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I'm just a Christian country boy from Swansea Mass.

  November 2023     35 mins ago

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The ugly girl like me.

The ugly girl like me. 

In my high school days, I learned the truth. The ugly duckling girls like me were never seen. I was a brown-eyed girl with hand-me-downs. Whose name they could never pronounce. The beauty queens who would get to serve only...

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Just let me go.

Let me go and let it show. 

I guess I got what I deserved. I kept you waiting for so long. Did you think that I would forget? I do have many things I regret. The special love I had for you, my Kathy Lu. All those days became so long. Did you...

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The Man and the Sea.

The Man and the Sea. 

I stand and look over the sea, I can smell its salty scent and feel its breeze. I saw many dreams of all the men that were lost at sea. Every wave is just another dream to The widow that sits and weeps on the peak, waiting...

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In the fog the lighthouse sits.

In the fog, the tower sits.

As I approach the lonely midnight hour, I see the lighthouse tower, and then I see the distant things in purple: the kings. The color of the air disappears; only God knows exactly where. However, the tower of the night...

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In the darkness I stand.

In the darkness, I stand.

Here I stand deep in the darkness, peering, wondering, and fearing. My dreams are doubting. Then I heard a soft, sweet whisper of your voice in the air, and the silence was broken and not another word was spoken. Then I...

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I love them short sweet ones. Usually I only rate members that rate me I get views but they forget the rate me.

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I love this one

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I don't like it. But thanks for the vote.

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Well done and thanks for the vote.

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This poems about all the men that were lost at sea and their widows wait to see if they come back.

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Go for it. I would love to see what you come up with? I know it would be great.

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but the Sea is part of the lighthouse so you have to put that in.

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lighthouses fascinate me. There is a hundred ideas you can come up with. Try one?

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for you anytime.

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she will be fine with you by her side.

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The next one I want to feel the silky soft lips and the ivory skin and the sparkle like the stars way up high in the sky and a smile I would walk for a mile.

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Very nice I can feel the love.

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Well done.

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This poems about Love and death.

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This is one beautiful piece of work. Well done.

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