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Gone


She was a tree Not because she was strong and sturdy But because of her inability to keep her thoughts together They fell like leaves on the sidewalk to be trampled by those who passed by She was a flower Not because she was pleasing to the eye But because she was always yanked from her foundation To be placed in a vase she didn't fit in She was water Not because she took the form of anything she was put in But because she was so easily drained And those who were meant to catch her gulped her down instead
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