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Opening a Can Of Worms

May 14, 2013
By ilikeearth SILVER, Mission, Texas
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ilikeearth SILVER, Mission, Texas
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&quot;Fashion is what you adopt when you don&#039;t know who you are.&quot; -Quentin Crisp<br /> &quot;I&#039;m a journalist, I run to the fire, that&#039;s what we do.&quot; -Shepard Smith<br /> &quot;Forget Prince Charming, I want James Dean&quot; -Me

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My hands are colored
Completely in blood.
Blood that doesn’t belong to me—
It doesn’t pour out of my skin.

It’s there, the guilt
Slithering, drying and some still wet.
My heart knocking mortally—
My eyes shutting in the light.

However, I laid on my back,
Without a fight.
Giving away my pristine dignity.
Murdering my ignorance.

I asked myself “How could you?”
As I rinsed myself in water,
Opening a can of worms—
Killing my innocence.

© Emily B., Houston, TX

The author's comments:
This poem was inspired when a teacher of mine said “Having sex at your age is like opening a can of worms.”
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ilikeearth SILVER said...
on Apr. 11 2014 at 4:06 pm
ilikeearth SILVER, Mission, Texas
8 articles 9 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Fashion is what you adopt when you don&#039;t know who you are.&quot; -Quentin Crisp<br /> &quot;I&#039;m a journalist, I run to the fire, that&#039;s what we do.&quot; -Shepard Smith<br /> &quot;Forget Prince Charming, I want James Dean&quot; -Me

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Thank you so much! Glad you liked it!
S.Stones said...
on Nov. 26 2013 at 8:38 am
I really like this. <3