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Created on: August 02, 2009
Tears flood my eyes
HELP! HELP! Desperate screams escape my tiny lips
I cling fearfully to my singed teddy bear
Heat and smoke fill my lungs as a beam falls behind me
catching mother's fine lace curtains on fire
MOMMY! I am crying & coughing hysterically now
MOMMY! Why won't you help me!?
I'm trapped in a ring of fire, no escape
Sobbing, I fall
Comforted only by the thought that teddy will be with me in Heaven
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