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January 16, 2012
By ChelzH SILVER, Ranson, West Virginia
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ChelzH SILVER, Ranson, West Virginia
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"What is interesting about people is not their ability to do anything, but their perspective on everything and how the nuances of those perspectives correlate between people in similar and completely different situations." - K.H.

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It lives in the back of my mind, and in the depths of my heart.
It haunts me when I smile
It reminds me when I laugh
It stops me when I'm about to fall in love
It tells me lies 
It makes me cry
It makes me worry
It changed me
My baggage is everything I'll never become
My baggage is everything I have yet to overcome
But every time I close my eyes I see his face, and just for a moment I have no darkness that haunts me

© Hailey J., Lake Oswego, OR

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