She Was Precious, She Was A Gem

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There once was a little girl

So cute with her lovely blonde curls

She loved to laugh and play

People just didn’t know what to say

She was precious, she was a gem

But she just couldn’t please them

She felt useless

People were so clueless

This little girl has been hurting deep inside.

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School came along

She dreamed for friends, but she knew she didn’t belong

A girl so precious was bugged and teased

There she sat very unpleased

She was bullied and abused

And soon developed a very short fuse

As she wished time would go by

Or even wished she could fly

She was hurting deep inside.

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That hurt deep inside

She bottled it up and attached it to her side

As she grew

The more she knew

She was all alone

In fact this young woman had no one to phone

She remembered when she was seven

But here she stands in grade eleven

She had her morals and knew where she stood

She always wondered if she would

Or even could

Remember who she really was.

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- - Cassandra Falun

** Written in January of 2010