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In the Dust

December 22, 2011
By LAKR2010 BRONZE, Monroeville, Indiana
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I'm sitting here, thinking.
I look back on my life,
These past 20 years...
Where did they go?
And how did I get here?
Youth is fleeting,
Leaving me in the dust.
Old age is around the bend,
And I can't face it alone...
I'm clinging on to childhood,
But it's leaving me,
Like a summer breeze.

© Allison M., Westport, MA

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my 20th birthday is 2 days away, and I don't want it to come.
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