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falling down a rabbit's hole with my arms strapped to my sides, my shoes scrape the dirt around me and I cough as my lungs seize. I keep falling down-about but the floor stretches out beneath me- that checkerboard-faced cobblestone never seems to greet me. I'm trapped in this confusion and I can't tell which way is North, but I squeeze my eyes shut and hope that this will all just simply go.

We will never again be What we once were. We have gone too far, Crossed one too many lines, Broken a few too many rules. We will never again, Share stories of girlhood. Or tell secrets in the dark, Hidden under our covers. We lost it all one night, Lost it to mistakes, And a love we thought we had. But then morning came, And I discovered the truth. Things were ruined. You'd left in the night, Replaced by someone cold, Someone I didn't know. And I was alone. Soon after, you left town. It was months later, That I finally heard from you. And I'd grown bitter. But still, for you, I'd put it behind us. Give you another cha

Fear is not The monsters under our beds, What lurks around the dark corner, The spider in its web, The snake in its coil, A father's raised fist. No. Fear is Unsure promises made in the dark, A future going nowhere fast, A jump without a safety net, A little pink plus sign, A mother's disappointment.

You notice the marks right away, And so you hide them. The others cannot see. They fear the behavior. And a death sentence awaits, If you are caught. They're marks sent from God, To punish those who give in, To the Devil's temptations. To cleanse the Earth. Lust. Want. Envy. Greed. You have indulged, And so you must pay. You must wear the mark, The sign of a sinner, Until God releases you, And deems your atonement fit.