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Hide and Seek
Once upon a time there existed a child. The child was odd, she never fit in. Not even the freaks accepted her. She was ignored. Like a dandelion in a field of daisies. Though she smiled and believed the world was beautiful she knew better. So many times ignored by her peers she turned her back on them and walked away. She walked till she found other children playing hide and seek. They were younger, but she did not care, all that was on her mind was play. She asked to join and they happily obliged. She hid somewhere that was open but still concealed. She hid behind the stairs crouched near the ledge of the wall. Children that played hide and seek ran past her but they never noticed. The bell rang and she would leave unnoticed from the game. She went back every day, hid in the same place, hoping to be found. But everyday the bell would ring and no one ever saw.
That girl grew up. She stopped hiding behind the stairs, but no one has found her. She left her spirit there and her shell walks invisibly through the halls. She walks the world empty to all. To those that know she didn’t know she was a shell. Even though she never hid again she visited the place in her dreams, in the deep recesses of her mind, the place of shades and figments.
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I always started with my fist
Now I count to three
Slit my wrist
And now I'm free.
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