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Why Can't I Be Strong?

November 17, 2011
By ShawnaJ PLATINUM, Bismarck, Arkansas
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If you fail once, it doesn't mean you're going to fail at everything.

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All I am is a burden,
And all I want is out.
But can anyone hear me,
When I'm all the way to the ground?
I can't understand,
When people tell me I'm wrong.
But it takes all for me everyday,
To be so strong.
It's like my soul is crushed,
Straight to the core,
Why can't I go back to times,
When I didn't hurt anymore?
I want to be strong,
So strong I can't fall.
But I can't be strong,
When I'm so wrong,
And I'm not loved at all.

© Lauren M., Marblehead, MA

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FULLSTOP GOLD said...
on Nov. 23 2011 at 3:53 am
FULLSTOP GOLD, Skipton, North Yorkshire, Other
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wow. i can  see true emotion and feelings in here, hopefully not your own! did you ever realise you have talent? please can you check out some of my work? thanks!