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Elementary Darkness


When I was tossed into the darkness, I was lucky enough to be ignored but still I felt the sword...still I felt the sword. The darkness had me in its grip, my innocence was stripped. I was taunted without provocation I was ignored without a foundation and it was all because I had a different calibration. It was hard - everything hurt, so very bad. I had nowhere to turn, no way to assert. For me, the taunting only terminated, when I in turn graduated. But, regardless, I survived, even with a hole in my heart, I lived. However, my persona was altered slightly and my outlook on humanity grows ever unsightly. Perhaps the world is not as you thought the most brightly.
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This was written from the heart, written from the very experiences of my elementary school from fifth grade up, from which I graduated. I'm so glad I can express my thoughts into poems so easily, to release that bottled up feeling!

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