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Turning Back?

December 20, 2011
By 22much4me SILVER, Croswell, Michigan
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Before the addiction
Among the crowd
Around fresh air
Into having it all
About my future
Among many friends
After the addiction
Into the halls
Away from the crowd
Through my lungs
Near the end
Beneath the ground
Among the dead, just like you

© Ellen S., Franklin, KY

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Kyesha GOLD said...
on Dec. 22 2011 at 9:23 pm
Kyesha GOLD, Lamar, Missouri
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This poem is infinitly true. I love the phrasing.