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I was a Girl

November 15, 2012
By sweetangel4life GOLD, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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sweetangel4life GOLD, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;What&#039;s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet&quot;. Romeo and Juliet ( Quote Act II, Sc. II).<br /> <br /> &quot;Let them eat cake.&quot;<br /> Marie Antoinette

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I was a butterfly,
locked in my cocoon.
I was a bird in the sky,
who fell to soon.
I was a little cat,
all sweet, but astray.
I was a little boat,
until I sank away.
I was a girl who loved you.
You did not love me back.
I was a friend who helped too,
but reality is what I lack.

© Eveliz V., Bayamon, Puerto Rico

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