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May 2018

This is the story of a girl who
Picked apart her small-town childhood
Surrounded by mountains and solitude
To settle in a summer-city on a lake
To make her family happy


Eventually she comes to the conclusion
That many have come to before her
If you cannot take back your beginning
You could choose your end
But she is too much of a coward

She knows she is easily breakable
She could fall out of a tree
Hit her head and get hospitalized
And step out of normal life
But she is too much of a coward

She understands the temperaments of plants
Medicinal and... otherwise
She could simply eat a few
Kiss reality goodbye
But she is too much of a coward

She does not want her family to worry
To concern the only consistent people in her life
She does not want them to take the same path
She does not want to leave them alone
Because she is too much of a coward

She is too afraid of disappointing them
She terrified that they might disown her
She is paralyzed by the thought of their inevitable ends
She does not want to leave them
But she is too afraid to stay

h.f.m.
Hannah Marr
Written by
Hannah Marr  19/F/Canada
(19/F/Canada)   
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