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Amputee

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Twilla Carpenter

I know its hard to tell whats missing when you look at me

The emptiness in its place is not somewhere the eye can see

There is now a throbbing tattered wound where it used to be

I know at first glance I may appear whole but I am an emotional amputee

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Total votes: 2
Tags: 
Agony Alone Change Depression Emptiness
Poetry Genre: 
Tragedy
Topic: 
Misery
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Angel

Well written angel

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