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Can't Listen

October 10, 2010
By echome94 PLATINUM, Daleville, Virginia
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echome94 PLATINUM, Daleville, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
When the world around me ceases to exist and then i will open up and let a cruel man like you in<br /> <br /> <br /> ~Unknown~

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I know they are speaking
But i dont hear their words
I see their lips moving
I know words come out
I give a new meaning to "In one ear out the other"
I do miss sound and words
Why cant i hear? you might ask
Because of the pain
I chose not to listen
I'm afraid of what i might hear
The words wont be...
Kind
Sweet
Loving
or Happy
They will be mean words like...
Stupid
Hate
Worthless
Those words hurt
More than you know
So i chose not to hear them
I let them go
"In one ear, Out the other"
Because i cannot listen

© Treza R., Kalispell, MT

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"I wrote this when i was in seventh grade, toughest year of my teenage life, mean people suck"
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SMWells PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 31 2010 at 3:02 pm
SMWells PLATINUM, Carlisle, South Carolina
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Some truths best left unspoken.

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I wish I could do the same sometimes. But I can't seem to help hearing.