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People change. If that were true, why haven’t you?

February 23, 2022
By Autumn_Lauray SILVER, Lynchburg, Virginia
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Autumn_Lauray SILVER, Lynchburg, Virginia
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"Women, they have minds, and they have souls, as well as just hearts. And they’ve got ambition, and they’ve got talent, as well as just beauty. I’m so sick of people saying that love is all a woman is fit for.”<br /> <br /> ― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

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You promised you would stop

the yelling and alcohol you drank till the very last drop

But here you are

Still choosing your priorities over us

We tried to let you in but now i’ve had enough

It is time for you to go

© Autumn B., Lynchburg, Virginia

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This piece I wrote about my stepfather and the rough relationship between us. 

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Afra ELITE said...
on Mar. 3 2022 at 8:24 am
Afra ELITE, Kandy, Other
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"A writer must never be short of ideas."<br /> -Gabriel Agreste- (Fictional character- Miraculous)

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Oh...So sorrowful!!! And also a powerful poem...
I hope your bitter relationship with your stepdad becomes a better relationship...