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Created on: May 14, 2009
My Back Porch
Is where I run to hide
To escape the threatening world inside
Life has passed me by
I am no longer welcome in my own home
The outside world beckons me
Calls me on to roam
Yet I cannot leave my back porch just yet
So I will look out
And remember the promise I made
That I will never forget
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