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                 SO VERY FAR AWAY







Growing up,

I may have started out as a clepto-maniac, before age…five.

But we grew.





I may have ran away, before age….sixteen,

But we grew.





I may have been a sore and blemish on the eyes before age…twenty.

But we grew.





At age,

five,

I had already been molested,

But I didn’t tell you.



At age,

sixteen,

I was raped by a classmate,

And he TOLD EVERYONE, but you.



At age,

twenty,

I had long since seen the “care” of men,

And knew I was a lesbian.



But because I couldn’t “SAY”,

And you couldn’t “BARE” to ask how or why I changed…

We grew…



SO VERY FAR AWAY.





Originally wrote:  March 11, 2003