Laura Strom

torn apart by gossip
destroyed by half truths
the girls at school don't know me
but they act as if they do
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I'm so confused as to how i feel
The pain I conceal is almost unreal
I love you so much; care for you so
But it's hard for me to choose which way to go
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beaten, abused,
dragged thru the mire
from the game of infatuation
i was beginning to retire.
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Consumed by emotion
and full of fear
comforted only
by my last falling tear
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How could you hurt me
Take my innocence and pride
How could you say
I have no reason to cry?
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my lyfe as I know it is falling apart
i wish i could be reborn-
have a brand new start
sometimes i think of death
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'Like a vulture in the sky, you hovered then closed in. You stunned me with the impact; then committed your sin.'

you cut up my life, and left no shred of grace.
sometimes I hate you-hope to never see your face.
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You look at me and see a girl
With so much love to offer.

But when I look at my reflection
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i've been hiding like a thief hoping never to be spotted.
nervous with new faces, my body i've not flaunted.
a stranger to a smile. That describes me.
I've been walking the mile and it hasn't been easy.
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Destiny has brought to this special place
So why my love is there a tear on your face?
For every worry I send a kiss
To those perfect lips I'll surely miss.
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The tender sunshine in the morining
warms my face as my eyes imitate
those of a newborn-squinting, blinking
trying to make out what is before me.
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can u tell me how to win
back my lyfe and how
i'm suppose to go on now
without control wallowing
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mommy never hugs me
never reads me a book
she doesn't even know
but she's dating a crook.
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Ever wonder what she's doing
up there in paradise?
What does she think about
as she carries on that lyfe?
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no more secrets do i keep.
can't hide anymore.
no lower can i go.
for there's nothing below the floor.
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straight A student sat next to me in class. Don't
know her well but rumor says she's 'fast.' Of
course I don't assume or accept them as true.
Gossip gets old...they just tease her cuz she's
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Who would have thought
We would grow so close
Joined at the heart
Like a petal to a rose.
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i wish i knew what mine was. then i wouldn't be
here. i wouldn't have allowed death to win me
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The terrible night that snatched
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