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What Did I Do?

October 23, 2010
By russianreader BRONZE, Charlotte, Vermont
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"Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best."

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I gaze into her face,
She stares back at me,
Her face never changes,
She never blinks or speaks.

I reach out to her,
I run my hand over her head,
The dampness wets my fingers.

As I survey her body I begin to choke,
Tears flow out of me,
What have I done?

The hole in her chest,
Did I do that?

I couldn’t have,
I’m only a Sophomore,
I have my whole life ahead of me.

I double over in tears,
The pain and hurt overtaking all of me,
The metal killer clatters onto the floor.

It’s all over.
What have I done?

© Anthony R., Wilmington, MA

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