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All I Have Is Me
Declan Connolly

I'm free
But all I have is Me
I was supposed to have 2 parents
But all I have is Me
I seek out reliability
But I'm all alone
so,
All I have is Me.

Others have parents, but all I have is Me
Others make friends easily
But all I have is Me

Instead of being lonely
I have to be OK with
Me
I have to be stronger because
they set me up
to be weak
I have to be my own stability
I have to be my own family
because they failed me.
But I'll keep fighting
I'll succeed
So I can live like I'm free
instead of just
being.

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An American Dream
Josef Desade

Flailing limbs
The sun crawls across the sky
Voyeuristic society
Sunlight shines on a child
Lips blue
Sightless eyes
Thumping to the ground
CRACK
Summer wanes
Blood on the pavement
A soft guitar riff through the open window
The engine idles
Red and blue
Red and blue
Tears on the pavement
Glassy eyes
Radio static
Then silence
An American Dream.

You can find more of Josef Desade at www.josefdesade.com

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No Title
Dyllan Blodgett

Am I normal
or uncomfortable?
I wear my pretty dresses
and feel dressed to kill.
But then the rest of the world
looks at me with disdain.