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Sleepless Night!


No one knows her story like I do so let's see if you can understand it too. At age six she had the strength to witness her mom first set of convulsions Once she could rest her dreams were disturbed by an explosion An explosion of rage Dads yelling, moms watching the flames devour his clothes She simply closed her eyes and wipes her running nose She feels dizzy, faint and all over she's trembling She doesn't know what's happening She lays on the cold hard floor and she can feel it's getting hard to breathe It feels like her soul is getting ripped apart with every breath So she just lays in her puddle of tears unable to escape. The little girl awakes to her father telling her he loves her Last night seemed like one big blur Dad leaves her in a cold abandoned house Just to return barely able to stand, rubbing his nose and eyes barely open She close her eyes knowing it's a dream waiting for her instincts to tell them to reopen Dad is soon replaced by mom She opens her arms to her mothers warm embrace just to be replaced by a I despise you face But all the little girl can show is love because she knows it was all just one bad nightmare.
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Anxiety ATTACK!

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