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January 30, 2018
By MJLyon SILVER, Duncanville, Texas
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Some people have faced war
A nasty, rugged thing
Still more have faced the world
A scarred and broken place
Even others have faced themselves
In all their shattered glory
But I
was nasty and rugged
I was scarred and broken too
But it all my shattered glory,
You loved me
And I flew

© Jordana W., Harmony, MN

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