confine you.

When you obey complacently to others

you give them control of your life.

You destroy yourself

emotions driven through you like a knife.

You bury your mind

in a grave you dig yourself.

You neglect your needs;

destroy your health.

All for nothing but pain;

endless stress and copious cost.

You drive yourself mad

leave yourself lost.

Get out while you can!

Escape from the trap.

Change your life…

before you snap.

© Jessica F., Bradford, MA

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