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Created on: April 22, 2008
I lived alone
With no support
A life growing inside
All told me to decline
I was young, in mind
Almost twenty
Coming from everywhere
Abortion or Adoption
I cried and tried
To tell all of my plans
No one could hear
So I yelled and screamed
You spread your legs
You deal with the consequences
I knew then, that I was me
And no one could change my mind
I live with that memory
Everyday, I take responsibility
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